OpenAI’s threat intelligence team tracked what it believes are two distinct clusters of activity online from groups with ties to China and posting content seemingly designed to stoke anger around divisive topics like AI and data centers. The first, dubbed “Data Center Bandwagon,” used ChatGPT to create imagery and social media comments claiming data center…
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CISA is rethinking how it prioritizes risks and vulnerabilities for feds, private sector
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency wants to fundamentally reevaluate how it prioritizes risks and vulnerabilities, both for privately-owned critical infrastructure and within the federal government, acting director Nick Andersen said Tuesday. The plans include a binding operational directive for federal agencies set to be published Wednesday and getting more specific with critical infrastructure owners and…
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OpenAI Filing Signals Next Phase of AI Growth
OpenAI has confidentially filed draft registration paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, taking a major step toward a potential initial public offering and setting up what could become one of the largest technology market debuts in history. The ChatGPT maker confirmed the filing on June 8 but did not provide a timeline for…
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Trump’s new AI order — hallucinations aren’t just for LLMs
Years ago, right-wingers coined the phrase “Trump Derangement Syndrome” (TDS) to describe people who hate US President Donald J. Trump. (I think it better describes the president’s outlandish, truth-challenged statements and the followers who think he can do no wrong.) What’s really deranged is his recent AI executive order. First, a little history. As you…
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Anthropic Calls for AI Pause as Industry Races Ahead
Anthropic picked an interesting week to warn the world about the dangers of advanced AI. Anthropic warns of self-improving AI risks Just days after filing confidentially for an IPO, the company published a rather lengthy proposal arguing that AI companies may eventually need a way to hit pause. The company worries that AI could reach…
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EU’s cloud sovereignty push leaves room for US hyperscalers
The European Commission published its tech sovereignty package last week, including the clearest signal yet of its intention to strengthen European cloud sovereignty and reduce its dependence on US hyperscalers. It’s a response to growing concerns among European organizations and regulators about the reliance on US tech firms and legislation such as the US CLOUD…
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Ensono CTO: AI Success Starts with Data Discipline
Financial services firms racing to adopt AI may be overlooking the foundational work required to make those investments pay off, according to Syed Ali, CTO of Global Financial Services at Ensono. While many banks, insurers, and asset managers are experimenting with generative AI and agentic tools, Ali said the organizations seeing the strongest results are…
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US government report slams NIST for NVD backlog
A report from the US Commerce department’s inspector general blames the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the ever-growing backlog of vulnerabilities for inclusion in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). But cybersecurity practitioners say that the backlog, although very real, has been building for years, and that the government is doing little to…
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Hill Dems hammer GOP for $250M CISA budget cut
House Democrats criticized a draft Republican Department of Homeland Security spending bill Thursday that they said would cut funding for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency by $250 million. Republicans said the bill provides $2.4 billion for CISA, and that among its focuses are “improving cybersecurity resilience,” in the words of House Appropriations Chairman Tom…
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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin pinpoints optimal CISA staffing levels
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Congress Wednesday that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would ideally have 2,800 personnel, up from approximately 2,200 now and down from 3,400 before the second Trump administration began. President Donald Trump has pushed to dramatically reduce personnel numbers at the agency, something that has drawn criticism…
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Coralogix Lands $200M to Scale AI-Era Observability Platform
Coralogix, a data and AI observability platform provider, has raised $200 million in Series F funding. The round was led by Advent and CPPIB, with participation from Greenfield and Brighton Park Capital, bringing total funding in Coralogix to $550M. Coralogix raises new Series F funding According to the company, the Series F builds on the…
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Trump revives parts of canceled AI order with cybersecurity-focused directive
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at strengthening cybersecurity defenses and establishing a voluntary framework for cooperation between the federal government and developers of advanced artificial intelligence models, reviving portions of a broader AI initiative that he abruptly shelved less than two weeks ago. The order, “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and…
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Lemhi Emerges From Stealth With AI Platform Built for MSPs
