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DigiCert tackles AI’s trust crisis with identity, automation and cryptographic governance

Cheryl Knight — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:30:03 +0000

Enterprise AI is moving faster than the digital trust systems built to govern it. As autonomous agents, synthetic content and machine identities spread across critical systems, organizations face a new digital trust challenge: proving what is real, authorized and secure before trust breaks down. At today’s DigiCert Trust Summit, DigiCert Inc. positioned its DigiCert ONE […]

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Blumira launches Kindling pilot, an agentic SIEM investigation engine that cuts alert volume up to 50x

Duncan Riley — Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:08 +0000

Security operations platform startup Blumira Inc. today launched the pilot of Kindling, an agentic security information and event management investigation engine that the company says can reduce alert volume for security teams by 30 to 50 times. Pitched at small and midmarket security operations centers and the managed service providers that support them, Kindling sits on top […]

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Cofense adds AI-driven campaign detection to its phishing defense platform

Duncan Riley — Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:40 +0000

Phishing defense company Cofense Inc. today unveiled new artificial intelligence-driven detection and automation features for its Phishing Defense Platform aimed at catching coordinated polymorphic phishing campaigns that slip past traditional filters and AI-only tools. The company says the new features shift away from one-email-at-a-time responses toward action at the campaign level. The release pairs campaign-aware detection with […]

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JupiterOne targets AI sprawl with new attack surface and vulnerability tools

Duncan Riley — Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:23 +0000

Artificial intelligence risk management platform provider JupiterOne Inc. today announced the launch of two new offerings aimed at helping security teams get a handle on risk created by the sprawl of AI systems across enterprise environments. The company pitches the two products, AI Attack Surface Management and Unified Vulnerability Management, as a way to show […]

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Idira launches as Palo Alto Networks extends CyberArk tech to machine and agentic identities

Duncan Riley — Tue, 12 May 2026 22:50:26 +0000

Palo Alto Networks Inc. today launched Idira, a new identity security platform designed to manage human, machine and artificial intelligence agent identities across the enterprise under a single privileged access management framework. Idira incorporates technology from CyberArk Software Ltd., the privileged access management specialist Palo Alto Networks acquired in February for $25 billion, and extends those […]

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Agentic SOC startup Exaforce closes $125M round at reported $725M valuation

Duncan Riley — Tue, 12 May 2026 22:25:06 +0000

Agentic security operations startup Exaforce Inc. today announced that it has raised $125 million in new funding to scale up its AI-driven security operations platform and expand its real-time threat reasoning capabilities. Though not confirmed directly by Exaforce, TechCrunch reports that the round was raised at a valuation of $725 million. Founded in 2023, Exaforce sells what […]

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What to expect during VeeamON: Join theCUBE May 14

Chad Wilson — Tue, 12 May 2026 19:41:44 +0000

Data resilience is quickly becoming the line between systems that recover and businesses that stall as artificial intelligence reshapes how data is created, moved and exposed. What’s changing isn’t just scale — it’s the stakes. Enterprises are no longer treating data protection as a background function; they’re redesigning around resilience as an always-on discipline that […]

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DigiCert’s intelligent trust framework targets AI reliability gaps as enterprise risks grow

Devony Hof — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:52:53 +0000

Intelligent trust is not just a bonus for artificial intelligence systems, but a vital factor in their success. Although the AI train doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon, security concerns and unreliable outputs are putting the brakes on AI adoption. The increase in autonomous AI agents and lack of consistent AI guardrails […]

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Manifold scores 7,700 MCP servers in Manifest expansion aimed at agent security teams

Duncan Riley — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:00:03 +0000

Artificial intelligence detection and response platform startup Manifold Security Inc. today announced an expansion of its Manifest supply chain intelligence tool to cover Model Context Protocol servers, adding scored entries for more than 7,700 servers pulled from the official MCP Registry. The expansion brings MCP servers into the same searchable index Manifold already maintains for agent skills […]

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AI security startup Grego AI debuts, claims record $250,000 bounty for AI-found exploit

Duncan Riley — Tue, 12 May 2026 10:00:40 +0000

Artificial intelligence cybersecurity startup Grego AI formally launched today with a claimed method of using existing AI models to find critical software vulnerabilities that human auditors and other automated tools routinely miss. Founded in 2024, the company calls its approach Deep Invariant Analysis. The tool scans a full codebase and works out how each module […]

