Application performance automation platform provider Cast AI Group Inc. today announced the launch of Database Optimizer, a new approach to caching that improves cloud database performance. The new offering seeks to address issues with traditional caching solutions that Cast AI argues are difficult to manage and often require extensive manual work and human-driven decision-making on ...

Generative artificial intelligence company Akool Inc. today announced the launch of Akool Live Camera, a new tool designed to generate high-quality, AI-driven video in real time. The new tool, offered as part of Akool Live Suite, enables dynamic, photorealistic avatars that mirror a speaker’s voice, gestures and micro-expressions without the need for prerecording. The new ...

A new report out today from privileged access management firm Delinea Inc. finds that more than two-thirds of organizations faced ransomware breaches last year and that recovery time stretched to two weeks. Those were among the findings from Delinea’s 2025 State of Ransomware Report, based on input from more than 1,000 security leaders. It found ...

A new report out today from identity management startup Oasis Security Ltd. reveals critical security issues in Microsoft Corp.’s OneDrive File Picker, a widely used component that could expose users’ entire OneDrive content to third-party web applications. The flaws, which affect numerous services, including ChatGPT, Slack, Trello and others, arise from excessive permissions granted through OAuth protocols and ...

Cisco Systems Inc., through its Cisco Duo arm, today unveiled Duo Identity and Access Management, a new security solution that transforms how organizations combat persistent identity-based attacks that are accelerating in the artificial intelligence era. The solution assists in dealing with security around identities, which are a prime target for bad actors and accounted for ...

Cybersecurity company Snyk Ltd. today announced the launch of the Snyk AI Trust Platform, an artificial intelligence-native agentic platform built to secure and govern software development in the AI era. The company says the new AI Trust Platform has been designed to empower organizations to accelerate AI-driven innovation, mitigate business risk and secure agentic and generative AI. ...

Shares in Okta Inc. plunged more than 12% in late trading today despite the identity and access management company reporting earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2026 first quarter, after Chief Executive Todd McKinnon warned of macroeconomic challenges and softening demand from customers. For the quarter that ended on April 30, Okta reported adjusted ...

Scalable application security startup DefectDojo Inc. today announced the launch of next-generation security operations center capabilities for DefectDojo Pro, which provides both SOC and AppSec professionals a unified platform for noise reduction and prioritization of SOC alerts and AppSec findings. The new release seeks to address the issue where both SOC and AppSec teams attempt to cut ...

Shares in Autodesk Inc. rose more than 3% in late trading today after the computer-aided software design company reported earnings and revenue ahead of expectations in its fiscal 2026 first quarter and also provided stronger-than-expected guidance for its second quarter. For the quarter ended April 30, Autodesk reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.29, up ...

Cybersecurity validation startup Picus Security Inc. today announced the launch of Picus Exposure Validation, a new service that allows security teams to verify the exploitability of vulnerabilities based on their unique environments. The new capability has been designed to continuously test security controls against real-world attack techniques to identify which vulnerabilities are truly exploitable and which can ...