Conifers.ai Scores $25M Investment for Agentic AI SOC Technology

Backed by SYN Ventures, Conifers.ai plans to use “agentic AI” technology to tackle complex security operations center (SOC) problems.

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Mistral Small 3 brings open source AI to the masses—smaller, faster, and cheaper

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French AI startup Mistral unveils a breakthrough 24B parameter language model that matches the performance of models three times its size, challenging tech giants with faster speeds and lower computing costs while targeting enterprise deployments.Read More

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Taming Shadow AI: Valence Security, Endor Labs Unveil New Protections to Counter Hidden AI Threats

Valence Security and Endor Labs have introduced extensions to their existing platforms specifically to tackle the invisibility and wrongful use of Shadow AI.

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Backline Emerges From Stealth With $9M in Funding for Vulnerability Remediation Platform

Backline has emerged from stealth mode with an autonomous security remediation platform and $9 million in seed funding.

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Cyber Insights 2025: Cyberinsurance – The Debate Continues

Better risk management could lead to reduced premiums on top of value for money, making cyberinsurance a silent driver for improved cybersecurity.

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Google: Over 57 Nation-State Threat Groups Using AI for Cyber Operations

Over 57 distinct threat actors with ties to China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have been observed using artificial intelligence (AI) technology powered by Google to further enable their malicious cyber and information operations.
“Threat actors are experimenting with Gemini to enable their operations, finding productivity gains but not yet developing novel capabilities,” Google Threat

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Cerebras becomes the world’s fastest host for DeepSeek R1, outpacing Nvidia GPUs by 57x

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Cerebras Systems launches DeepSeek’s R1-70B AI model on its wafer-scale processor, delivering 57x faster speeds than GPU solutions and challenging Nvidia’s AI chip dominance with U.S.-based inference processing.Read More

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New Jailbreaks Allow Users to Manipulate GitHub Copilot

Whether by intercepting its traffic or just giving it a little nudge, GitHub’s AI assistant can be made to do malicious things it isn’t supposed to.

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Microsoft’s latest optional patch is a bug-fix bonanza for Windows 11 24H2

The new preview update resolves some persistent and annoying problems with Windows 24H2, but you may need to download and install it manually.

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Seraphic Attracts $29M Investment to Chase Enterprise Browser Business

Seraphic Security banks $29 million investment as VCs remain bullish on startups with security-themed browsers for corporate defenders.

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