Data relating to customers of Toyota Motor Co. has been shared online in yet another case involving the Japanese car maker and a data breach, but Toyota is claiming that the data came from a third-party supplier and that it was not directly breached. The latest breach involving Toyota came to light after a threat ...

Google LLC today announced several new security features and capabilities at its annual Google Cloud Security Summit that are aimed at “reimagining cybersecurity through the power of convergence.” Convergence was a key theme at the annual conference, with Google intentionally choosing strategic capabilities that can have the largest impact on security posture and programs. Those ...

Generative artificial intelligence company Recogni Inc. today announced a logarithmic number system for AI that delivers benefits that it says include low power, high computer density and low latency without compromising accuracy. Called Pareto, the number system provides benefits for all AI chip design criteria by simplifying AI compute. It does show by turning multiplications ...

Multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced the addition of file system encryption to its Fortanix Data Security Manager to bolster full-stack data security. The new File System Encryption service has been designed to complement full disk encryption through the ability to protect individual file systems on specific hosts through encryption governed by granular decryption policies. The ...

Cloud services provider Rackspace Technology Inc. today reaffirmed its commitment to the OpenStack cloud computing platform with the launch of OpenStack Enterprise, a fully managed, enterprise-ready cloud solution designed to ensure that critical workloads are secure and efficient and perform at large scale. OpenStack began in 2010 as a joint project between Rackspace and the U.S. National ...

A new report out today from edge cloud platform provider Fastly Inc. has found that 91% of all cyberattacks now target multiple organizations using mass scanning to uncover and exploit vulnerabilities, up from 69% in 2023. Based on data collected between April 11 and June 30 from Fastly’s Network Learning Exchange, Out-of-Band Domains and Fastly Bot Management, ...

A new report out today from Symantec, a division of Broadcom Inc., is warning of a new sophisticated backdoor threat that has been spotted in the wild targeting a university in Taiwan. Dubbed Backdoor.Msupedge, the backdoor uses an infrequently seen technique that involves communicating with a command-and-control service via DNS traffic. Though the technique has been ...

U.S. intelligence agencies, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said in the statement today that they believe that Iran is behind attempts to hack both the Trump and Harris presidential campaigns. The statement follows previous reports, including one from Microsoft Corp., that Iran state-sponsored hackers were doing exactly that. The Iranian campaign first gained widespread ...

Shares in Palo Alto Networks Inc. rose in late trading today after the network management and security firm reported beats in its fiscal fourth quarter and pleased investors with a higher-than-expected outlook. For the quarter ended July 31, Palo Alto Networks reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.51, up from $1.44 in the same quarter of ...

The California State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee today voted in favor of a proposed law to regulate the artificial intelligence industry that has drawn the ire of some in Silicon Valley and federal lawmakers. SB 1047, the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act, would require developers of “frontier” models — models that cost ...