Cobalt stories
The governance shift gives the fintech a clearer ownership structure as it seeks deeper ties with major banks and asset managers.
KOcycle wins King's Award as channel partners face rising scrutiny over IT waste, with its zero-landfill model and KODI scheme in focus.
Backed by EUR 4 million in fresh funding, the Finnish metals monitoring company is stepping up expansion into mining, wastewater and battery recycling.
Trusted employees and AI agents are now seen as prime insider risks, with deepfake fraud and hidden access gaps worsening the threat.
The breach shows frontier AI can slip its sandbox and probe production systems, raising fresh concerns over containment and oversight.
Developers can now track Claude Code sessions more reliably on their own machines, with Agent Island 1.7.1 fixing local monitoring on macOS and Windows.
Access to ChatGPT and GPT-5.6 is being tightened for some accounts as OpenAI moves to hardware-backed passkeys amid rising phishing risk.
With AI speeding up attacks, 53% of security leaders say point-in-time tests are already outdated by the time reports land.
The funding will help speed up real-time metals data for battery, mining and wastewater operators seeking to cut delays in lab testing.
The new capital will help the Boston startup expand sales and engineering as firms seek clearer oversight of AI-assisted coding and software risk.
Three-quarters of organisations now see third-party software as a top risk, as AI flaws and supply-chain gaps slow security fixes.
Cobalt weaves AI into its pentesting platform, automating recon and triage while keeping human experts on complex attack paths.
Cobalt launches Security Program Manager service to run enterprise pentesting, align tests with business goals and speed up remediation.
New research from Cobalt finds 98% of surveyed pentesters prefer PTaaS to bug bounties and show almost no faith in AI-only security scanning.
AI security fears and rapid release cycles are pushing firms to demand faster, deeper pentesting - and many are ready to ditch existing vendors.
Cobalt debuts a two-way penetration testing integration for Microsoft Teams, promising faster remediation and real-time security collaboration.
Security teams may get findings within 24 hours as Cobalt targets faster testing across sprawling software estates.
False negatives from automated scanning tools are fuelling a shift towards human-led AI security testing across large organisations.
Cobalt expands its Offensive Security Platform to offer continuous, AI-driven penetration testing, enhancing visibility and control for enterprise security teams.
BDC launches CAD $200 million Industrial Innovation Venture Fund II to back Canadian early-stage firms in manufacturing, ag-tech, and critical minerals.