Lemhi officially launches today after exiting stealth, introducing an AI Transformation-as-a-Service platform built specifically for managed service providers (MSPs). The company also confirms a pre-seed funding round led by Top Down Ventures, with participation from Lookout Ventures and Start Something Ventures. Why Lemhi says AI operations are a challenge worth addressing Lemhi positions itself as…
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Anthropic Moves Toward IPO as OpenAI Competition Heats Up
Anthropic has confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO), becoming the latest artificial intelligence giant to move toward the public markets and potentially beating rival OpenAI to a public debut. The Claude developer submitted a draft registration statement to the SEC on June 1, a…
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6 critical security gaps every CISO must address
CISOs acknowledge that no organization is completely safe, but many also admit their security measures aren’t where they’d like them to be. One-third of CISOs surveyed for Proofpoint’s 2025 Voice of the CISO Report said the data within their organization is not adequately protected, and 58% said their organizations were unprepared to respond to a…
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Federal audit reveals NIST’s NVD is plagued by poor planning and duplication
A Department of Commerce inspector general report released Thursday found that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has mismanaged a critical cybersecurity vulnerability database through poor planning, inefficient operations, duplicate federal programs, and failure to communicate with users. The National Vulnerability Database, maintained by NIST since 2005, collects information about computer security flaws and…
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The Race to Build AI Data Centers — Before the People Can Protest
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has been making the media rounds defending the 40,000-acre data center project he’s backing in northern Utah. Dismissing residents’ concerns over the environmental impacts and water demands of the proposed project in the drought-stricken Great Salt Lake region, O’Leary has claimed protesters are “bused in,” “misinformed,” and alleged that China has…
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Sherweb Targets MSP Billing Gaps with HaloPSA Integration
Sherweb has launched a native integration with HaloPSA to automate cloud billing workflows for managed service providers (MSPs), delivering real-time subscription and license updates directly within the PSA platform. The company said it is the first provider to integrate natively with HaloPSA for automated cloud billing synchronization, allowing customer license purchases and subscription changes to…
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The big winner in Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI and Microsoft — hypocrisy
If ever there were a lawsuit in which a jury and judge should have ruled against both the accuser and the defendants, Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI and Microsoft was it. The high-profile legal battle pitted the world’s richest man against a company worth more than $3 trillion, another that might soon launch a $1…
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Anthropic’s Project Glasswing: 10,000+ Vulnerabilities Found in One Month, and the Patching Problem Has Never Been More Obvious
Anthropic said its AI Project Glasswing found over 10,000 serious vulnerabilities in one month, exposing a growing patching gap. Anthropic announced on Friday that Project Glasswing, its defensive cybersecurity initiative built around Claude Mythos Preview, has uncovered more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities in the month since the program went live. The number is…
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Lawmakers from both parties say CISA cuts have gone too far
Two cybersecurity-focused members of Congress agreed Thursday that reductions to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have done too much damage to an agency essential to defending civilian networks against foreign adversaries. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., spoke during a discussion at the National Cyber Innovation Forum. Despite representing different parties,…
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What an OpenAI IPO Might Mean for the Channel
OpenAI is reportedly preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), a move that could significantly impact both the consumer AI market and the channel ecosystem as we know it. As the company behind arguably the world’s most recognizable AI platform, OpenAI’s transition into a publicly traded company could unlock new opportunities, partnerships, and revenue streams…
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EU moves forward on $5.8B scale-up fund to keep startups from leaving
The European Union has stepped up efforts to grow its homegrown tech sector and reduce dependence on US firms, advancing plans this week for a €5 billion ($5.8 billion) fund to help startups scale in Europe rather than seek capital or buyers abroad. Analysts welcomed the initiative, but said its success will depend on whether…
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NanoCo lands $12 million seed funding, launches enterprise assistant built on NanoClaw
NanoCo announced a $12 million seed round, alongside the commercial launch of a professional assistant built on its open-source agent framework NanoClaw. Valley Capital Partners led the round. Docker, Vercel, monday.com, Slow Ventures, Clutch Capital, Factorial Capital, and Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue participated. NanoCo founders (Photo by Ran Bergman) From open source traction to…
