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Cloudflare Inc. reported today that distributed denial-of-service attacks above 1 terabit per second grew sixfold between the first and second quarters of 2026, to 805 from 130. That took the half-year total to 935 attacks over 1 Tbps, against 219 in the …
Blumira launches Hearth, an AI command center that spans rival security tools
Security operations platform startup Blumira Inc. today launched Hearth, a vendor-agnostic artificial intelligence command center that lets security teams investigate and act across their existing tools from a single interface. The product is available to organizations that do not use Blumira and …
DEF CON hackers launch Water Watch Center to defend small water utilities
DEF CON Franklin and the National Rural Water Association have launched the Water Watch Center, a program that delivers managed cybersecurity services to small water utilities that have no security staff of their own. The launch came on Aug. 7 at the …
Corma launches with $60M in funding for defensive cybersecurity AI
Defensive cybersecurity startup Corma Labs Ltd. today announced it has raised $60 million in seed funding to build a foundation model purpose-built for security defense. Founded in 2025, Corma runs offices in Tel Aviv and San Francisco and describes itself as a …
Rapid7 beats estimates, raises profit outlook and cuts 12% of staff
Shares of Rapid7 Inc. rose more than 8% in late trading today after the cybersecurity company beat second-quarter earnings and revenue estimates while disclosing plans to cut roughly 12% of its workforce. For the quarter ended on June 30, Rapid7 reported adjusted earnings …
Blackstone, KKR and CME targeted in vishing wave tied to BlackFile crew
Google LLC’s Threat Intelligence Group today said the extortion crew behind the retired BlackFile brand has spent June and July working its way through private equity firms, law firms and financial services companies. Reuters reports that the phishing domains registered for the …
AMD acquires Taalas to hardwire AI models into silicon
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today it has agreed to buy Taalas Inc., a Toronto startup that hardwires artificial intelligence models directly into silicon, in a deal that pushes the chipmaker deeper into the market for AI inference. Terms were not disclosed. …
Atlassian stock skyrockets more than 35% as cloud growth roars back
Updated with Friday closing price: Shares of Atlassian Corp. surged more than 35% Friday day after the Australian collaboration software company beat expectations on earnings and revenue in its fiscal 2026 fourth quarter and guided above forecasts for the year ahead. For the …
Cloudflare shares jump 18% on revenue beat and raised full-year outlook
Shares in Cloudflare Inc. were up more than 18% in late trading today after the content delivery network and security company beat second-quarter estimates and raised its full-year forecast. For the quarter that ended on June 30, Cloudflare reported adjusted earnings per …
DXC partners with Primary on zero-trust security for enterprise AI
DXC Technology Co. today announced a partnership with security startup Primary that makes the information technology services company the exclusive managed services partner for Primary’s zero-trust platform for enterprise artificial intelligence. The joint offering governs how artificial intelligence agents and AI applications …