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Congressional Budget Office breached by suspected foreign hackers

Maria Deutscher — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:22:29 +0000

The Congressional Budget Office has been breached by hackers that are believed to be affiliated with a foreign actor. The CBO disclosed the incident on Thursday. According to the Washington Post, CBO officials first discovered the breach a few days earlier. The agency’s information technology team responded by rolling out new cybersecurity controls. “The Congressional […]

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DOJ greenlights Alphabet’s $32B Wiz deal as Google moves to expand cloud security leadership

Duncan Riley — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 23:50:53 +0000

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google LLC, has cleared a major regulatory hurdle in its planned $32 billion acquisition of cloud security startup Wiz Inc., as the U.S. Department of Justice completed its antitrust review without objections. The news was first revealed by Wiz Chief Executive Officer Assaf Rappaport at a Wall Street Journal […]

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Coalition expands cyber risk prevention capabilities with acquisition of Wirespeed

Duncan Riley — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 23:22:32 +0000

Cybersecurity insurance company Coalition Inc. today announced that it has acquired managed detection and response startup Wirespeed Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in July 2024, Wirespeed assist organizations detect and respond to cyberthreats with an automated MDR platform that reduces the time from threat detection to verdict measured in milliseconds rather than hours or days. Wirespeed’s […]

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Truffle Security secures $25M to protect codebases from leaked secrets and nonhuman identities

Duncan Riley — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:26 +0000

Open-source security software company Truffle Security Co. announced today that it has raised $25 million in new funding to fuel continued growth of TruffleHog Enterprise, the company’s enterprise-grade secrets detection, verification and remediation solution, and expand its development in secrets and nonhuman identities protection. Founded in 2019, Truffle Security provides paid solutions based on TruffleHog, […]

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Dataminr launches Developer Portal and enhanced SDK to simplify AI integration

Duncan Riley — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:04 +0000

Real-time event and risk detection company Dataminr Inc. today announced the launch of Dataminr Developer Portal and an enhanced Software Development Kit to make it easier for developers and partners to integrate its artificial intelligence-powered real-time intelligence into applications. The Dataminr Developer Portal has been designed to streamline the entire integration journey by giving users frictionless access […]

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Keeper Security debuts Forcefield to block memory-based attacks on Windows

Duncan Riley — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:36 +0000

Cybersecurity software company Keeper Security Inc. today announced the launch of Keeper Forcefield, a new service that provides protection against memory-based attacks on Windows devices. Forcefield offers kernel-level endpoint security that proactively defends against memory-based attacks, including credential theft from infostealers and runtime memory-scraping malware. Keeper claims that the offering is the first to deliver real-time memory […]

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Fortinet, SentinelOne and CrowdStrike debut new AI security features

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:38:44 +0000

Three of the world’s largest cybersecurity companies today announced product updates designed to help enterprises protect their artificial intelligence workloads. Fortinet Inc. debuted a firewall appliance optimized for AI workloads. SentinelOne Inc. and CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., in turn, introduced new AI features focused on making cybersecurity teams more productive. Nasdaq-listed Fortinet provides software that enterprises […]

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Alphabet’s CapitalG backs $435M round for connected device security startup Armis

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:33:16 +0000

Armis Inc., a startup that helps companies secure connected devices such as printers and cell towers, has raised $435 million from investors at a $6.1 billion valuation. Goldman Sachs’ growth equity arm led the investment. Armis said in its announcement of the deal today that Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG growth fund, Evolution Equity Partners and several […]

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Google warns that a new era of self-evolving, AI-driven malware has begun

Duncan Riley — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:00:47 +0000

A new report out today from Google LLC’s Threat Intelligence Group warns that there has been a major shift in cybercrime as attackers are no longer using artificial intelligence solely for productivity but are now deploying AI-enabled malware directly in active operations. The GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Advances in Threat Actor Usage of AI Tools […]

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Malanta debuts with $10M to help enterprises neutralize threats before they strike

Duncan Riley — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:00:07 +0000

Pre-attack prevention platform startup Malanta launched today with an announcement that it has raised $10 million in funding. It plans to use the money to add new Indicators of Pre-Attack types and data sources and deepen integrations so customers can automatically apply Malanta’s preemptive intelligence across their existing controls. Founded in 2024, Malanta’s offering is […]

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Flare raises $30M to raise the bar for cybersecurity threat intelligence

