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AI toy company Miko adds an AI off switch after political pressure

  • Kevin Collier
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 23:40:31

Miko, a company that makes toys powered by AI, is including an AI off-switch for its core technology after political pressure and probes of their products.

Miko, a company that makes toys powered by artificial intelligence, is including an AI on-off switch for its core technology after political pressure and probes of their products. The new option, w… [+3372 chars]

Braintrust lands $80M funding round to become the observability layer for AI

  • Mike Wheatley
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 23:25:16

Artificial intelligence-native observability startup Braintrust Data Inc. believes it’s on a fast track to becoming an essentially infrastructure layer for AI models and agents in production after raising $80 million in a middle-stage funding today. The Serie…

Artificial intelligence-native observability startup Braintrust Data Inc. believes its on a fast track to becoming an essentially infrastructure layer for AI models and agents in production after rai… [+5390 chars]

AI agent reliability startup Temporal raises $300M in funding

  • Maria Deutscher
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 23:17:38

Temporal Technologies Inc., a startup with a cloud platform that makes artificial intelligence agents more reliable, has closed a $300 million funding round. Andreessen Horowitz led the Series D investment. Temporal stated in its announcement of the raise tha…

Temporal Technologies Inc., a startup with a cloud platform that makes artificial intelligence agents more reliable, has closed a $300 million funding round. Andreessen Horowitz led the Series D inv… [+4009 chars]

VulnCheck raises $25M to expand real-time exploit intelligence platform

  • Duncan Riley
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 23:07:53

Cyberthreat intelligence provider VulnCheck Inc. today announced that it has raised $25 million in new funding to scale up growth and expand its intelligence capabilities. Founded in 2021, Vulncheck provides organizations with real-time exploit and vulnerabil…

Cyberthreat intelligence provider VulnCheck Inc. today announced that it has raised $25 million in new funding to scale up growth and expand its intelligence capabilities. Founded in 2021, Vulncheck… [+3704 chars]

Palo Alto Networks shares fall after outlook disappoints despite second quarter beat

  • Duncan Riley
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 22:43:23

Shares in Palo Alto Networks Inc. were down more than 5% in late trading today after the network management and security firm reported earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2026 second quarter but fell short of expectations with some of its outlooks. For t…

Shares in Palo Alto Networks Inc. were down more than 5% in late trading today after the network management and security firm reported earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2026 second quarter but… [+4747 chars]

Palo Alto Networks cuts annual profit forecast as deal costs bite, shares fall

  • None
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 22:35:52

Feb 17 : Palo Alto Networks trimmed its annual profit forecast on Tuesday, signaling rising costs from recent acquisitions to enhance AI capabilities, sending the cybersecurity company's shares down around 7 per cent in extended trading. The company announced…

Feb 17 : Palo Alto Networks trimmed its annual profit forecast on Tuesday, signaling rising costs from recent acquisitions to enhance AI capabilities, sending the cybersecurity company's shares down … [+1741 chars]

Palo Alto Networks slumps 6% as third quarter profit guidance falls short

  • Samantha Subin
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 22:24:14

The cybersecurity company also said on Tuesday that it's buying Israeli startup Koi

Palo Alto Networks beat Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter estimates after the bell on Tuesday but shares fell 6% on disappointing guidance. Here's how the company did versus LSEG estimates: <ul><… [+1900 chars]

Laragentic Agents - Add one trait. Get autonomous AI agents.

  • Dale
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 22:00:00

Agentic loops and AI agent capabilities for the Laravel AI SDK - laragentic/agents

Add one trait. Get autonomous AI agents. Laragentic extends the Laravel AI SDK with agentic loops letting your agents autonomously reason, call tools, and iterate until they reach an answer. class … [+36102 chars]

Meatbags, AI Soul Harvest, DNS, LastPass, GS7, OpenClaw, MYSQL, Aaran Leyland, & More - SWN #556

  • None
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 22:00:00

Meatbags, AI Soul Harvest, DNS, LastPass, GS7, OpenClaw, MYSQL, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-556

Welcome to the Security Weekly Podcast Network, your all-in-one source for the latest in cybersecurity! This feed features a diverse lineup of shows, including Application Security Weekly, Business S… [+454 chars]

Rethinking Global Data Strategies: Insights from Cisco’s 2026 Privacy Benchmark Survey

  • Krysten Jenci
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 21:49:23

Every time you join a video call, use a cloud app, or interact with an AI tool, your data is likely crossing borders. But that’s not unusual.  It’s how the modern digital economy works. However, as data moves more freely across countries, it raises a fundamen…

Every time you join a video call, use a cloud app, or interact with an AI tool, your data is likely crossing borders. But thats not unusual.  Its how the modern digital economy works. However, as dat… [+3823 chars]

China remains embedded in US energy networks 'for the purpose of taking it down'

  • Jessica Lyons
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 21:45:14

Plus 3 new goon squads targeted critical infrastructure last year Three new threat groups began targeting critical infrastructure last year, while a well-known Beijing-backed crew - Volt Typhoon - continued to compromise cellular gateways and routers, and the…

Three new threat groups began targeting critical infrastructure last year, while a well-known Beijing-backed crew - Volt Typhoon - continued to compromise cellular gateways and routers, and then brea… [+6386 chars]

Palo Alto Networks acquires file security startup Koi for reported $400M

  • Maria Deutscher
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 21:24:15

Palo Alto Networks Inc. is acquiring Koi Security Ltd., a startup that helps enterprises prevent their employees from downloading risky files. The companies announced the deal today without disclosing the financial terms. According to Calcalist, the transacti…

Palo Alto Networks Inc. is acquiring Koi Security Ltd., a startup that helps enterprises prevent their employees from downloading risky files. The companies announced the deal today without disclosi… [+4067 chars]

Altus Group Announces the Sale of its Canadian Appraisals Business to Newmark

  • Altus Group Limited
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 21:20:00

Newmark acquires Altus’ Canadian Appraisal business and adopts ARGUS Intelligence, expanding software and data subscription services Newmark acquires Altus’ Canadian Appraisal business and adopts ARGUS Intelligence, expanding software and data subscription se…

TORONTO and NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altus Group Limited (Altus Group, or Altus) (TSX: AIF), a leading provider of commercial real estate (CRE) intelligence, announced today that i… [+11378 chars]

News 2/18/26

  • Jennifer
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 21:05:17

Top News Drug and diagnostics company Danaher will acquire Masimo ...

