Cogent Security on Wednesday announced raising $42 million in Series A funding to develop autonomous AI agents for vulnerability remediation. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Greylock Partners, Definition, and executives from OpenAI, Abnormal Security, and Datadog. This brings Cogent Security’s total funding to $53 million and the proceeds will be used to accelerate product development. The San Francisco-based company provides an agentic AI platform that addresses challenges in vulnerability management by automating investigation, prioritization, and remediation tasks. The system connects and normalizes vulnerability data across environments, handling scanner noise and incorporating business context. It…
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Google Ads now surfaces Performance Max (PMax) campaign data in the “Where ads showed” report, giving advertisers clearer insight into placements, networks, and impressions — data that was previously unavailable. What’s new. The update makes it possible to see exactly where PMax ads are appearing across Google’s network, including search partners, display, and other placements. Advertisers can now track impressions by placement type and network, helping them understand how campaigns are performing in detail. Why we care. This update finally gives visibility into where PMax campaigns are running, including Google Search Partners, display, and other networks. With placement, type, and…
Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold launched in the US in late January and sold out in minutes, due to incredibly low stock levels. We recently heard that the company would restock the device in the US before the end of this month, and today Samsung has confirmed this. Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold 5G The Galaxy Z TriFold will once again be in stock in the US this Friday, on February 20, at 10 AM Eastern / 7 AM Pacific. The company has sent out email notifications about the restocking to those who signed up for more information on the company’s website.…
Ravie LakshmananFeb 18, 2026Mobile Security / Spyware New research from the Citizen Lab has found signs that Kenyan authorities used a commercial forensic extraction tool manufactured by Israeli company Cellebrite to break into a prominent dissident’s phone, making it the latest case of abuse of the technology targeting civil society. The interdisciplinary research unit at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy said it found the indicators on a personal phone belonging to Boniface Mwangi, a Kenyan pro-democracy activist who has announced plans to run for president in 2027. Specifically, it has emerged that Cellebrite’s…
Most enterprises are still treating SEO as a marketing activity. That decision, whether intentional or accidental, is now a material business risk. In the years ahead, SEO performance will not be determined by better tactics, better tools, or even better talent. It will be determined by whether leadership understands what SEO has become and restructures the organization accordingly. SEO is no longer simply a channel but an infrastructure, and infrastructure decisions are leadership decisions. The Old SEO Question Is No Longer Relevant For years, executives asked a familiar question: Are we doing SEO well? Or even more simply, are we ranking…
What you need to knowLatest Nothing rumors paint a new picture when it comes to its mid-range Phone 4a series.The Phone 4a Pro could upgrade to a 6.8-inch 1.5K AMOLED 144Hz display, leaving the base model with a 6.7-inch 1.5K AMOLED display.The Phone 4a might also receive a triple camera array upgrade.Nothing teased that it plans to reveal its new mid-ranges on March 5.Amidst the hype for Nothing’s next wave of mid-range phones, a massive leak from an overseas source alleges its most crucial specs.The French publication Dealabs shared details about what consumers can expect from Nothing’s Phone 4a and…
For example, there is an agent that is an expert at processing a PCAP file and understanding what that is. Another agent is an expert at understanding the configuration that is put into the product. Yet another agent is expert at collecting all that information and prioritizing where the root cause is. “We have about 10 to 12 agents, and we continue to add more, that work together to deliver or execute an entire workflow for the customer, starting from collecting the information like PCAPs, logs and KPIs, and processing all of that information, interpreting the results, and coming up…
A suspected China-linked cyberespionage group has been covertly exploiting a critical zero-day flaw (CVE-2026-22769) in Dell’s RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines software since at least mid-2024, according to new research from Google’s threat intelligence team and Mandiant. The attackers deployed stealthy backdoors (BRICKSTORM and GRIMBOLT), a webshell (SLAYSTYLE) and maintained long-term access inside targeted networks. “Beyond the Dell appliance exploitation, Mandiant observed the actor employing novel tactics to pivot into VMware virtual infrastructure, including the creation of ‘Ghost NICs’ [i.e., Network Interface Cards] for stealthy network pivoting and the use of iptables for Single Packet Authorization (SPA),” the researchers shared on…
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Roughly a third of attacks now use stolen credentials, according to the company’s latest report.