Kyt Dotson — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Cybersecurity firm Flare Systems Inc., which monitors cybercrime intelligence to identify potential threats and prevent breaches, today announced it has raised $30 million in funding to expand its platform. The round included $15 million in a Series B extension led by Inovia Capital’s Growth Fund, with participation from Base10 Partners and White Star Capital, in […]

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Daylight Security raises $33M to expand AI-driven managed detection and response

Duncan Riley — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:45:20 +0000

Israeli cybersecurity startup Daylight Security Inc. revealed today that it has raised $33 million in new funding to fuel its U.S. expansion, accelerate product development and support the launch of new artificial intelligence-driven modules for identity threat response and cloud workload protection. Founded earlier this year by Hagai Shapira and Eldad Rodich, veterans of Israel’s […]

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JFrog discloses CVSS 9.8 React vulnerability putting millions of developers at risk

Duncan Riley — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:15:06 +0000

Security researchers at software supply chain company JFrog Ltd. today revealed details of a critical vulnerability in React, the open-source JavaScript library developed by Meta Platforms Inc., that potentially puts millions of developers at risk of remote code execution. The JFrog Security Research team found the vulnerability in the popular @react-native-community/cli NPM package, which is downloaded more […]

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Portal26 nabs $9M for its AI application governance platform

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:05:14 +0000

Portal26 Inc., a startup that helps companies protect employees from risky artificial intelligence applications, has raised $9 million in funding. Shasta Ventures led the Series A investment. It was joined by Fusion Fund and the venture capital arm of an unnamed Fortune 500 financial services firm. Portal26 said in its announcement of the raise today […]

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Veza expands Access AI and launches Access AuthZ to unify and automate identity security

Duncan Riley — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:00:38 +0000

Data security platform company Veza Inc. today announced a major expansion of its Access AI platform that extends the power of artificial intelligence to govern and secure all enterprise identities, and also introduced Access AuthZ to automate user provisioning and deprovisioning. The updates to Veza’s Access AI solution enable natural language explainability and intuitive query analysis for […]

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Bugcrowd acquires AI security startup Mayhem to fuse hacker ingenuity with machine intelligence

Duncan Riley — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:00:02 +0000

Crowdsourced cybersecurity platform company Bugcrowd Inc. today announced that it has acquired Mayhem Security, an artificial intelligence offensive security company, to advance the next generation of humans-in-the-loop, AI-powered security testing. Founded in 2012, Mayhem Security emerged from research at Carnegie Mellon University to automate the discovery and remediation of software vulnerabilities. The company was founded by cybersecurity […]

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Google Cloud report warns of AI-driven cyberattacks and global extortion surge in 2026

Duncan Riley — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:00:56 +0000

A new report out today from Google Cloud Security is warning of artificial intelligence-driven cyberthreats and rising global extortion rates next year. The Cybersecurity Forecast 2026 report details how AI will transform both cyberattacks and defenses and how ransomware and state-sponsored operations continue to escalate worldwide, while offering a data-driven look at how the global […]

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Exclusive: Rilevera raises $3M to automate cyberthreat detection engineering

Paul Gillin — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:00:07 +0000

Rilevera Inc., a startup focused on automating cyberthreat detection rule management, today said it has raised $3 million in seed funding to tackle detection engineering, an under-appreciated cybersecurity task that the founders say is badly broken. The company has built a centralized platform that enables security teams to create, test, deploy and monitor detection rules […]

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OpenAI unveils Aardvark, an autonomous GPT-5 agent built to hunt software vulnerabilities

Duncan Riley — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 23:38:32 +0000

OpenAI Group PBC today unveiled Aardvark, a new GPT-5-powered autonomous artificial intelligence agent designed to identify, verify and help fix software vulnerabilities in real time. Pitched by OpenAI as representing a “breakthrough in AI and security research,” Aardvark is described as an “AI security researcher” capable of scanning code repositories, reasoning about potential exploits and […]

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Cloudflare earnings results beat expectations with strong revenue and profit growth

Duncan Riley — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:35:28 +0000

Shares in Cloudflare Inc. rose nearly 8% in late trading today after the content delivery network and security company reported earnings and revenue ahead of expectations in its fiscal third quarter and offered forecasts higher than expected. For the quarter that ended on Sept. 30, Cloudflare reported adjusted earnings per share of 27 cents, up […]

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SandboxAQ launches OpenCryptography.com to expose hidden cryptographic vulnerabilities

