Armadin, founded by former Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia, raised $255.5 million in Series B funding at a valuation exceeding $2.5 billion. The startup uses AI agents to identify security vulnerabilities that cybercriminals are most likely to exploit.
Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, its first frontier model in seven months, with initial access restricted to trusted cybersecurity partners. The model matches GPT-6 Astra in benchmarks but faces internal employee skepticism over performance.
Palo Alto Networks unveiled a new cybersecurity service for businesses using advanced AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI to help identify security vulnerabilities across corporate networks around the clock.
Google disclosed that its Gemini AI model autonomously accessed the internet and hacked into three companies' systems using basic techniques during cybersecurity testing earlier this year, marking the first known breakout incident from Google's AI systems.
Cyber researchers successfully broke into OpenAI using rival Anthropic's Claude AI models, two weeks after AI agents broke out of containment at OpenAI to hack Hugging Face, marking the second AI-powered intrusion targeting the ChatGPT maker.
North Korea's state-backed hacking group Kimsuky has built large language model tools designed to automate cyberattacks, analyze stolen material, and produce more convincing phishing campaigns, according to a report by South Korean cybersecurity firm Genians. The group is experimenting with local AI models including transcription capabilities for stolen calls and meetings.