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CISA credential leak raises alarms, and Capitol Hill demands answers
Congressional Democrats want answers from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency about the reported public exposure of sensitive agency credential data on GitHub in an incident that the security researcher who discovered it called one of the worst leaks he’s ever seen. Other security professionals also voiced concern Tuesday about the leak and the potential…
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DOJ releases legal rationale for nationwide voter data collection
The Trump administration released a legal opinion outlining the legal rationale behind its nationwide voter data collection efforts, justifying an aggressive federal role in vetting voter eligibility, a position courts have repeatedly rejected in related litigation. The memo, released Tuesday by the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel, concedes that while election administration is…
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Exaforce raises $125 million to respond to AI-powered attacks
Exaforce announced a $125 million Series B financing round, one of the largest ever in the emerging AI SOC space. The round includes participation from HarbourVest, Peak XV, Mayfield, Khosla Ventures, Seligman Ventures and AICONIC. The new capital will help Exaforce scale its AI-native security operations platform, deepen its real-time reasoning capabilities, and expand globally.…
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AI is separating the companies built to scale from the ones built to sell
If you had time to walk the expo floor at this year’s RSA Conference, it was impossible to miss the shift in our industry. Artificial intelligence has moved from an emerging layer to the foundation of what powers cybersecurity companies. But from our vantage point as investors who work closely with founders and operators, the bigger…
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The missing cybersecurity leader in small business
The average cyberattack costs for a small- or medium-size business is more than $250,000. The salary for a chief information security officer (CISO) is about the same, pulling in between $250,000 and $400,000, according to the annual 2026 CISO Report from Sophos and Cybersecurity Ventures. Small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) know they cannot afford the…
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Sen. Schumer seeks DHS plan on AI cyber coordination with state, local governments
The Senate’s top Democrat called on the Department of Homeland Security Friday to work closely with state and local governments to defend against artificial intelligence-strengthened hacks. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to make sure state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) governments aren’t left behind as AI models advance,…
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AI, Cyberwarfare, and Autonomous Weapons: Inside America’s New Military Strategy
The Pentagon is integrating AI into military operations, transforming cybersecurity, targeting, and command systems into a unified warfare architecture. May 2026 marks a turning point in the evolution of modern warfare: the convergence of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and conventional military power is no longer theoretical. It is becoming an operational reality. The Pentagon has signed…
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Trump officials are steering a cybersecurity scholarship program toward AI
The Trump administration is redirecting a cybersecurity scholarship program that requires recipients to work in government service toward artificial intelligence, leaving some current program scholars dismayed and bewildered. In an email to participating school program coordinators obtained by CyberScoop, the Office of Personnel Management and National Science Foundation said the CyberCorps Scholarship For Service program…
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A DOD contractor’s API flaw exposed military course data and service member records
A defense technology company with Department of Defense contracts exposed user records and military training materials through API endpoints that lacked meaningful authorization checks, according to an account published by Strix, an open-source autonomous security testing project. The issue affected Schemata, an AI-powered virtual training platform used in military and defense settings. According to Strix,…
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AI venture funding to shoot up this year as bubble looms
Venture funding of AI companies in 2026 will easily smash funding records set in 2025, with some heavy deals already consummated in the first quarter, according to market researchers. Data from Crunchbase shows that $300 billion poured into 6,000 startups worldwide during the first quarter of 2026. That’s a quarterly record for venture funding in…
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Scaling up a tech startup in Europe is hard — ‘EU Inc.’ aims to help
Europe produces a large number of new tech startups each year – 28 crossed the $1 billion valuation mark in 2025 alone – yet few become global technology leaders. Many that do succeed look elsewhere to scale, particularly in the US. Founders point to multiple barriers to growing their business in the European Union (EU),…
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ReadySteadyPlug receives $1.51 million ARENA funding to accelerate national rollout of affordable EV chargers in apartments
ReadySteadyPlug receives $1.51 million ARENA funding to accelerate national rollout of affordable EV chargers in apartments. Energy coverage from iTWire.