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With $50M in funding, Frame Security takes aim at AI-powered social engineering

Duncan Riley — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:33:14 +0000

Human risk security startup Frame Security Ltd. launched today with an announcement that it has raised $50 million in funding to build out its platform, which uses artificial intelligence to harden employees against social engineering and deepfake attacks. Frame pitches its platform as a replacement for quarterly slide decks and canned phishing simulations that still […]

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Google says criminals used AI to build a working zero-day exploit for the first time

Duncan Riley — Mon, 11 May 2026 13:00:35 +0000

Criminal hackers have used artificial intelligence to develop a working zero-day exploit, the first confirmed case of its kind, according to a report released today by Google LLC’s Google Threat Intelligence Group. The GTIG AI Threat Tracker report details how a criminal group used AI to build a Python-based exploit targeting a two-factor authentication bypass […]

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Cloudflare beats on earnings, but 20% AI-driven layoffs and weak guidance send shares down

Duncan Riley — Thu, 07 May 2026 22:49:58 +0000

Shares in Cloudflare Inc. plunged more than 16% in late trading today after the content delivery network and security company beat fiscal 2026 first-quarter estimates but issued second-quarter revenue guidance that fell short of expectations. It also announced plans to cut about 20% of its workforce in a restructuring tied to what it called an […]

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Fortinet shares surge on first-quarter earnings beat and raised outlook

Duncan Riley — Wed, 06 May 2026 22:16:01 +0000

Shares of Fortinet Inc. surged more than 15% in late trading today after the cybersecurity company reported strong beats in revenue and earnings in its fiscal 2026 first quarter and lifted its full-year outlook. For the quarter that ended on March 31, Fortinet reported adjusted earnings per share of 82 cents, up from 58 cents […]

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Tanium and ServiceNow launch joint solution to automate endpoint patching and remediation

Duncan Riley — Wed, 06 May 2026 15:15:03 +0000

Cybersecurity software provider Tanium Inc. today announced a new partnership with ServiceNow Inc. to deliver a joint autonomous information technology solution, ITOM AI Prime powered by Tanium. The joint offering integrates the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform with ServiceNow IT Operations Management AI Prime into a single solution to move from reactive operations to autonomous, outcome-based IT, where […]

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Security training startup Herd Security raises $3M to expand AI capabilities

Duncan Riley — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:00:57 +0000

Security training platform startup Herd Security Inc. today announced that it has raised $3 million in new funding to expand product development across new training categories in human resources and artificial intelligence, optimize its AI-powered video generation capabilities and grow its partnership ecosystem. Founded in 2025, Herd Security offers an agentic AI platform built for […]

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Boost Security acquires SecureIQx and Korbit, adds $4M in new funding

Duncan Riley — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:00:55 +0000

Application security startup Boost Security Inc. today announced two acquisitions and an additional $4 million in funding as it builds out what it pitches as an artificial intelligence-native defense platform for software development. The company has acquired SecureIQx, an MIT-founded startup that built a software composition analysis reachability engine and Korbit Technologies Inc., an AI-driven […]

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Cisco buys Astrix Security to strengthen AI agent discovery and governance

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 05 May 2026 01:32:28 +0000

Cisco Systems Inc. today revealed it will buy the Israeli cybersecurity firm Astrix Security Ltd. in an effort to bolster the defenses of artificial intelligence agents. The startup has developed a platform that can identify, manage and secure AI agents running in production environments. Terms weren’t disclosed, but The Information reported on the talks last […]

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What to expect at the DigiCert Trust Summit: Join theCUBE May 13

Devony Hof — Mon, 04 May 2026 18:47:04 +0000

Artificial intelligence has rapidly changed the cybersecurity landscape, leaving organizations reeling — and in need of new trust infrastructure. More than 70% of organizations are already deploying AI-powered security tools, yet nearly 90% remain unprepared for AI-driven threats, according to theCUBE Research. This highlights the urgent need for security systems that treat AI trust as […]

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AI exposes attacks traditional detection methods can’t see

Evan Powell — Mon, 04 May 2026 02:16:46 +0000

Most discussions about artificial intelligence security are focused on what models might do wrong. The more urgent issue is what our detection systems still cannot see — and side-channel attacks are making that gap visible. Side-channel attacks gather information or interferes with a program’s execution by targeting physical factors such as power consumption, electromagnetic emissions […]