Top News Drug and diagnostics company Danaher will acquire Masimo for $9.9 billion. Masimo is a leading vendor of blood oxygen monitoring technology. A federal jury ordered Apple to pay Masimo $63… [+6305 chars]

Now that's old school — hackers are turning to snail mail to carry out crypto thefts

  • Efosa Udinmwen
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 20:35:00

Cybercriminals send physical letters with QR codes, tricking Trezor and Ledger users into revealing recovery phrases and losing cryptocurrency.

<ul><li>Physical letters are replacing emails to deliver hardware wallet phishing campaigns</li><li>QR codes in envelopes direct victims to fake credential harvesting websites</li><li>Trezor and Ledg… [+3611 chars]

Meta and Other Tech Companies Ban OpenClaw Over Cybersecurity Concerns

  • Paresh Dave
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 20:10:12

Security experts have urged people to be cautious with the viral agentic AI tool, known for being highly capable but also wildly unpredictable.

Last month, Jason Grad issued a late-night warning to the 20 employees at his tech startup. You've likely seen Clawdbot trending on X/LinkedIn. While cool, it is currently unvetted and high-risk for … [+3570 chars]

Texas AG sues TP-Link over purported connection to China

  • feedfeeder
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 19:52:06

Texas is suing Wi-Fi router maker TP-Link for deceptively marketing the security of its products and allowing Chinese hacking groups to access Americans' devices, Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced. Paxton originally started looking into TP-Link in Oct…

Texas is suing Wi-Fi router maker TP-Link for deceptively marketing the security of its products and allowing Chinese hacking groups to access Americans' devices, Attorney General Ken Paxton has anno… [+1413 chars]

Resilience in the AI era: Google at MSC 2026

  • Kent WalkerPresident of Global AffairsGoogle & Alphabet
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 19:10:00

At MSC 2026, Google’s Kent Walker urged a full-stack, AI-driven approach to security to counter sophisticated, enterprise-scale threats.

Taking the fight to bad actors First, some grounding: When I talk about security, Im talking about it from two vantage points cybersecurity and security writ large. From a cybersecurity perspective… [+1344 chars]

Zircuit Finance Launches Institutional-Grade Onchain Yield Platform Targeting 8–11% APR

  • Chainwire
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 19:04:56

George Town, Cayman Islands, 17th February 2026, Chainwire The post Zircuit Finance Launches Institutional-Grade Onchain Yield Platform Targeting 8–11% APR appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

February 17th, 2026 George Town, Cayman Islands Zircuit, a security-first digital asset company backed by YZiLabs, Dragonfly, and Pantera, today announced the launch of Zircuit Finance. Incubated b… [+5427 chars]

Securing the AI software supply chain: Security results across 67 open source projects

  • Gregg Cochran
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 18:43:07

Learn how The GitHub Secure Open Source Fund helped 67 critical AI‑stack projects accelerate fixes, strengthen ecosystems, and advance open source resilience. The post Securing the AI software supply chain: Security results across 67 open source projects appe…

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> Modern software is built on open source projects. In fact, you can trace almost any producti… [+12062 chars]

Multiple brands of Android tablets shipped with built-in malware

  • Matt Horne
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 18:18:12

Kaspersky researchers say Android tablets from some brands left the factory with hidden firmware backdoor malware already installed.

<ul><li>Researchers found a firmware-level Android backdoor called Keenadu preinstalled on certain tablets before sale.</li><li>The malware injects into Androids Zygote process, giving attackers broa… [+2765 chars]

Building an AI-Ready Cybersecurity Team

  • OffSec Team
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 18:14:16

A practical framework for security leaders to build AI-ready teams. Learn to assess capabilities, prioritize training, and balance AI with foundational skills. The post Building an AI-Ready Cybersecurity Team appeared first on OffSec.

AI is reshaping cybersecurity faster than most teams can adapt. Nearly half of IT decision-makers say lack of AI expertise is now their biggest implementation challenge, yet 97% of organizations are … [+14443 chars]

Researchers Show Copilot and Grok Can Be Abused as Malware C2 Proxies

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that artificial intelligence (AI) assistants that support web browsing or URL fetching capabilities can be turned into stealthy command-and-control (C2) relays, a technique that could allow attackers to blend into legi…

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that artificial intelligence (AI) assistants that support web browsing or URL fetching capabilities can be turned into stealthy command-and-control (C2) relay… [+3923 chars]

Anthropic debuts Sonnet 4.6, a highly capable creative and coding AI model

  • Kyt Dotson
  • Published date: 2026-02-17 18:00:06

Anthropic PBC upgraded to the next update of its Claude Sonnet model today with version 4.6, designed for business and creative professional capabilities, bringing increased skills in computer use, long-context reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work and de…

Anthropic PBC upgraded its Claude Sonnet model to version 4.6 today, adding stronger computer-use skills, long-context reasoning, agent planning and improved performance for knowledge work and design… [+5833 chars]