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OpenAI details expanding efforts to disrupt malicious use of AI in new report
OpenAI today released a new report highlighting the company’s growing efforts to identify, expose and disable misuse of its models for cyberattacks, scams and state-linked influence operations. The “Disrupting Malicious Uses of AI” report, part of a monthly series of reports from OpenAI, details a growing trend of threat actors integrating artificial intelligence into their ...
Kaseya expands cybersecurity platform with acquisition of INKY
Information technology management software firm Kaseya Ltd. announced today that it has acquired cybersecurity company INKY Technology Corp. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2008, INKY specializes in advanced email protection solutions with a mission to defend organizations against phishing, impersonation and email-borne threats by combining artificial intelligence, behavioral analysis and computer vision techniques. INKY’s platform inspects email ...
Opkey expands Argano partnership to accelerate Oracle automation with agentic AI
Agentic enterprise app lifecycle optimization platform company Opkey today announced an expanded partnership with digital transformation consultancy Argano LLC to automate Oracle technology stacks for clients by powering critical business processes. The expanded partnership sees Opkey’s enterprise app lifecycle optimization platform offered to Argano’s Oracle consultants. That will allow them to focus on high-value services ...
ClickHouse extends Series C round to fuel real-time analytics and AI growth
Real-time analytics, data warehousing and observability company ClickHouse Inc. today announced an extension of its Series C financing and related transactions. The amount of additional funding raised was not disclosed, but the extension comes on top of the $350 million ClickHouse raised in its original Series C round in May. New investors include Citi Ventures ...
Sonrai Security introduces WALLy AI agent to fix cloud privilege risks automatically
Cloud privilege access management company Sonrai Security Inc. today announced the launch of WALLy, an artificial intelligence security agent designed to solve one of the most persistent problems in the cloud: excessive privileged access. Sonrai pitches WALLy as the first AI agent designed to fix privilege risk, not just identify it. The agent automatically removes unnecessary privileges, ...
Cobalt debuts hybrid AI and human-led approach to modernize penetration testing workflows
Penetration-testing-as-a-service company Cobalt Labs Inc. today announced new human-led, artificial intelligence-powered enhancements to its Offensive Security Platform that are designed to enrich capabilities for both the Cobalt Core pentesting community and its customers. The new advancements merge automated intelligence with the creativity and expertise of skilled security professionals to allow organizations to maintain their defensive ...
Filigran raises $58M to expand its AI-driven threat management platform
French cybersecurity startup Filigran SAS today revealed that it has raised $58 million in new funding to accelerate global expansion and continue developing its artificial intelligence-driven threat-management platform. Founded in 2022, Filigran offers open-source and enterprise cybersecurity solutions under its eXtended Threat Management vision. The company aims to democratize access to threat intelligence and to build interoperable, ...
Google DeepMind unveils CodeMender, an AI agent that autonomously patches software vulnerabilities
Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind lab today shared results for CodeMender, an artificial intelligence-powered agent that automatically detects, patches and rewrites vulnerable code to prevent future exploits. CodeMember builds on DeepMind’s previous AI-based vulnerability discovery projects such as Big Sleep and OSS-Fuzz, by combining the reasoning power of Gemini Deep Think models with advanced program analysis ...
OneSpan invests in ThreatFabric to strengthen mobile fraud detection and cyber defense
Electronic signature and cloud authentication cybersecurity company OneSpan Inc. today announced a strategic investment in and partnership with ThreatFabric B.V., a Dutch provider of proactive fraud detection, mobile threat intelligence and malware defense solutions. The partnership will allow OneSpan to expand its cyber fraud prevention capabilities for the financial services industry, which has experienced a significant surge ...
AI drives 38% surge in global venture capital funding as third quarter hits $97B
Global venture capital activity surged in the third quarter of 2025, with total funding reaching $97 billion, up 38% year-over-year, according to a new report released today by Crunchbase Inc. The $97 billion raised in the quarter was slightly ahead of the $92 billion raised in the second quarter. The quarter was also the fourth ...