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AI constraints must come before deployment, not after

John Waller — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:52:28 +0000

On April 7, 2026, Anthropic did something unprecedented in the history of artificial intelligence: The company announced that it had built its most capable model ever and would not be releasing it to the public. The model had not failed. In fact, it had performed so well, across such consequential domains, that Anthropic concluded the […]

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Securonix partners with AI SPERA to bring Criminal IP intelligence to ThreatQ

Duncan Riley — Fri, 01 May 2026 13:00:47 +0000

Cybersecurity company Securonix Inc. today announced a new partnership with cyberthreat intelligence company AI SPERA Inc. to deliver integrated threat intelligence enrichment through its ThreatQ Platform. The partnership sees the integration of Securonix’s ThreatQ data-driven orchestration and investigation capabilities with AI SPERA’s Criminal IP’s real-time IP threat intelligence to give security teams more in-depth context to prioritize […]

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Check Point shares plunge 19% on mixed first-quarter results

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:22:23 +0000

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. closed almost 20% lower today after it posted quarterly sales and guidance that missed expectations. The cybersecurity company’s profit, in contrast, exceeded the consensus estimate by a comfortable margin. Check Point’s sales rose 5% year-over-year in the first quarter, to $668.4 million, missing analyst expectations by a hair. […]

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A cybersecurity harbinger: Oracle front-runs AI model threat with new customer security advisory

Dave Vellante — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:01:58 +0000

SiliconANGLE was able to review an Oracle Corp. security alert that went out to customers this week. We believe it was a direct response to Anthropic PBC’s new Mythos artificial intelligence model, and other frontier models, that significantly lower the cost for attackers to discover exploits. In this Breaking Analysis, we give you our initial […]

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Anthropic announces Claude Security public beta to find and fix software vulnerabilities

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:00:40 +0000

Anthropic PBC announced the launch of Claude Security in public beta mode today to help cybersecurity teams scan their codebases for vulnerabilities and generate patches. Part of Claude Enterprise, the company’s subscription model aimed at large organizations, Security began as a research preview as Claude Code Security in February. Since its introduction, the company said hundreds of organizations have used it to discover and fix exploits in […]

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DigiCert debuts AI Trust framework to secure agents, models and content

Duncan Riley — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:43 +0000

Digital security company DigiCert Inc. today introduced a new AI Trust framework to help organizations secure AI systems and their outputs, along with new capabilities to help secure autonomous agents and artificial intelligence models. As AI is accelerating innovation at an unprecedented pace, it is also, according to DigiCert, “breaking traditional models of trust.” The […]

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Wiz finds AI has moved from tool to infrastructure, broadening the attack surface

Duncan Riley — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:00:59 +0000

A new report out today from Google LLC-owned cloud security company Wiz Inc. finds that artificial intelligence has shifted from experimental tooling to default cloud infrastructure, with 81% of observed environments running managed AI services and 90% running self-hosted AI software. The State of AI in the Cloud 2026 report used anonymized configuration metadata, AI asset […]

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Lookout launches mobile-native tool to expose shadow AI on enterprise devices

Duncan Riley — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:00:18 +0000

Cybersecurity company Lookout Inc. today announced the launch of Lookout AI Visibility & Governance, a new mobile-native solution designed to provide organizations with the visibility needed to discover, govern and secure artificial intelligence adoption across their mobile ecosystem. The new offering provides a missing layer of visibility that allows organizations to identify shadow AI activity on mobile […]

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Aviatrix launches AI agent containment platform for cloud workloads

Kyt Dotson — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:00:53 +0000

Aviatrix Inc. today announced the launch of a new platform designed to contain artificial intelligence agents and enforce security controls and communications across AI workloads without changing AI agents or code. The company said the launch comes in response to an increasing number of supply chain attacks that do not always come from outside the […]

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Command Zero opens its autonomous security operations center platform with APIs and an MCP server

Duncan Riley — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:00:37 +0000

Cyber investigations platform provider Command Zero Inc. today released a set of application programming interface endpoints and a Model Context Protocol server for its autonomous security operations center platform that allows customers to drive threat hunts, investigations and remediation programmatically rather than through the vendor’s console. The new endpoints let security operations teams wire Command Zero’s […]

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