IT, AI & Telecommunications

GLOBAL – October 30, 2026 -- A maliciously modified build of the Anthropic.claude-code extension, version 2.1.313, sat in the Cursor VS Code Extension Marketplace for about 11 hours on October 29, 2026, potentially exposing up to 5,000 users, according to Cursor. Anthropic did not develop the malicious version.

Payload plants an attacker SSH key and persistence on developer machines

The extension was live between roughly 2:27 AM and 1:35 PM PT. It collected host and user data, appended an attacker-controlled ssh-ed25519 key labeled svc-telemetry to the user's authorized_keys file, and installed persistence. It also attempted to enable the local SSH service and open a reverse SSH tunnel to an attacker server over TCP port 22.

DENVER – October 30, 2026 -- Ping Identity was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) and ranked highest among evaluated vendors on Ability to Execute.

Gartner splits CIAM into its own Magic Quadrant for 2026

The 2026 report introduces a dedicated CIAM evaluation. In 2025, Gartner assessed vendors under the broader Access Management scope. Ping Identity has been a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management for the past nine years and now carries the Leader designation in the narrower CIAM category. The report is dated 28 October 2026 and was authored by Brian Guthrie, Nathan Harris, Steve Wessels and Yemi Davies.

HANGZHOU, China – October 30, 2026 -- Hikvision introduced its Pro-Series UHD cameras, including 16 MP dual-lens models with a seamless wide-angle view, at its third annual SMB event, alongside eight converged security solutions aimed at small and midsize business customers and their installers.

Guanlan AI models move from object detection to scenario-specific alerts

Hikvision said its Guanlan large-scale AI models now cover scenario-specific analytics rather than basic object detection. SMB operators can set automated alerts by describing what matters at their site. The AcuSeek tool lets them find post-incident footage with a typed or spoken query.

To offset the added storage demand of higher-resolution video, the company highlighted Guanlan Encoding.

Austin, Texas – October 30, 2026 -- Digital Turbine (Nasdaq: APPS) has pushed its fiscal 2027 second-quarter results and conference call back one week, from Monday, November 2, 2026, to Monday, November 9, 2026, at 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT.

Digital Turbine cites unfinished review of unaudited quarterly financials

The company said the delay gives it additional time to complete its review and finalization of the unaudited financial statements for the quarter. It did not disclose preliminary figures or specify what part of the review required more time.

CEO Bill Stone and Interim CFO Josh Kinsell will host the rescheduled call

Chief Executive Officer Bill Stone and Interim Chief Financial Officer Josh Kinsell will present the results. The finance chief role is held on an interim basis, a detail investors may weigh alongside the late filing timeline.

BEIJING – October 30, 2026 -- Zhejiang province is applying digital twins, smart farming systems and a province-wide government services app across its villages, extending a rural development program launched in 2003, according to a China.org.cn report.

Wandi village's digital twin issues flood alerts within seconds

In Wandi village on the outskirts of Ningbo, a digital twin replicates the entire village on screen. Water-level sensors and high-mounted cameras operate around the clock. When flooding is a risk, the system sends an alert within seconds, moving local governance from passive response to prevention.

Austin, Texas – October 30, 2026 -- Aviat Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNW) will publish its first quarter fiscal 2027 results on November 10, 2026, before the market opens. The report covers the period ended October 2, 2026.

Aviat schedules 8:30 a.m. ET call with CEO Pete Smith and CFO Andy Schmidt

Management will discuss financial and operational results in a conference call and webcast on the same day, starting at 8:30 a.m. ET. Pete Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Andy Schmidt, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will take part. Jonanna Mikulenka, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will also participate.

The webcast is available through Aviat's Investor Relations website. Telephone participants must register online to receive a dial-in number and a unique PIN. A replay of the webcast will be posted on the same site after the call.

PALO ALTO – October 30, 2026 -- Aragon Research predicts that by the end of 2027, half of all enterprise sales representatives will direct a team of three to four specialized AI agents handling prospecting, customized proposals and client onboarding. The forecast comes with the release of its Globe for Revenue Enablement Platforms, 2027, which evaluates 14 providers.

The report describes a shift from prompt-driven sales assistants to the autonomous "AI Sales Coworker." It says this challenges the long-running dominance of monolithic CRM interfaces. Jim Lundy, CEO and Lead Analyst, said simple assistants lacked situational awareness and fractured seller attention.

PARIS – October 30, 2026 -- Ekinops (Euronext Paris: EKI) has joined Orange Business in a decarbonization plan aimed at the Scope 3 emissions that made up 81% of Orange Business's carbon footprint last year. The plan supports Orange Group's goal of reaching Net-Zero emissions by 2040.

Equipment and customer use account for 43% of Orange Business emissions

The 81% Scope 3 share came from equipment purchases, customer equipment use, services and other purchases. Equipment and customer use alone made up 43%. The plan targets these areas first with Ekinops and is meant to pave the way for collaboration with other suppliers.

It aligns Orange Business with Orange Group's 'Trust the Future' strategy, which builds growth around trust, innovation and sustainability.

MONTREAL – October 30, 2026 -- Coveo (TSX: CVO) posted SaaS Subscription Revenue of $39.1 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2027, up 9% from $35.9 million a year earlier, and booked the strongest new business quarter in its history after closing two seven-figure-per-year deals.

The company also announced the acquisition of Anglera, a San Francisco-based, Y Combinator-backed developer of an agentic product data enrichment engine. Coveo reports in U.S. dollars under IFRS; the quarter ended September 30, 2026.

Core platform grows 12% as legacy Qubit is fully deprecated

All SaaS Subscription Revenue now comes from the Coveo core Platform following the full deprecation of the legacy Qubit platform. Core platform SaaS revenue rose 12%. Total revenue reached $40.4 million versus $37.3 million, an 8% increase.

ASHBURN – October 30, 2026 -- DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) reported second-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue of $3.03 billion, down 4.0% year over year and on an organic basis, while adjusted EBIT fell 26.4% to $187 million. The company also confirmed ongoing discussions about a possible sale of its insurance business.

Adjusted EBIT margin of 6.2% accompanies a 52.2% drop in reported EBIT

Reported EBIT was $66 million, a 2.2% margin and down 52.2% year over year. Adjusted EBIT margin was 6.2%. Diluted earnings per share were $0.15, and non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.67, down 20.2%.

CEO Raul Fernandez said revenue, adjusted EBIT and non-GAAP EPS came in above the company's expectations. He cautioned that "core revenue recovery will take time." He added that the revenue ramp for agentic AI solutions is clearer in average deal size, close-cycle timing and pace of follow-on work.