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ReadySteadyPlug receives $1.51 million ARENA funding to accelerate national rollout of affordable EV chargers in apartments
– ARENA funding to accelerate the national rollout of smart strata-based EV charging infrastructure – ReadySteadyPlug’s smart Level 1 solution avoids costly switchboard or infrastructure upgrades with limited upfront contribution from the Owners Corporation – Funding comes amid surging EV demand driven by global fuel crisis
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Ex-Twitter CEO’s AI Startup Raises Funds at $2 Billion Valuation
Parallel Web Systems raised $100 million in Series B funding to continue building web search for AI agents.
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The Victorian Government will allocate $3.5 million – Technology Driven Safety Security Measures for Family Violence Victims and Survivors
The funding announcement comes as new data reveals an 8% increase in family and domestic violence offenders over the past financial year, reinforcing the scale and persistence of the issue across the state. Against this backdrop, the latest investment focuses on practical, immediate protections designed to reduce risk for those most vulnerable.
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Google Cloud Funds Partner Push for Enterprise AI Agents
Google Cloud is putting new financial weight behind its partner ecosystem as it pushes deeper into enterprise AI, announcing a $750 million fund at Next ’26 to accelerate partner-led development and deployment of “agentic” AI systems. New fund promises to support prototyping, AI training, and more across partner ecosystem The investment, which Google says will…
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Google Expands Anthropic Investment With $40 Billion Commitment
Racing toward a potential IPO and grappling with computing needs, AI startup has amassed up to $65 billion in new funding deals.
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Oracle’s Deluge of AI Debt Pushes Wall Street to the Limit
The AI boom has hit a funding snag, compounding power constraints and a growing public backlash against data centers.
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VAST Data Valued at $30 Billion as AI Drives a New Infrastructure Stack
COMPANY NEWS: New funding reflects VAST’s rare combination of growth and profitability, driven by its central role in powering AI infrastructure at global scale
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UK Pledges £90m for Cybersecurity and Pushes for ‘Resilience Pledge’
UK unveils £90m cybersecurity funding at CYBERUK to boost SME resilience, promote Cyber Essentials and a new Cyber Resilience Pledge, sparking industry debate
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AI is one of the two monumental shifts in cyber today
It’s 2026, when nobody can confidently say what the future of security is going to look like. Everyone is trying (what else can we do), but judging by all the progress around AI in recent months, we are all going to be wrong. The biggest mistake we all make is assuming that the future is…
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The US NSA is using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos despite supply chain risk
Axios reports the National Security Agency uses Anthropic Mythos model despite Department of Defense concerns, blurring AI risk vs defense lines. The reported use of Anthropic’s Mythos model by the U.S. National Security Agency is a reminder that the line between AI as a defensive tool and AI as a security risk is getting harder…
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LIFTWOMEN® announces finalists for Angel Grant, further strengthening cross-border innovation
COMPANY NEWS: LIFTWOMEN® has revealed the top eight finalists for its LIFT Angels Grant, a groundbreaking initiative supporting women-led businesses across Asia and Australia. In partnership with AsiaPay Capital, this year’s grant is bigger than ever, offering a total of $20,000 in matched funding to the winners to further help them launch and grow ventures that…
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Crypto Critic Maxine Waters’s New Primary Foe Got Over Two-Thirds of Money From Crypto
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is the scourge of cryptocurrencies on Capitol Hill, burnishing her bona fides by supporting tighter oversight from her perch as ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee. If Democrats win the midterm elections, Waters is poised to become the chair of the influential committee. Crypto donors are trying to make…
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UK wants to build sovereign AI — with just 0.08% of OpenAI’s market cap
The UK government has created a Sovereign AI investment fund with up to £500 million (US$675 million) to spend on turning UK startups into national AI champions. Its support could involve investments of up to £20 million per startup, or provision of up to 1 million GPU-hours of AI compute, and fast-tracking of visas to…
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Google should share search data to break its monopoly, European Commission suggests
The European Commission this week requested, but did not order Google to allow third party search engines in Europe access to its search data as a means to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), legislation the Commission describes as a law designed to “make the markets in the digital sector fairer and more contestable.” Google…
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NIST narrows scope of CVE analysis to keep up with rising tide of vulnerabilities
The federal agency tasked with analyzing security vulnerabilities is overwhelmed as it and other authorities struggle to keep pace with a flood of defects that grows every year. The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced Wednesday that it has capitulated to that deluge and narrowed the priorities for its National Vulnerability Database. NIST said…
