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German artificial intelligence security startup Kontext today announced $4 million in new funding for software that controls what AI agents are allowed to do once they are running inside a business. Kontext’s software sits between an agent and the systems it acts …
Microsoft unveils Integrated Security Operations Center in Defender for AI agents
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Integrated Security Operations Center in Microsoft Defender as it rebuilds its security operations products around artificial intelligence agents. The service moves security information and event management features from Microsoft Sentinel directly into Defender. ISOC is aimed at a problem …
Lookout launches mobile module to detect AI-powered text and voice scams
Mobile security company Lookout Inc. today launched Social Engineering Protection, a module that analyzes text messages and phone calls for signs an employee is being manipulated into handing over credentials or money. The release goes after a problem Lookout argues email security …
Flux expands its platform to show whether AI coding investments are paying off
Code-first engineering intelligence startup Flux Cyber Inc. today expanded its platform with tools meant to show engineering leaders whether their investment in artificial intelligence for software development is paying off. The release takes on a problem Flux says has come up again …
Vicarius launches ScriptAI to write fixes for flaws with no vendor patch
Vulnerability remediation company Vicarius Inc. today launched an artificial intelligence engine that writes detection and remediation scripts for software flaws with no vendor patch available. ScriptAI is aimed at the gap between a public disclosure and a working fix. Mean time to …
Ekai raises $1.7M to give enterprise AI agents verified business context
Enterprise data startup Ekai Inc. today announced $1.7 million in new funding for software that builds the business context artificial intelligence agents need before they can be trusted with corporate data. Ekai provides a platform that writes the semantic models and data …
Cisco Talos finds malware that puts its next move to a four-model vote
Cisco Systems Inc.’s Talos Threat Intelligence group today released an open-source toolkit for hunting malware that has artificial intelligence built into it. The first sample it has detailed is a Windows credential stealer that takes its orders from no command-and-control server. Talos …
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI counters with two cheaper GPT-6 models
Despite rampant worries about runaway artificial intelligence, the two big AI model makers aren’t yet slowing down: Anthropic PBC released Claude Opus 5.5 today and cut its price 20%, and minutes later OpenAI Group PBC put out two new GPT-6 models, Sol …
Exclusive: Darktrace makes SECURE AI generally available to monitor enterprise AI use
U.K.-based cybersecurity company Darktrace Holdings Ltd. today made its SECURE AI offering generally available, bringing its behavioral detection approach to corporate use of artificial intelligence tools and agents. The release is aimed at AI use that has spread through the enterprise faster …
Barracuda launches AI Data Security to control what employees send to chatbots
Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks Inc. today launched Barracuda AI Data Security, a product that monitors and controls what company data employees feed into artificial intelligence tools. The release goes after a control gap that opens when workers adopt chatbots faster than their …