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GitLab widens AI access & sets flat review pricing

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GitLab opens agentic AI to free-tier users, sets USD $0.25 flat fee for automated code reviews and expands security false-positive filtering.
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Cobalt adds AI features to boost continuous pentests

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Cobalt weaves AI into its pentesting platform, automating recon and triage while keeping human experts on complex attack paths.
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NetSPI unveils AI-led workflow redesign for pentesting

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NetSPI unveils an AI-powered overhaul of its pentesting platform UX, promising two-click workflows and sharper risk-based remediation focus.
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Miggo & Grafana link runtime security with telemetry

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Miggo and Grafana link runtime security to Grafana Cloud telemetry, promising major cuts to critical vulnerability noise for joint users.
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Chainguard unveils free starter pack for secure images

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Chainguard launches a free Catalog Starter pack, giving developers five production-grade secure container images from its vast library.
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Lineaje unveils UnifAI to secure enterprise agentic AI

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Lineaje launches UnifAI, a security and governance layer to centralise control, discovery and policy for enterprise agentic AI deployments.
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HackerOne unveils live agentic AI prompt injection tests

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HackerOne launches live Agentic Prompt Injection Testing to expose real-world AI exploit paths as prompt injection threats surge 540%.
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JFrog unveils MCP registry to secure AI coding agents

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JFrog launches an MCP registry to centralise and secure AI coding agents, extending software supply chain controls to agent workflows.
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Secure Code Warrior unveils AI code governance tool

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Secure Code Warrior launches SCW Trust Agent: AI, giving security teams commit-level visibility and control over AI-influenced code.
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AI surge drives record secrets sprawl across GitHub

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AI-fuelled coding drives record 29 million hardcoded secrets on GitHub in 2025, with leaks from AI tools and services surging sharply.
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Harness unveils AI Security & coding tools for DevSecOps

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Harness has launched AI Security and Secure AI Coding tools to spot and block vulnerabilities in AI-powered apps and AI-generated code.
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1Password debuts Unified Access to secure AI agents

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1Password unveils Unified Access to secure AI agents and machine credentials, promising endpoint-to-agent visibility for security teams.
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AI agent from Tenzai ranks in top 1% of global CTFs

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Tenzai's autonomous AI agent has placed in the top 1% of major global hacking CTF contests, beating more than 125,000 human rivals.
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Secure Code Warrior unveils AI tool to govern code risk

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Secure Code Warrior launches SCW Trust Agent: AI to trace, rate and police AI-generated code risks directly at developers' commit point.
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Checkmarx revamps AI-era app security with new agents

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Checkmarx overhauls its One platform with AI-native security agents to guard fast-moving, agentic development and AI software supply chains.
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ActiveState unveils Curated Catalog for safer code

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ActiveState launches Curated Catalog, a private, pre-vetted open source repository to tighten software supply chain security for enterprises.
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Spoofed AI agents flood websites, straining defences

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Spoofed AI agents are hammering major websites with billions of hidden requests, driving up costs and outpacing current security defences.
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Manifest tool boosts SBOMs for critical C & C++ code

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Manifest unveils SBOM generator for unmanaged C and C++ code, tackling critical supply chain blind spots in embedded and safety systems.
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Tenable appoints Dino DiMarino to drive AI security growth

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Tenable appoints veteran cybersecurity sales leader Dino DiMarino as chief revenue officer to drive global growth in exposure and AI risk.
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Microsoft patches major SQL Server flaw in March update

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Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday fixes 77 flaws, including a severe SQL Server bug that could grant attackers sysadmin rights remotely.