Artificial intelligence-based scam protection startup Scamnetic Inc. announced today that it has raised $13 million in new funding to enhance its marketing, sales and customer support operations, as well as to accelerate its product development roadmap to meet growing global demand. Founded in 2022, Scamnetic uses advanced AI to detect and prevent digital scams. The ...

Identity threat detection and response startup Permiso Security Inc. today launched a new platform that combines identity risk assessment and threat detection into a single solution for both cloud and on-premises environments. Permiso’s new platform addresses gaps left by fragmented tools by offering a complete inventory of human and nonhuman identities, their risk postures and real-time monitoring ...

Supply chain security startup Socket Inc. announced today that it has acquired cloud-based automated code review software startup Coana ApS for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2021, Coana is a Danish cybersecurity startup specializing in advanced static analysis and “reachability assessment” for software vulnerabilities. Established by Professor Anders Møller and Ph.D.s Benjamin Barslev and Martin Torp from ...

Israeli cybersecurity startup Miggo Security today announced that it has raised $17 million in new funding to scale up its platform and expand its global reach. Founded in 2022, Miggo offers an application detection and response platform designed to address critical gaps in application security by enabling security teams to detect and respond to targeted application attacks ...

Shares in Tesla Inc. rose more than 4% in late trading today after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk announced that he would be spending less time on the Department of Government Efficiency and more time on Tesla starting in May. The shares rose despite the company’s first-quarter earnings report falling short of expectations. For the ...

Authentication and user management platform company Descope Inc. today announced the launch of Agentic Identity Hub, a platform that helps organizations solve authentication and authorization challenges for artificial intelligence agents, systems and workflows. The new platform includes the ability to provide apps with an easy way to become agent-ready while requiring user consent. That provides agents a scalable ...

Autonomous endpoint management company Action1 Corp. today announced major upgrades to its AEM platform, with new enhancements to autonomous patching capabilities, advanced analytics and exploit intelligence. The updates deliver new levels of control and scalability tailored for enterprise needs, starting with the launch of Update Rings, a new feature that enhances autonomous patching by supporting structured, phased ...

Cybersecurity and password service provider 1Password LLC today announced significant advancements in its security offerings with the introduction of new agentic artificial intelligence capabilities and enhanced features to its Extended Access Management platform. The new releases are aimed at securing and governing both human and nonhuman access and, in doing so, ensuring protection as AI agents and ...

Cybersecurity company Snyk Ltd. today announced the launch of Snyk API & Web, a new dynamic application security testing or DAST solution designed to meet the growing demands of modern and increasingly artificial intelligence-powered software development. The new service integrates technology from Probley, a Portuguese startup acquired by Snyk in November, into Snyk’s application security platform. The ...

Cloud security startup Sentra Inc. announced today that it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand its platform and fortify its position in the digital security platform space. Founded in 2021, Sentra offers cloud-native data security for the artificial intelligence era, with a mission to empower organizations to securely leverage data in new ways. The ...