Startup Astelia Secures $35M for AI Vulnerability Management

Michael Novinson • February 24, 2026

Astelia raised $35 million in Series A funding led by Index Ventures to scale its AI-powered exposure management tool. The company uses AI agents and network analysis to help enterprises prioritize exploitable vulnerabilities and reduce remediation noise across hybrid and on-premises environments.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Chronosphere Deal Signals Security-Observability Convergence

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AI-Based Attacks

Hackers Gain Speed, Not Major New Tradecraft, Using AI Tools

Mathew J. Schwartz • February 24, 2026

Artificial intelligence tools are helping hackers find and exploit vulnerable systems more quickly, and accelerate everything from initial access to data exfiltration, report cybersecurity researchers. Even so, they've seen no major tradecraft breakthroughs thanks to AI augmentation.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

European Capitals Balk at Proposed GDPR Change

David Meyer • February 24, 2026

A rejection by European Union member governments of proposal backed by the European Commission to make it easier to share data about individuals won cautious plaudits from Paul Nemitz, a key architect of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation.

Critical Infrastructure Security

Experts Warn Funding Cuts Strain World Cup Security Plans

Chris Riotta • February 24, 2026

State and local officials told lawmakers that funding cuts, fragmented intelligence pipelines and unresolved interoperability gaps are undermining cyber and critical infrastructure protections as the country prepares for the 2026 World Cup and a series of high-profile global events.

Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery

Mississippi Medical Center Clinics Still Closed After Attack

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • February 24, 2026

All three dozen of the University of Mississippi Medical Center's healthcare clinics throughout the state remain closed and elective procedures are also still cancelled as Mississippi's only academic health science center continues to respond to a ransomware attack nearly a week later.

North Korean Hackers Continue to Target US Healthcare

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • February 24, 2026

North Korean-state backed Lazarus Group hackers are using Medusa ransomware in extortion attacks on U.S. healthcare entities despite a 2024 U.S. indictment of Rim Jong Hyok, an alleged member of the Lazarus subgroup Stonefly, according to a new threat intelligence report.

3rd Party Risk Management

Digital Risk Is Now a Clinical Challenge

Paul Chua • February 24, 2026

Healthcare breaches do not start with a single technical failure. Digital risk has become clinical risk, driven by weak governance, excess access and unmanaged vendors. Resilience now depends on governance, not more tooling.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

White House Rolls Out Global AI Initiatives

Chris Riotta • February 23, 2026

The White House is operationalizing its AI action plan with export-ready "American AI stack" packages, a U.S. Tech Corps and new standards initiatives, aiming to entrench U.S. infrastructure in allied nations while countering foreign influence over global AI governance.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Moving From Anomalies to Connections in Fraud Defense

Suparna Goswami • February 23, 2026

Fraudsters collaborate, but most banks still detect fraud alone. This imbalance has defined fraud prevention for years. Now CISOs and fraud practitioners are rethinking their approach using network intelligence signals. Network intelligence shifts the lens by focusing on relationships across banks.

Data Breach Notification

PayPal Ties Small Data Breach and Fraud to App Coding Error

Mathew J. Schwartz • February 23, 2026

Financial services firm PayPal said it discovered a data breach that lasted for six months, exposed some business customers' personal information and led to fraudulent charges. The company said about 100 customers were affected, and that it has fully refunded them for fraudulent charges.

Agentic AI

Open-Weight AI Models Fail the Jailbreak Test

Rashmi Ramesh • February 23, 2026

Cisco tested eight major open-weight artificial intelligence models and found multi-turn jailbreak attacks succeeded nearly 93% of the time, exposing a blind spot in how enterprises assess and deploy large language models safety.

Endpoint Security

The Danger of IT, OT, Medical Device Cyber Turf Wars

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • February 23, 2026

What often appears to be turf wars between healthcare technology management, facilities OT staff, IT departments and security teams are often the result of unclear ownership and accountability for device security. And that presents safety risks to patients, says Mohamed Waqas, CTO of Armis.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Hospitals at Risk of BeyondTrust Ransomware Hacks

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • February 20, 2026

Federal authorities and industry officials are urging healthcare sector entities to address a critical flaw in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access software, which if exploited, could give an attacker a foothold inside a hospital or clinic network.