Ross Kelly

6 days ago | itpro.com | Ross Kelly

CISA has issued a warning over the risk of data breaches following a security incident affecting legacy Oracle cloud environments, urging enterprises to shore up defences. In an advisory published Wednesday 16th April, the security agency said the incident “presents a potential risk to organizations and individuals” despite unconfirmed reports on the scale of the breach.

1 week ago | itpro.com | Ross Kelly

Stress and burnout in the technology sector have become major issues, with workers across a raft of professions reporting higher workloads, longer hours, and rising mental health problems. One company wants to change that, however, and incentivize staff to prioritize their mental wellbeing. London-based technology firm Thrive has unveiled the launch of its ‘Wellness Era’ initiative, which aims to reward employees for “investing time in themselves and building new healthy habits”.

1 week ago | itpro.com | Ross Kelly

Hertz has confirmed it suffered a data breach as a result of the Cleo zero-day vulnerability in late 2024, with the car rental giant warning that customer data was stolen. In a statement confirming the incident, the firm said customer data was “acquired by an unauthorized party that we understand exploited zero-day vulnerabilities within Cleo's platform in October 2024 and December 2024”.

1 week ago | itpro.com | Ross Kelly

OpenAI has unveiled a new family of AI models intended for developers, which it claims offers sizable improvements for coding and understanding complex prompts. GPT-4.1 is a multi-modal model specifically designed to be more helpful in a professional context, with support for much longer context windows and better contextual processing – useful for handling large documents such as PDFs or code repositories, for example.

1 week ago | itpro.com | Ross Kelly

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 headcount and accelerate global expansion. In a follow-up interview last month, the chief executive revealedthese plans are continuing at a good pace.