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Thoma Bravo agrees to buy HR software provider Dayforce for $12.3B at $70 per share, a 32% premium to Dayforce shares before reports of a possible deal (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/dayforce-hr-software-thoma-bravo

HR software firm Dayforce going private for $12.3 billion
It comes against the backdrop of a weakening U.S. labor market.

Hold on to your hats and check out today's Metacurity for a ton of major infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--SharePoint server software security flaw sparked global attacks,
--France probes Musk's X over fraudulent data extraction,
--UK backtracks on encryption backdoors,
--Microsoft to stop Chinese digital escorts,
--Russia is kicking WhatsApp out,
--419k impacted by Louis Vuitton Hong Kong breach,
--UNC38…

SharePoint server software security flaw sparked global attacks
France probes Musk's X over fraudulent data extraction, UK backtracks on encryption backdoors, Microsoft to stop Chinese digital escorts, Russia is kicking WhatsApp out, 419k impacted by Louis Vuitton Hong Kong breach, UNC3886 hit Singapore with cyberattack, much more

Think Like an Engineer: A Neuro-Symbolic Collaboration Agent for Generative Software Requirements Elicitation and Self-Review
Sai Zhang, Zhenchang Xing, Jieshan Chen, Dehai Zhao, Zizhong Zhu, Xiaowang Zhang, Zhiyong Feng, Xiaohong Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14969

Think Like an Engineer: A Neuro-Symbolic Collaboration Agent for Generative Software Requirements Elicitation and Self-Review
The vision of End-User Software Engineering (EUSE) is to empower non-professional users with full control over the software development lifecycle. It aims to enable users to drive generative software development using only natural language requirements. However, since end-users often lack knowledge of software engineering, their requirement descriptions are frequently ambiguous, raising significant challenges to generative software development. Although existing approaches utilize structured la…

Microsoft releases a patch for a SharePoint 0-day RCE flaw exploited globally on thousands of on-prem servers, says updates for SharePoint 2016 are in the works (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/micr…

Microsoft Server Software Comes Under Widespread Cyberattack (MSFT)
Microsoft Corp.’s server software is under attack from unidentified hackers, with cybersecurity analysts warning of widespread security breaches across the globe.

Emerging Trends in Software Architecture from the Practitioners Perspective: A Five Year Review
Ruoyu Su, Noman ahmad, Matteo Esposito, Andrea Janes, Davide Taibi, Valentina Lenarduzzi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14554

Emerging Trends in Software Architecture from the Practitioners Perspective: A Five Year Review
Software architecture plays a central role in the design, development, and maintenance of software systems. With the rise of cloud computing, microservices, and containers, architectural practices have diversified. Understanding these shifts is vital. This study analyzes software architecture trends across eight leading industry conferences over five years. We investigate the evolution of software architecture by analyzing talks from top practitioner conferences, focusing on the motivations and…

On Thursday, I wrote a piece saying that Scattered Spider/ShinyHunters etc. were having a banner week, with so many news announcements connected to their hacks.
Then on Friday, news came down that the UK busted two of the top Scattered Spider hackers, and now this.
https://www.

Teen Suspect Surrenders in 2023 Las Vegas Casino Cyberattack Case
A teenage boy suspected of involvement in the 2023 cyberattacks that disrupted the two largest Las Vegas casino companies has surrendered to authorities, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).   The suspect, whose name has not been released due to his status as a minor, is currently being held at the Clark

Onebrief, which makes military workflow software, raised a $20M Series C extension led by Battery Ventures at a $1.1B valuation, taking the round total to $70M (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-softw

Exclusive: Defense tech startup Onebrief hits $1.1B valuation
Onebrief's Series C extension was led by Battery Ventures.

The Rise of AI Teammates in Software Engineering (SE) 3.0: How Autonomous Coding Agents Are Reshaping Software Engineering
Hao Li, Haoxiang Zhang, Ahmed E. Hassan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15003

The Rise of AI Teammates in Software Engineering (SE) 3.0: How Autonomous Coding Agents Are Reshaping Software Engineering
The future of software engineering--SE 3.0--is unfolding with the rise of AI teammates: autonomous, goal-driven systems collaborating with human developers. Among these, autonomous coding agents are especially transformative, now actively initiating, reviewing, and evolving code at scale. This paper introduces AIDev, the first large-scale dataset capturing how such agents operate in the wild. Spanning over 456,000 pull requests by five leading agents--OpenAI Codex, Devin, GitHub Copilot, Cursor…

Functionize, which offers a cloud platform that uses AI to speed up software testing, raised a $41M Series B, bringing its total funding to $67M (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/19/functionize-nabs-41m-speed-software-testing…

Functionize nabs $41M to speed up software testing with AI - SiliconANGLE
Functionize nabs $41M to speed up software testing with AI - SiliconANGLE

Developing Shared Vocabulary System For Collaborative Software Engineering
Carey Lai Zheng Hui, Johnson Britto Jessia Esther Leena, Kumuthini Subramanian, Zhao Chenyu, Shubham Rajeshkumar Jariwala
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14396

Developing Shared Vocabulary System For Collaborative Software Engineering
Effective communication is a critical factor in successful software engineering collaboration. However, communication gaps remain a persistent challenge, often leading to misunderstandings, inefficiencies, and defects. This research investigates the technical factors contributing to such misunderstandings and explores the measurable benefits of establishing shared vocabulary systems within software documentation and codebases. Using a Design Science Research (DSR) framework, the study was struc…