Cydelphi has launched from stealth with $3 million in seed funding led by Glasswing Ventures to advance its AI-native Digital Forensics and Incident Response platform, designed to accelerate ransomware recovery.
Palo Alto Networks has finalized its acquisition of CyberArk, integrating its identity security platform to strengthen protection across human, machine, and AI identities. The company also announced plans for a secondary listing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker CYBR.
The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has released a report detailing how threat actors are increasingly using AI for phishing, reconnaissance, and malware development, while also conducting model extraction attacks targeting proprietary AI systems.
Abstract Security has joined the Torq AMP Alliance Program to co-develop AI-driven security operations solutions integrating Abstract's streaming-first security data pipeline with Torq's AI SOC platform.
ZAST.AI has raised $6 million in a Pre-A funding round led by Hillhouse Capital to expand its AI-driven code security platform focused on eliminating false positives.
Astrix Security has launched the OpenClaw Scanner, a free tool designed to detect instances of the open-source AI assistant OpenClaw across enterprise environments, addressing security concerns over autonomous AI agents.
Cisco has announced major updates to its AI Defense platform and new AI-aware capabilities for its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution, aiming to protect agentic AI workflows and enhance enterprise-level security and connectivity.
SentinelOne has introduced new Data Security Posture Management capabilities to its AI Security Platform, enabling organizations to protect AI systems from data ingestion to runtime execution.
Alice has released Caterpillar, a free open-source security tool designed to identify malicious behaviors in AI agent skills within OpenClaw. The tool follows a case where several harmful skills were found active among over 6,000 users.
Florida Polytechnic University has been awarded nearly $3 million in federal funding to establish the Public Service Applied Innovation Laboratory, a hands-on facility for cybersecurity and artificial intelligence research and training.
Tencent Cloud EdgeOne has introduced free AI Crawler Control and CAPTCHA Page features through its Basic Bot Management suite, giving developers tools to block unauthorized AI scraping and manage automated traffic effectively.
Token Security reports that 22% of its enterprise customers have employees using the open-source AI assistant Clawdbot, raising major security concerns over data exposure and unauthorized access.
Viveka Health has achieved the HITRUST e1 Certification, confirming the effectiveness of its foundational cybersecurity controls. The certification process was conducted in collaboration with Palindrome Technologies, a HITRUST Authorized External Assessor.
CompTIA’s new 'IT Industry Outlook 2026' report shows growing optimism among IT and business professionals, with strong expectations for AI investment, cybersecurity expansion, and workforce training initiatives.
OpenAI has published a technical breakdown of the Codex agent loop, explaining how its Codex CLI orchestrates interactions between users, models, and tools to automate software tasks locally.
London and San Francisco-based Asymmetric Security has raised $4.2 million in pre-seed funding to develop its AI-native incident response platform, which reduces cybersecurity investigation times from days to hours.
xAI has launched Grok Business and Grok Enterprise, bringing its AI assistant to organizational users with new administrative tools and a secure Enterprise Vault feature. The launch coincides with renewed criticism over Grok’s image generation misuse on X.
Palo Alto Networks is negotiating to acquire Israeli cybersecurity startup Koi for about $400 million, expanding its endpoint and software supply chain protection portfolio. A preliminary memorandum of understanding has been signed while final terms are being negotiated.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company is hiring a Head of Preparedness, a new executive role dedicated to managing AI safety and risk mitigation as its models grow more capable. The position will pay $555,000 annually and focus on evaluating and mitigating cybersecurity and biological risks associated with advanced AI systems.
Palo Alto Networks has released its 2025 State of Cloud Security Report, revealing that nearly all organizations experienced attacks on AI applications in the past year, as AI adoption accelerates cloud vulnerabilities.
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