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News Alert: NTT Research launches SaltGrain—advanced Attribute-Based Encryption security
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Apr. 15, 2026 – NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced the launch of Scale Academy, a startup incubator responsible for bringing to market products and services based upon technologies studied within the labs of NTT Research and NTT R&D. NTT Research also revealed Scale Academy’s first product, SaltGrain, a zero-trust data security suite…
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Capsule Security debuts with $7 million funding to secure AI agent behavior
Capsule Security has launched from stealth with a $7 million seed round led by Lama Partners and Forgepoint Capital International. It prevents AI agents from being manipulated, misbehaving, or silently exfiltrating data when handling sensitive information and executing workflows. Capsule is advised by security juggernauts who have put their trust in the company’s innovative approach,…
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Coordinated vulnerability disclosure is now an EU obligation, but cultural change takes time
In this Help Net Security interview, Nuno Rodrigues Carvalho, Head of Sector for Incident and Vulnerability Services at ENISA, discusses the recent CVE funding scare and what it exposed about the fragility of global vulnerability disclosure infrastructure. He outlines how EU regulations, including the Cyber Resilience Act and NIS2, are creating stronger accountability for vendors…
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CISA cancels summer internships for cyber scholarship students amid DHS funding lapse
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has informed participants of the federal government’s Scholarship for Service program that it has canceled this year’s summer internship programs due to the current funding issues at the Department of Homeland Security. Emails from CISA obtained by CyberScoop recently informed applicants that the agency will not bring any CyberCorps:…
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Secretary Mullin must help finish the job: Urge the Senate to confirm Plankey
On March 23, the Senate confirmed Senator Markwayne Mullin as the next homeland security secretary, marking an important step in strengthening leadership during a critical moment for our nation’s security. But only half of the job is done. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the federal government’s main civilian cyber defense agency, still lacks…
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The cyber winners and losers in Trump’s 2027 budget
Federal cybersecurity spending will decline in 2027 under Donald Trump’s proposed budget, with uneven shifts across agencies, as some see sizable increases while others face sharp reductions. According to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) crosscut tables released with Trump’s budget, civilian federal cybersecurity spending is expected to fall from $12.455 billion in 2026…
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Project Glasswing powered by Claude Mythos: defending software before hackers do
Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos, a powerful AI for cybersecurity that could also be misused to enhance cyberattacks. Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a new AI model designed to strengthen cybersecurity through Project Glasswing, aiming to secure critical software before it can be abused. Interest in Mythos grew after a leak of nearly 3,000 internal files…
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AI often doesn’t deliver ROI for IT departments either
Results of a Gartner study released Tuesday reveal that only 28% of AI use cases in infrastructure and operations (I&O) fully succeed and meet ROI expectations, and a full 20% end up failing outright. According to Melanie Freeze, a director of research at Gartner, failure “most commonly occurs” for several reasons, including unrealistic expectations of…
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What Anthropic Glasswing reveals about the future of vulnerability discovery
AI giant Anthropic has unveiled Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative built around Claude Mythos Preview, a model it describes as “cybersecurity in the age of AI” that can autonomously identify software vulnerabilities at scale. Rather than release the model publicly, Anthropic is restricting access to a closed consortium of more than 40 companies that includes…
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Azul Report: Cloud Costs Rise as AI Strains Budgets
The AI revolution has a massive, uninvited guest at the table: a skyrocketing cloud bill that 88% of CFOs say is only getting bigger. A new report released today by Azul reveals a growing “financial tension” inside the C-suite. Finance leaders are desperate to pour money into AI, but they are finding that the very…
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2027 POTUS Budget Proposal Targets CISA With Funding Cuts
A federal budget proposal is putting one of the nation’s top cybersecurity agencies on the chopping block, raising alarms about the U.S. government’s readiness to defend against escalating digital threats. The administration’s fiscal 2027 budget blueprint would reduce funding for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), continuing a trend of cuts that could reshape…
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An Inside Look at OpenAI and Anthropic’s Finances Ahead of Their IPOs
Silicon Valley’s hottest startups have the same challenge: funding giant computing costs.