Duncan Riley — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:00:36 +0000

Cybersecurity and quantum technology solutions company SandboxAQ today announced the launch of OpenCryptography.com, a public database that maps cryptographic assets, vulnerabilities and risks across the digital ecosystem. Offered for free, OpenCryptography.com has been designed to give enterprises, researchers and policymakers unprecedented visibility into real-world cryptographic deployments across the internet to allow them to uncover weaknesses, […]

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BreachRx launches Mobile Command app to empower executives during cyber incidents

Duncan Riley — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:00:53 +0000

Incident response startup BreachRx Inc. today announced the launch of BreachRx Mobile Command, a cyber incident response management app built specifically for C-suite and business leaders. BreachRx Mobile Command has been designed to solve what the company says is a critical challenge for today’s organizations: giving executives and security teams a direct, unified channel to communicate crucial […]

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Reflectiz raises $22M to protect enterprise websites from third-party and open-source risks

Duncan Riley — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:00:39 +0000

Web exposure management platform startup Reflectiz Ltd. revealed today that it has raised $22 million in new funding to expand its current product offering. The company plans to use the money to provide comprehensive continuous threat exposure management for websites, as well as support its growing partner and alliances network and go-to-market acceleration. Founded in […]

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Commvault launches Conversational AI and Data Rooms to unify cyber resilience and responsible AI

Duncan Riley — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:30:26 +0000

Data protection provider Commvault Systems Inc. today announced two innovations — Conversational AI and Data Rooms — that are designed to transform how enterprises manage, protect and activate their data in the age of artificial intelligence. The announcements, made ahead of the company’s SHIFT 2025 conference, are said by Commvault’s to underscore its mission to unify cyber […]

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Acronis Cyber Protect Local brings cloud-grade security to local and sovereign deployments

Duncan Riley — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:00:35 +0000

Cybersecurity and data protection company Acronis International GmbH today announced the launch of Acronis Cyber Protect Local, a new solution that delivers natively integrated cyber resilience for on-premises, sovereign private cloud, and air-gapped information technology and operational technology environments. Cyber Protect Local is designed for organizations where cloud deployment is not an option and combines […]

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Cybersecurity funding surge continues with Sublime, ConductorOne and CyberRidge rounds

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:59:29 +0000

Three more cybersecurity startups announced funding rounds today, continuing an investment streak that sent the sector’s deal volume to a three-year high during the first half of 2025. Sublime Security Inc. and ConductorOne Inc. focus on protecting employee inboxes and user accounts, respectively. CyberRidge Ltd., the third startup that has raised funding, offers what it […]

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Cybersecurity stocks diverge as Commvault disappoints and Check Point surges on AI-driven results

Duncan Riley — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:57:23 +0000

Commvault Systems Inc. and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. reported earnings early today, to widely different investor reactions: Commvault shares plunged more than 16%, while Check Point shares rose more than 6% in regular trading. Commvault Commvault, for its fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30, reported adjusted earnings per share of 91 cents, up from 83 cents per […]

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Xage extends zero trust to AI agents and data centers through Nvidia BlueField integration

Duncan Riley — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:30:54 +0000

Zero-trust cybersecurity company Xage Security Inc. today announced the integration of the Xage Fabric Platform with the Nvidia BlueField data processing unit to deliver advanced security controls for AI factories and critical infrastructure. With the integration, Xage will scale identity-based access controls across massive data centers and mission-critical environments, ensuring exceptional performance and resilience. The […]

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Fortanix and Nvidia team up to enable confidential AI in healthcare, finance and government

Duncan Riley — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:30:45 +0000

Data security company Fortanix Inc. today announced a new joint solution with Nvidia Corp. that offers a turnkey, on-premises platform for running secure and sovereign, agentic artificial intelligence in AI Factories and highly regulated environments. The new solution allows enterprises to run AI on sensitive data with verifiable trust and compliance that includes a confidential […]

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Palo Alto Networks introduces Prisma AIRS 2.0, Cortex Cloud 2.0 and AgentiX to secure the agentic enterprise

Duncan Riley — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:00:24 +0000

Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced upgrades to its cybersecurity lineup with three major releases, Prisma AIRS 2.0, Cortex Cloud 2.0 and Cortex AgentiX, that aim to secure the fast-growing world of agentic artificial intelligence and autonomous cloud operations. Leading the list is the launch of Prism AIRS 2.0, an upgrade that expands the company’s security […]

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