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Microsoft reportedly planning new round of layoffs, with sales roles likely to be hit
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly planning to lay off several thousand employees next month, in what will be the latest round of job cuts in tech amid changing markets and the rise of artificial intelligence. Bloomberg, referencing people familiar with the matter, said today that the cuts are currently planned to be timed after the end ...
INKY warns of new QR code phishing tactic using embedded JavaScript
A new report out today from cybersecurity company INKY Technology Corp. is sounding the alarm over a new wave of phishing threats that use QR codes in increasingly dangerous and deceptive ways, including leveraging embedded JavaScript payloads that execute instantly upon scanning, with no link clicks required. QR code-based phishing, or “quishing,” is not new. INKY itself ...
Base44 joins Wix in $80M deal to support natural language software development
Software-as-a-service website building platform company Wix.com Ltd. today announced that it has acquired Base44 Inc. for about $80 million plus additional earn-out payments through 2029. Founded only in January, the startup offers an artificial intelligence-powered platform to create custom software solutions and applications using natural language. Its AI-powered no-code platform allows anyone to build fully functional, production-ready ...
Mixpanel expands analytics platform with metric trees, AI insights and experimentation tools
Digital analytics platform company Mixpanel Inc. today announced the expansion of its digital analytics platform to give teams, from startups to enterprises, a complete platform for confident, data-driven decision-making. The expansion sees the introduction of new capabilities across session replay, experimentation, metric trees, artificial intelligence automation and warehouse integrations that focus on allowing teams to ...
Neovera acquires Greenway Solutions to expand fraud testing capabilities
Managed information technology service provider Neovera LLC announced today that it has acquired adversarial fraud testing company Greenway Solutions for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2004, Greenway Solutions is a strategic advisory firm that specializes in adversarial fraud testing for financial institutions and other high-risk sectors. The company claims to have pioneered the use of live, real-world ...
AWS focuses on simplifying cloud security at re:Inforce 2025 conference
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced a range of enhancements at its annual re:Inforce 2025 conference that are aimed at simplifying cloud security at enterprise scale. AWS Chief Information Security Officer Amy Herzog explained at the event that the company is focusing on simplifying security at large scale while also highlighting how AWS is helping ...
Apiiro report reveals industry differences are shaping generative AI risk profiles
A new report out today from application security posture management company Apiiro Ltd. reveals a growing divergence in how industries adopt and secure generative artificial intelligence in software development, with retail organizations moving fast into production and financial institutions taking a slower, risk-heavy approach. Apiiro analyzed more than 100,000 enterprise code repositories using its Deep Code ...
Dashlane adds AI phishing alerts to Omnix platform to bolster credential protection
Credential security and password management company Dashlane Inc. today introduced AI phishing alerts, an advancement to its artificial intelligence-accelerated credential security platform Omnix, that aims to protects enterprises and users against continually evolving threats targeting user credentials. The new feature, which is trained by Dashlane on both legitimate and phishing sources, detects and alerts users to phishing ...
New Commvault and Kyndryl partnership focuses on hybrid cloud recovery and regulatory compliance
Data protection provider Commvault Systems Inc. today announced a new partnership with information technology consultancy Kyndryl Holdings Inc. to help customers recover faster, advance cyber resilience and navigate the evolving regulatory landscape. The partnership between the two companies will see Commvault augment Kyndryl’s portfolio of cyber resiliency services, encompassing Incident Recovery Services, including Cyber Incident Recovery, Managed Backup Services and ...
Kusari debuts AI-powered pull request security tool for software supply chain protection
Software supply chain security company Kusari Inc. today unveiled Kusari Inspector, an artificial intelligence-based pull request security tool that provides security risk analysis directly into developers’ daily workflows. The new service brings together a combination of industry standards, AI and dependency graph analysis to assist organizations to detect software supply chain risks early during the pull request ...