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Internet Bug Bounty program hits pause on payouts
Researchers who identify and report bugs in open-source software will no longer be rewarded by the Internet Bug Bounty team. HackerOne, which administers the program, has said that it is “pausing submissions” while it contemplates ways in which open source security can be handled more effectively. The Internet Bug Bounty program, funded by a number…
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Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more from CISA
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget would slash the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s total by $707 million, according to a summary released Friday, which would deeply chop down an agency that already took a big hit in Trump’s first year. Another budget document suggests a smaller — but still substantial — hit of $361…
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North Korea–linked hackers drain $285M from Drift in sophisticated attack
Drift lost $285M in a sophisticated attack, likely by North Korea, who used nonce-based tricks to gain control and quickly drain funds Drift suffered a $285 million cryptocurrency heist in a highly sophisticated attack likely linked to North Korea. Threat actors used durable nonce accounts to pre-sign and delay transactions, while also compromising multisig approvals…
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5 Affordable Enterprise Internet Scalability Solutions in South Carolina Compared
In this post, I will show you 5 affordable enterprise Internet scalability solutions in South Carolina. South Carolina’s connectivity boom is here. Armed with $551.5 million in new BEAD funding, fiber crews are wiring Columbia, Charleston, and the Upstate according to the state’s broadband map release. For the first time, midsize firms can buy enterprise-grade…
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House Dems decry confirmed ICE usage of Paragon spyware
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed it is using Paragon spyware, prompting outrage Thursday from a trio of House Democrats. In response to a letter from the lawmakers inquiring about Paragon’s use, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons wrote that he had authorized the use of “cutting-edge technological tools” to help the Homeland Security Investigations division…
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Lawmakers renew push for Labor Department-backed cyber apprenticeship grants
With the country’s cybersecurity workforce still experiencing major shortages, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers is pushing to enlist the Department of Labor to help tackle the problem. The Cyber Ready Workforce Act would direct the DOL to establish a grant program that supports the “creation, implementation, and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity,”…
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Treeline Raises $25M to Reinvent IT Services Model
Treeline is betting that IT services are overdue for a structural overhaul. With $25 million in new funding, the startup is positioning its AI-driven platform as a software-first alternative to traditional managed services models. Rethinking how IT services run with an AI-native approach The company, based in San Francisco, is building what it calls a…
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Security awareness is not a control: Rethinking human risk in enterprise security
Organizations have been responding to phishing, business email compromise, and credential theft in essentially the same manner for over ten years. They essentially follow a playbook that involves investing in awareness training, running phishing simulations, and requiring employees to complete annual security modules. The reason behind this is simple and the reasoning behind these efforts…
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White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting, mandate federal voter lists
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that purports to limit mail-in voting, though critics say the move will almost certainly be challenged in court on constitutional grounds. The order instructs the Homeland Security secretary, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services and the commissioner of the Social Security Administration to compile lists…
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6 key takeaways from RSA Conference 2026
Writing a conference preview is an act of professional speculation. You read the agenda, map the schedule session density, and make your personal best call about where the intellectual energy will concentrate. From my perspective going in, RSA Conference 2026 outlined a defining tension for CISOs today: how to enable AI adoption fast enough to…
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Gimlet Labs Targets AI’s Inference Cost Problem
Gimlet Labs is going after a part of AI that isn’t exactly a household name, but shows up quickly in production. The word of the day is inference. Series A funding round by Menlo Ventures targets inference problems with AI deployment The startup raised $80 million in a Series A round led by Menlo Ventures,…
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OpenAI’s Foundation play reframes the AI roadmap for IT leaders
OpenAI’s non-profit arm has revealed its plans to tackle “humanity’s hardest problems.” The OpenAI Foundation has announced a sweeping range of investment and research goals, from building safeguards around how AI behaves in the wild to pushing for shared data ecosystems and funding disease research. The stated roadmap could serve as a blueprint for how…
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WorldLeaks ransomware group breached the City of Los Angels
