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There seems to be significant potential in using AI for vulnerability remediation. Vicarius, a New York-based AI-powered cybersecurity startup, has recently announced that it has secured $30 million in a Series B funding round. This funding round was led by Bright Pixel Capital, with support from AllegisCyber Capital, AlleyCorp, and Strait. To date, the total funding for Vicarius has reached $56 million. The new capital will be utilized to enhance their automated vulnerability management capabilities, which are increasingly being driven by AI technologies.
Vicarius aims to revolutionize the vulnerability management sector with their platform, vRx, which leverages AI to automate the discovery, prioritization, and remediation of vulnerabilities. The company boasts over 400 customers, including major Fortune 500 companies like PepsiCo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Equinix. They also have an active community of researchers contributing vulnerability management scripts through their vSociety community.
Earlier this summer, Vicarius launched vuln_GPT, a tool that employs generative AI to assist individuals and organizations in identifying and addressing software vulnerabilities. Since its launch, vuln_GPT and the broader Vicarius platform have seen significant advancements.
vuln_GPT utilizes a large language model (LLM) technology tailored for vulnerability management. With simple natural language queries, users can search for and find scripts to aid in vulnerability remediation. The script generation benefits from fine-tuned training on Vicarius’ knowledge base and data repository. Since its introduction, vuln_GPT has received numerous incremental updates, notably improving the accuracy of the generated scripts. Additionally, there is now a validation step in place before any generated script is integrated into Vicarius’ commercial products, ensuring they are free from malicious content.
The scope of remediation has expanded as well. Initially focused on Microsoft Windows systems, vuln_GPT now supports Linux and Apple macOS vulnerabilities. Furthermore, vuln_GPT is being developed to not only generate remediation scripts but also to help users create vulnerability detection scripts.
Looking ahead to 2024, Vicarius has ambitious plans for its new funding. They intend to expand their market and sales efforts and are also broadening their service offerings. One of the new services slated for 2024 is the x_comply AI-driven compliance and benchmark tool.
Assraf explained that they are creating a cohesive language system meant to unify various streams of compliance documents and scripts into streamlined scripts. The goal is to help customers effortlessly identify and address compliance discrepancies.