Topic: ai-driven threats
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AI Becomes Top Cybersecurity Priority Amid Criminal Exploitation
Artificial intelligence has become the primary tool in a cybersecurity arms race, serving as the top investment priority for defenders while being rapidly weaponized by attackers to launch more sophisticated campaigns. AI acts as a force multiplier for threat actors, enabling low-skilled hackers ...
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Pondurance MDR Essentials Fights AI Attacks with Autonomous SOC
AI-powered cyberattacks are overwhelming traditional defenses, prompting Pondurance to launch "MDR Essentials", a service featuring an "Autonomous SOC" designed to reduce threat containment time by 90%. The service, powered by "Agentic AI", integrates enterprise-grade tools and autonomously...
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Armadin Raises $190M to Combat AI-Powered Cyberattacks
Armadin raised a record $189.9 million in early-stage funding to address the "hyperattack gap," where AI-powered cyber threats outpace traditional, human-dependent defenses. The company's platform uses an "agentic attacker swarm" of specialized AI agents that mimic and surpass human threat actors...
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Is AI Security on Par with Cloud Standards?
AI in cybersecurity is a double-edged sword, enhancing defenses while also equipping attackers with advanced tools, creating a dynamic threat landscape in cloud environments. AI-powered tools automate penetration testing and social engineering, but lack transparency and require continuous monitor...
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LTM BlueVerse RightLogic Fuses AI Risk Assessment with Cyber Remediation
AI integration into business operations has elevated cyber risk to a board-level priority due to autonomous threats and expanding attack surfaces, while many organizations lack the visibility to respond effectively. LTM launched BlueVerse RightLogic, a continuous, evidence-led cybersecurity asses...
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Crypto at Risk: The Dangers of Outdated Encryption
The cryptocurrency industry faces critical security vulnerabilities, with no tested applications supporting post-quantum encryption and millions of user records already circulating on dark web markets, creating a "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" risk. Despite overall concerns, exchanges like Coinbase...
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Indusface SwyftComply AI automates patching for AI-found flaws
AI has accelerated vulnerability discovery but not remediation, creating a bottleneck where security teams are overwhelmed by findings while engineering capacity lags behind. Indusface launched SwyftComply AI, an autonomous vulnerability remediation platform that virtually patches flaws at the ed...
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Intel 471 assessment helps measure CTI program maturity
Intel 471 has launched a free self-assessment tool called the CTI Maturity Pulse Check, based on the CTI-CMM v1.3 framework, to help cybersecurity professionals evaluate their Cyber Threat Intelligence program maturity in 10-15 minutes. The tool simplifies 11 CTI-CMM domains into single questions...
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Whisper Launches 'God Mode' to Combat Cybercrime
Whisper, a Dutch cybersecurity startup, launched a predictive threat-neutralization platform called "God Mode," which analyzes 45+ billion data points for real-time global internet visibility. The platform uses entropy-based scoring to preemptively identify and disrupt cyber threats, contrasting ...
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Google discovers first AI-crafted zero-day exploit, thwarts attack pre-launch
Google's Threat Intelligence Group discovered what is believed to be the first zero-day exploit created by AI, designed for a mass attack but neutralized before deployment through collaboration with the software vendor. This event marks a significant escalation in the cybersecurity arms race, as ...
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Stolen Credentials: Why Hackers Still Prefer Them
Stolen credentials are cybercriminals' top tool due to their simplicity and effectiveness, bypassing the need for advanced hacking techniques. Passwords remain the weakest security link, with slow adoption of stronger measures like MFA and passkeys, while reused passwords amplify risks. Combolist...
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Horizon3.ai Secures $100M in New Funding Round
Horizon3.ai raised $100 million in its latest funding round, with $73 million confirmed, highlighting strong investor confidence in automated security solutions amid rising cyber threats. The funding round, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), could value Horizon3.ai at over $750 million, with...
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