Microsoft Corp. today introduced a new Copilot Mode in its Edge browser, aiming to redefine how users interact with the web by turning Edge into a task-oriented, agentic artificial intelligence assistant. The new Edge Copilot feature, launching in preview today, combines search, chat and browser navigation into a single experience, in what Microsoft describes as ...

Security operations startup Dropzone AI Inc. revealed today that it has raised $37 million in new funding to accelerate development of specialized autonomous AI security agents and deepen its ecosystem partnerships and integrations. Founded in 2020, Dropzone AI builds artificial intelligence-native security operations center analysts capable of autonomously triaging and investigating security alerts. The company’s ...

Cloud-native threat detection and response startup RAD Security Inc. today announced the launch of RADBots, autonomous digital workers that help security teams investigate faster, explain risk clearly and automate actions across the tech stack. Launching ahead of the annual Black Hat USA 2025 conference, each RADBot has a clear role, tracking sensitive data, monitoring shadow artificial intelligence, ...

Defense technology company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. today announced the launch of Vellox Reverser, an artificial intelligence cloud product that protects organizations from malware as cyberattacks continue to grow. Vellox Reverser uses AI agents and algorithms developed over decades of cyber defense tradecraft with U.S. government agencies to protect organizations from evasive malware by automating ...

Cybersecurity asset management startup Axonius Inc. has reportedly acquired Cynerio Israel Ltd., a cybersecurity company focused on protecting healthcare environments, for $180 million. According to Calcalist, which broke the news Saturday, the value of the acquisition could grow to $250 million, contingent on Cynerio achieving specific milestones. Founded in 2017, Cynerio offers a cybersecurity platform that protects ...

Legal artificial intelligence for contracting company LegalOn Technologies Inc. announced today that it has raised $50 million in a new late-stage funding round to scale up its agentic AI product development and go-to-market efforts. Founded in 2017 by former corporate attorneys Nozomu Tsunoda and Masataka Ogasawara in Japan, LegalOn was created with the aim of ...

A new report out today from mobile security firm iVerify Inc. sheds light on the alarming ease with which cybercriminals can now rent advanced Android malware through subscription-based malware-as-a-service platforms. The report, “Renting Android Malware Is Getting Easier – and Cheaper,” written by iVerify research fellow Daniel Kelley, explores how services are slashing the technical ...

Network security company Tenable Holdings Inc. today unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered update to its Vulnerability Priority Rating system, designed to help organizations better identify and respond to the vulnerabilities that pose the most serious threats. The Tenable VPR system launched in 2019 as a way for companies to understand quickly the vulnerability impact on their business. Though ...

Intelligence-driven cybersecurity company Intel 471 Inc. today announced the launch of Guided Threat Hunts, a new method driven tool that gives threat hunters capabilities to craft their own queries and filters to better identify sophisticated threat behaviors that evade traditional detection methods. Guided Threat Hunts, offered as part of the company’s HUNTER solution, allow analysts ...

Amazon.com Inc. today announced the winners of its inaugural Nova AI Challenge, a global competition that tasked university teams with hardening and attacking artificial intelligence coding assistants in a live adversarial tournament. Held in Santa Clara, California, the challenge brought together top student researchers to probe the security of large language model-powered development tools in ...