Open cloud security platform startup ProwlerPro Inc. announced today that it has raised $12.5 million in new funding to advance product innovation to redefine cloud security to be more open, adaptable and community-focused. Prowler began as an open-source project on GitHub in 2016 that was developed by former Amazon Web Services Inc. security engineer Toni ...

Circle Internet Group Inc., the company behind the popular USDC stablecoin, announced today that it has filed an S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. The company had confidentially filed for an IPO in January 2024 after having failed to go public via a merger with a ...

Google LLC today introduced a new end-to-end email encryption solution for Gmail designed to reduce the friction and complexity typically associated with secure enterprise messaging. The announcement was made today to coincide with Gmail’s 21st birthday. The enhanced encryption offering is aimed at making encrypted communication more accessible to organizations of all sizes, regardless of ...

Security intelligence and management solutions company Exabeam Inc. today unveiled Exabeam Nova, an autonomous artificial intelligence agent. The company says it delivers actionable intelligence to help security teams respond faster to incidents, reduce investigation times by over 50% and mitigate threats more effectively. Exabeam Nova differs from passive AI assistants that merely retrieve and synthesize data by automatically ...

Observability startup ControlTheory Inc. launched today with an announcement that it has raised $5 million in funding to launch its Observability Control Platform, which helps organizations actively manage and optimize the service’s costs, performance and adaptability. Founded in 2024, ControlTheory is dedicated to transforming observability through the power of what it calls “controllability” — the ...

A new report out today from software supply chain company JFrog Ltd. warns that an expansion of artificial intelligence technology across the software supply chain has resulted in an alarming rise in security threats. The finding comes from JFrog’s 2025 Software Supply Chain State of the Union, released to coincide with the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe conferences. ...

Kubernetes virtualization startup LoftLabs Inc. today announced the launch of vNode, a new service that introduces lightweight node-level virtualization to provide secure, high-performance workload isolation within shared Kubernetes infrastructure. Designed to redefine secure tenant isolation in Kubernetes, vNode offers a new layer of virtualization at the node level to ensure that workloads remain fully isolated, ...

A new security controversy has emerged with Oracle Corp. at its center after a hacker claimed to have breached the company’s cloud infrastructure and exfiltrated sensitive data. Although Oracle has denied any breach, some cybersecurity researchers say the evidence suggests otherwise. The story starts like all good hacking stories do, on the infamous hacking forum ...

Security operations company ReliaQuest LLC announced today that it has raised more than $500 million in new funding on a $3.4 billion valuation to advance agentic AI-driven cybersecurity automation and support the company’s ongoing international expansion. Founded in 2007, ReliaQuest is a cybersecurity technology company that specializes in enhancing enterprise security operations. The company has ...

A new report out today from Cisco Talos, a cybersecurity company that’s part of Cisco Systems Inc., found that in 2024, cybercriminals didn’t need zero-days or custom malware to wreak havoc: They just logged in, with identity-based attacks, misused legitimate tools and and years-old vulnerabilities driving the majority of security incidents last year. The findings come ...