Defense Unicorns and Paramify have partnered to integrate Paramify's compliance automation platform into the Unified Defense Stack for federal and defense customers.
Pentera has added AI native web application testing to its security validation platform, with beta access for selected customers and general availability planned for Q4 2026.
Anthropic says Claude Mythos Preview found new mathematical attacks against HAWK and a seven round AES research variant. The company says the results do not affect current production encryption systems.
The FCC has selected Quantifind's Graphyte platform to support reviews of U.S. communications infrastructure risk, including ownership structures, hidden relationships, and sanctions exposure.
ThreatLocker raised $190 million in Series F funding led by Elephant to expand its Zero Trust platform, AI security controls, and international operations.
Leidos has introduced Parcata, an AI platform that uses multiple large language models to find and patch software vulnerabilities, including zero day issues.
Dymium has introduced GhostAI, a secure AI gateway that governs enterprise AI use across models, context, tools, and data through one policy engine.
Qualys has added TotalAI features for shadow AI discovery, model testing, AI agent monitoring, MCP server checks, and governance evidence. TotalAI is generally available.
Cyware and Armis from ServiceNow have partnered to connect Armis asset visibility with Cyware threat intelligence contextualization and workflow automation.
PortSwigger has launched Burp AT in public beta for Burp Suite Professional users. The tool lets pentesters assign investigative tasks to AI agents while Burp Suite controls scope, permissions, approvals, and evidence records.
Katalyst has acquired Layer27, a Durham, North Carolina managed services and cybersecurity provider with Microsoft expertise and clients in healthcare and regulated industries.
Cogent Security introduced Cogent VR-1, a frontier reasoning model for cybersecurity tasks in live enterprise environments, along with the IntrusionBench benchmark and Cogent AI Harness runtime.
Hush Security raised $30 million in Series A funding, with Akamai Technologies joining Battery Ventures and YL Ventures as an investor. The company plans to expand its AI agent identity and access controls for enterprise systems.
Act Security emerged from stealth with $60 million in funding and launched a cloud security platform that limits access paths across cloud infrastructure for humans, workloads, and AI agents.
Microsoft introduced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, its first cyber model, along with Perception, an agent system for security workflows. The tools are designed to work with MDASH to find and remediate software vulnerabilities.
Keyfactor plans to acquire Cofide, a UK identity platform that secures software workloads and AI agents in cloud environments. The company says Cofide will extend its Trust Control Plane to non human identities.
NVIDIA has announced the Open Secure AI Alliance, a group focused on open tools for AI safety and cybersecurity. Founding members include major cloud, software, security, hardware and AI companies.
Beelzebub raised €3 million in seed funding led by United Ventures to expand its research team, open offices in Rome and San Francisco, and acquire clients in Europe.
F1R3FLY has joined Tata Consultancy Services' Alliances and Partnerships ecosystem to support work on TCS SovereignSecure Cloud. The companies plan to deploy F1R3FLY's parallel computing technology for enterprise cloud, AI, and data security use cases.
AegisAI raised $36 million in Series A funding led by Battery Ventures to expand its AI email security agents and Vanguard product.
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