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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Identity threat detection and response startup Permiso Security Inc. today launched a new open-source tool aimed at simplifying one of the biggest pain points in cloud defense: inconsistent logging across platforms. Called P0LR Espresso, the first part short for P0 Labs Live Response, the framework normalizes cloud runtime logs to give security teams faster, clearer insights when ...

The global venture capital market held steady in the third quarter of 2025, propped up by artificial intelligence investments, but the recovery is narrow, concentrated in big rounds and exits. As a result, fundraising remains at decade-low levels, handing leverage to investors with dry powder, according to a first look at the quarterly PitchBook-NVCA Venture ...

Threat actors aligned with the Clop ransomware group are claiming to have stolen sensitive data from Oracle Corp.’s E-Business Suite and, though Oracle has yet to confirm a breach, customers are reportedly receiving payment demands not to publish the stolen data. The campaign involving the allegedly stolen data first surfaced in late September, when executives ...

Artificial intelligence-native observability startup Dash0 Inc. revealed today that it has raised $35 million in new funding to accelerate its expansion in the U.S. and Europe while doubling down on research and development to develop further its AI-native observability platform and Agent0 copilot. Founded in 2023, Dash0 offers an observability platform that aims to reset ...