A new report out today from mobile security firm iVerify Inc. sheds light on the alarming ease with which cybercriminals can now rent advanced Android malware through subscription-based malware-as-a-service platforms. The report, “Renting Android Malware Is Getting Easier – and Cheaper,” written by iVerify research fellow Daniel Kelley, explores how services are slashing the technical ...

Network security company Tenable Holdings Inc. today unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered update to its Vulnerability Priority Rating system, designed to help organizations better identify and respond to the vulnerabilities that pose the most serious threats. The Tenable VPR system launched in 2019 as a way for companies to understand quickly the vulnerability impact on their business. Though ...

Intelligence-driven cybersecurity company Intel 471 Inc. today announced the launch of Guided Threat Hunts, a new method driven tool that gives threat hunters capabilities to craft their own queries and filters to better identify sophisticated threat behaviors that evade traditional detection methods. Guided Threat Hunts, offered as part of the company’s HUNTER solution, allow analysts ...

Amazon.com Inc. today announced the winners of its inaugural Nova AI Challenge, a global competition that tasked university teams with hardening and attacking artificial intelligence coding assistants in a live adversarial tournament. Held in Santa Clara, California, the challenge brought together top student researchers to probe the security of large language model-powered development tools in ...

Shares in Tesla Inc. fell more than 3% in late trading today after the electric car maker revealed a slump in vehicle sales, despite reporting quarterly earnings and revenue in line with or just ahead of market expectations. For the quarter that ended on June 30, Tesla reported adjusted earnings per share of 40 cents, ...

A new report out today from threat intelligence firm KELA Research and Strategy Ltd. details the rapid ascent and leadership behind DarkForums, a cybercrime platform that’s filling the void left by the takedown of BreachForums earlier this year. BreachForums, which for years had been a key player in the cybercrime community, was finally taken down following the ...

Compensation management startup BetterComp Inc. revealed today that it has raised $33 million in new funding to enhance its market pricing and pay recommendation capabilities, expand into new product areas, and scale up operations. Founded in 2019, BetterComp is seeking to modernize compensation management for human resources and compensation professionals. The company’s founders, which include ...

Microsoft 365 policy management platform startup inforcer Ltd. announced today that it has raised $35 million in new funding to help managed service providers scale up and automate deployment of Microsoft 365 security and artificial intelligence solutions across their small- to medium-sized business clients. Founded in 2021 and based in the U.K., inforcer offers a policy ...

Electric truck startup Nevoya Inc. announced today that it has raised $9.3 million in new funding to expand its electric freight operations, enhance its artificial intelligence-powered transportation management system, and scale up its team and geographic reach. Founded in 2023, Nevoya is an electric freight carrier startup that combines transportation management with a fleet of ...

Cloud-native security company Aqua Security Software Ltd. today announced the launch of the Secure AI Advisory Program. The strategic initiative that brings together enterprise security leaders who are actively adopting artificial intelligence to guide how Secure AI is applied in production. Secure AI is Aqua Security’s full‑lifecycle cloud-native security solution that provides in-depth visibility, continuous ...