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Platform9 and Commvault team up to unify cloud-native and virtual machine data protection
Container management platform company Platform9 Systems Inc. today announced a new partnership with data protection provider Commvault Systems Inc. that includes full integration of Commvault with Platform9 Private Cloud Director for advanced data protection. Platform9’s Private Cloud Director is designed to give enterprises a familiar private cloud experience with the enterprise-grade features they expect, including VM high ...
Augmentus lands $11M to scale no-code robot programming
Singapore-based no-code robotics startups Augmentus Pte. Ltd. announced today that it has raised $11 million in new funding. It will use the funds to accelerate deployment of its fully autonomous robotic surface finishing and spraying systems, fulfill demand from manufacturing customers, and advance research and development into “hyper-adaptive” artificial intelligence-driven robotic systems. Founded in 2019, ...
OpenAI tightens internal security amid fears of IP theft by Chinese AI rivals
OpenAI is reportedly upping its internal security to protect its intellectual property from corporate espionage amid claims that it has been targeted by Chinese artificial intelligence companies. According to the Financial Times, which references several unnamed people close to OpenAI today, the changes recently have included stricter controls of sensitive information and enhanced vetting of ...
Silverfort uncovers critical Netlogon flaw affecting Windows domain controllers
A new report out today from unified identity security company Silverfort Inc. details a previously undisclosed denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Netlogon protocol that could allow low-privilege machines to crash Windows domain controllers remotely, disrupting core Active Directory services. The vulnerability, dubbed “NOTLogon,” has been assigned CVE-2025-47978 and was patched by Microsoft in its July 8 Patch ...
New Barracuda backup tool extends Microsoft Entra ID data retention
Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced the launch of Barracuda Entra ID Backup Premium, a new solution to safeguard Microsoft Entra ID environments from accidental and malicious data loss. Barracuda Entra ID Backup Premium has been designed to give users centralized visibility into backup status, data health and storage insights through a unified dashboard. The service ...
Morphisec warns of Iran-backed ransomware campaign driven by political motives
A new report out today from endpoint security firm Morphisec Inc. reveals the resurgence of Pay2Key, a ransomware operation with ties to Iran’s Fox Kitten advanced persistent threat group, now rebranded as Pay2Key.I2P. Originally exposed in 2020, the updated threat actor is leveraging a ransomware-as-a-service model and incorporating techniques and components associated with the Mimic ransomware family, including a ...
Sonatype report finds 188% spike in open-source malware in the second quarter
Software supply chain management firm Sonatype Inc. today said it found a sharp rise in malicious activity targeting software developers and supply chains in the second quarter. The company’s Q2 2025 Open Source Malware Index report identifies 16,279 newly discovered malicious open-source packages across popular ecosystems such as npm, PyPI and Maven Central. That brings the total ...
Splunk uncovers surge in social engineering through fake CAPTCHA attacks
A new report out today from big data company Splunk Inc. warns of a new trend in cybercrime: a surge in sophisticated social engineering campaigns that use fake CAPTCHA systems to deliver malware without relying on any traditional software vulnerabilities. Dubbed “ClickFix” and “FakeCAPTCHA” attacks, these campaigns are designed to trick users into self-infecting their own ...
Coralogix and AWS team up to enhance AI observability and threat detection
Observability platform company Coralogix Ltd. today announced a new strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services Inc. to advance artificial intelligence-powered observability and security. Under the collaboration, Coralogix and AWS will create and deliver solutions that leverage Amazon Bedrock to offer comprehensive advance monitoring. The collaboration seeks to address the issue wherein many observability platforms today rely ...
Global VC funding climbs to $91B in second quarter as AI leads investment trends
Global venture capital funding showed renewed strength in the second quarter of this year, with total funding increasing to $91 billion, up from $82 billion in the same quarter of last year. That’s according to a new report released today by market intelligence company Crunchbase Inc. The figure, though up year-over-year, was down from $113 billion in the ...