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‘We are now a full-fledged powerhouse’: Two years on from its Series B round, Hack the Box targets further growth with AI-powered cyber training programs and new market opportunities
It’s been over two years since Hack the Box completed a $55 million Series B funding round, but CEO Haris Pylarinos is keen to continue riding the wave of optimism at the company and make inroads into new markets. Speaking to ITPro in the wake of the investment round in January 2023, Pylarinos said the company planned to triple its…
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Tycoon2FA phishing kit targets Microsoft 365 with new tricks
Phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform Tycoon2FA, known for bypassing multi-factor authentication on Microsoft 365 and Gmail accounts, has received updates that improve its stealth and evasion capabilities. Tycoon2FA was discovered in October 2023 by Sekoia researchers, who later reported significant updates on the phishing kit that increased its sophistication and effectiveness. Trustwave now reports that the Tycoon 2FA threat actors have added several…
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ReliaQuest targets international growth, agentic AI gains with $500 million investment
Cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest has raised $500 million as part of a funding round aimed at accelerating international growth and product development. Led by EQT, KKR, and FTV Capital, the funding round brings ReliaQuest’s valuation to $3.4 billion and will enable the firm to drive the development of agentic AI security tools. The investment comes amid a period of rapid growth…
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Infostealer campaign compromises 10 npm packages, targets devs
Ten npm packages were suddenly updated with malicious code yesterday to steal environment variables and other sensitive data from developers’ systems. The campaign targeted multiple cryptocurrency-related packages, and the popular ‘country-currency-map’ package was downloaded thousands of times a week. The malicious code was discovered by Sonatype researcher Ali ElShakankiry and is found in two heavily obfuscated scripts, “/scripts/launch.js” and “/scripts/diagnostic-report.js,” which execute upon…
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NetSuite targets UK customer productivity gains with new agentic AI tools
Oracle NetSuite has announced new AI tools and features for UK customers aimed at supercharging productivity. The new features will enable users to automate tasks such as data entry and financial operations, and boost operational efficiency. Announcements include greater control over Text Enhance, the company’s AI tool for filling out forms, item descriptions, and emails using company data as context,…
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New VanHelsing ransomware targets Windows, ARM, ESXi systems
A new multi-platform ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation named VanHelsing has emerged, targeting Windows, Linux, BSD, ARM, and ESXi systems. VanHelsing was first promoted on underground cybercrime platforms on March 7, offering experienced affiliates a free pass to join while mandating a deposit of $5,000 from less experienced threat actors. The new ransomware operation was first documented by CYFIRMA late last week,…
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What Deals to Expect From Target’s Upcoming Spring Circle Week Sale
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Credit: bluestork/Shutterstock. Spring hasn’t really been as big of an online shopping season, comparatively speaking: We’ve got Prime Day during the summer, October Prime Day and Black Friday during the fall, and a bunch of holiday sales during winter. But that might be changing with the recent Big Spring Sale…
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Solo.io targets Kubernetes efficiency gains with new agentic AI framework
Solo.io has released ‘Kagent,’ a new open source framework for DevOps pros and platform engineers to run AI agents in cloud native environments. It works by providing a foundation on which teams can build internal automation platforms inside Kubernetes environments. Agents built using Kagent will be well placed to automate tasks such as configuration, troubleshooting, observability, and network security, Solo.io…
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Apple faces UK antitrust threat as regulator targets browsers – Computerworld
Safari and Chrome, ‘holding back innovation’ “Following our in-depth investigation, we have concluded that competition between different mobile browsers is not working well, and this is holding back innovation in the UK,” said Margot Daly, chair of the CMA’s independent inquiry group. “The analysis set out in our report and the range of potential interventions considered to address the market…
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UK government targets ‘startup’ mindset in AI funding overhaul
Public sector AI funding will be overhauled in the UK in a bid to simplify processes and push more projects into development, the government has revealed. Announced by the UK’s Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the new approach to spending will seek to embed a “startup” mindset and change how the government funds small AI projects and outdated…
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