Machine learning cybersecurity firm Darktrace PLC today announced the expansion of its artificial intelligence-driven cloud detection and response system Darktrace / CLOUD to support Microsoft Azure environments, enabling faster and more efficient deployment through an agentless approach. Also available for AWS deployments, Darktrace / CLOUD leverages Darktrace’s “Self-Learning AI” to monitor cloud assets, containers and users and ...

The venture capital market continued to struggle in the third quarter of 2024, with the number of deals falling to pre-2021 levels, according to a first look at the quarterly PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report released early Thursday. Starting with the U.S., the number of VC deals fell quarter-over-quarter for the first time in a year, coming in ...

Intel Corp. and Google Cloud today announced the general availability of new confidential computing instances based on 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors in multiple service regions. Rapidly becoming popular, confidential computing is a technology that encrypts data during processing, ensuring sensitive information remains secure even while in use. By isolating data within trusted execution environments, ...

The OpenStack Community today released 2024.2 Dalmatian, the 30th version of the popular open-source cloud infrastructure software, which features new enhancements for artificial intelligence workloads, security and user experience. OpenStack is a popular open-source cloud infrastructure software that enables organizations to build and manage public and private clouds by deploying virtual machines, containers and bare-metal resources. OpenStack is used ...

Data security solution startup Metomic Ltd. today announced a new solution that makes it possible to discover, classify and secure sensitive data at large scale across Google Workspaces. The new Data Classification solution uses artificial intelligence to automate complex data management Workflows to allow information technology and security teams to maintain control of their data. The ...

Observability and information technology management software company SolarWinds Worldwide LLC today announced the launch of the next generation of its observability platform that delivers full-stack visibility across all IT environments. The new SolarWinds Observability builds on the company’s 25 years of network and infrastructure monitoring by expanding its network, infrastructure and cloud observability capabilities to give customers ...

The U.K., the U.S. and Australia have sanctioned 16 members of the Russian cybercrime gang Evil Corp in the latest crackdown against hacking and ransomware gangs among the AUKUS countries. Leading the list of those sanctioned was Maksim Yakubets, who is alleged to be the leader of Evil Corp’s operations and who also has a $5 ...

Industrial control system cybersecurity company Dragos Inc. announced today that it had acquired operational technology solutions provider Network Perception Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2014, Network Perception specializes in OT network security and offers tools for network visibility, auditing and segmentation. The company’s flagship platform, NP-View, offers network mapping, real-time updates and compliance features. They’re designed to help industries ...

Artificial intelligence-based cyber risk management company Safe Security today announced the launch of Safe X, a new generative AI-powered mobile app for chief information security officers that delivers real-time business impact insights into their cybersecurity posture. Safe X gives CISOs integrated data from all their existing cybersecurity products, converting them into insights required to make proactive cybersecurity ...

A new report out today from enterprise search technology provider Elastic N.V. details the growing sophistication of cyberthreats, with a particular emphasis on artificial intelligence-augmented phishing and deepfake misinformation. Based on billions of security events voluntarily shared by Elastic’s customers and enriched with open-source data, the 2024 Elastic Global Threat Report digs into areas such as how ...