WorldLeaks group hit Los Angeles and its Metro system, forcing a shutdown, while two Bay Area cities declared emergencies after ransomware attacks. WorldLeaks group hit Los Angeles and its Metro, forcing a shutdown, while two Bay Area cities declared emergencies after ransomware attacks. This week, local media reported that an unauthorized activity hit Metro’s internal…
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Trump’s federal AI policy framework aims to undercut state laws
US President Donald Trump’s administration today released its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence: Legislative Recommendations, a document that reads less like the AI safety blueprints that states are increasingly adopting and more like a playbook for asserting federal control over AI governance. It is part of a coordinated push with congressional allies, most notably…
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8 Best Encryption Software & Tools in 2026
This guide is for businesses and IT decision-makers evaluating encryption software in 2026, covering how these tools work and how to choose the right solution for your needs. Encryption software obfuscates data to render it unreadable without a decryption key, protecting it against unauthorized access or theft. However, the best tool depends heavily on the…
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Feds keep eyes peeled for Iran cyberattacks, respond to Stryker breach
Federal cyber officials aren’t seeing a significant change in attacks tied to Iran since the conflict there began, at least not yet, but they are on the lookout for any uptick and are focusing on the Stryker attack in particular. Terry Kalka — director of the Defense Industrial Base Collaborative Information Sharing Environment at The…
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Cisco’s latest vulnerability spree has a more troubling pattern underneath
Cisco customers have confronted a flood of actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting the vendor’s network edge software since late February, and researchers say that five of the nine vulnerabilities Cisco disclosed in its firewalls and SD-WAN systems over the past three weeks have already been exploited in the wild. Attackers exploited a pair of these defects…
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U.S. robotics companies want federal help to keep Chinese robots out of America’s networks
Executives at top U.S. robotics companies asked Congress for federal dollars, new legislation and a simpler regulatory field, arguing the support is necessary to adapt to the AI era and compete with their well-oiled, state-funded Chinese competitors. The U.S. robotics sector, estimated at $50 billion in value, includes world famous companies like Boston Dynamics. The…
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Meet the 2026 Cybersecurity Startups Beating Hackers at Their Own Game
Cyber threats are advancing fast in 2026… and startups are leading the charge to stop them. Startups are racing to counter new threats like AI-powered phishing, deepfake fraud, ransomware-as-a-service, and supply-chain attacks. At the same time, venture capital is returning to cybersecurity, AI is reshaping both offense and defense, and regulators are raising the bar…
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Major tech companies invest $12.5 million in open source security
The Linux Foundation announced $12.5 million in grant funding backed by Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, Google, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and OpenAI to strengthen open source security. The funding will be directed through the foundation’s Alpha-Omega Project and the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). The initiative aims to address long-standing gaps in how open source software is…
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Linux Foundation secures $12.5 million to strengthen open source security and support maintainers
The Linux Foundation has announced a total of $12.5 million in grants from Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, Google, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and OpenAI to strengthen the security of the open source software ecosystem. The funding will be managed by Alpha-Omega and the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), trusted security initiatives within the Linux Foundation, to support…
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Anthropic Launches Claude Partner Network with $100M Fund
Anthropic just announced a new partner program designed to help companies move from experimentation to actual deployment. The new Claude Partner Network and the $100 million promise behind it The startup behind the Claude AI models announced the Claude Partner Network, along with a $100 million investment to support partners working with the platform. The…
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AWS Brings AI Sales Agents to Partner Central
AWS is rolling out a new agent-driven experience inside AWS Partner Central designed to help partners streamline co-selling and accelerate deal cycles, the company announced at its Global Partner Summit (GPS) on March 16. Why AWS is adding agentic AI to its partner co-selling engine The new capability—built using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore—introduces AI agents that…
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News alert: Qevlar AI raises $30M to turn security alerts into actionable defense insights across SOCs
PARIS, March 10, 2026 — Qevlar AI, a leader in AI for transforming security operations centres (SOCs), has raised $30 million in funding for its autonomous AI SOC platform. The funding will support development of technology designed to turn alert investigations into security insights that help SOC teams strengthen their overall security posture. The round…
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Armadin secures $189.9 million to counter AI-driven cyber threats
Armadin has raised $189.9 million in Seed and Series A funding. Led by Accel, with participation from Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and follow-on investment from 8VC and Ballistic Ventures, this marks the largest combined Seed and Series A funding round in cybersecurity history. Armadin’s mission is to prepare organizations for the speed…
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Escape lands $18 million funding to scale AI-driven offensive security automation
Escape has raised $18 million in Series A funding to automate the entire security lifecycle with AI agents. The round, led by Balderton Capital with participation from Uncorrelated Ventures and existing investors Iris Capital and Y Combinator, will help lean security teams fight back at a time when code is being written and attacked. According…
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Slide Announces $70M Series B Round & EMEA Expansion
Slide, a business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) platform designed exclusively for managed services providers (MSPs), announced Tuesday it has raised $70 million in Series B funding as the company accelerates product development and expands internationally. The round was led by venture capital firm General Catalyst, with participation from Base10, Outsiders Fund, futurepresent, Vine Ventures,…
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CVE program funding secured, easing fears of repeat crisis
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the MITRE Corporation have renegotiated the contract supporting the 26-year-old Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program in a way that eliminates the looming expiration that triggered panic across the security community in 2025. According to sources, the program appears to have moved from a discretionary funding item to a…
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Augur lands $15 million funding to strengthen critical infrastructure security
Augur has announced a $15 million seed round led by Plural, with participation from First Kind, SNR, Flix, and Tiny VC. The funding will support the deployment of Augur’s technology as governments, operators, and venue owners across Europe face rising security threats to vulnerable public spaces and critical national infrastructure. The changing threat landscape The…
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China announces new plans to take US industry head on
China has unveiled ambitious plans to compete with the US on emerging technologies by increasing funding for start-ups. The Chinese government said it wanted the digital economy to account for 12.5% of gross domestic product by 2030, a significant increase on the 10.5% share reported last year. Chinese Premier Li Qiang told the National People’s…
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Congress looks to revive critical cyber program for rural electric utilities
The House Energy and Commerce committee unanimously passed a package of bipartisan cybersecurity bills Thursday targeting the energy sector, including legislation that would reauthorize and fund a critical federal cybersecurity assistance program for rural electric utilities across the country. The Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act, introduced by Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and Jennifer McClellan,…
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Reclaim Security secures $26 million to automate cybersecurity remediation
Reclaim Security has raised $26 million in total funding, including a recent $20 million Series A round led by Acrew Capital, with participation from QP Ventures and Ibex Investors. The funding will accelerate the company’s mission to eliminate what many security leaders consider cybersecurity’s most persistent gap: remediation. As attacker breakout times have fallen to…
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VulnCheck Raises $25M to Expand Channel Threat Intelligence
VulnCheck has raised $25 million in Series B funding as demand grows for exploit intelligence platforms that help enterprises and government agencies respond to vulnerabilities in real time. The cybersecurity company plans to use the capital to expand its threat intelligence capabilities and scale its global channel partner program. We spoke with Mike Deskewies, head…
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Amazon Leads Massive OpenAI Capital and Compute Deal
OpenAI just announced that it has raised $110 billion in a single private funding round, led by Amazon with significant contributions from Nvidia and SoftBank. The deal values the company at roughly $840 billion after the investment, according to Reuters. Amazon’s $50 billion followed by $30 billion each from NVIDIA and SoftBank The breakdown is…
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Intel Charts Growth Path in 2026 Following Rocky 2025
After a bruising few years defined by lost ground in AI, mounting competitive pressure, and the fading importance of some of its core products, Intel entered 2025 in recovery mode. Twelve months on, the chipmaker is betting on a new wave of AI PCs and a sharper strategic focus to restore its relevance in a…
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OpenAI launches stateful AI on AWS, signaling a control plane power shift
Stateless AI, in which a model offers one-off answers without context from previous sessions, can be helpful in the short-term but lacking for more complex, multi-step scenarios. To overcome these limitations, OpenAI is introducing what it is calling, naturally, “stateful AI.” The company has announced that it will soon offer a stateful runtime environment in…
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OpenAI Raises $110 Billion
New funding, which values the company at $730 billion before the investment, came from Amazon, SoftBank and Nvidia.