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ArcaScience raises $7M to expand AI benefit risk platform in drug development
French artificial intelligence healthtech startup ArcaScience SAS revealed today that it has raised $7 million in new funding to expand into the U.S. and the U.K., launch a patient-facing solution for pediatric brain cancer and dermatological diseases,and hire a chief medical officer. Founded in 2018, ArcaScience is an AI-first healthtech startup that has been built ...
Breach of Salesloft Drift integration exposes data at Cloudflare, Zscaler and Palo Alto Networks
Cloudflare Inc., Zscaler Inc. and Palo Alto Networks Inc. have become the latest companies to be affected by the Salesloft breach, a widespread Salesforce Inc.-related security incident that has been ensnaring more companies. The breach originated in early to mid‑August 2025, when attackers exploited a vulnerability in Salesloft’s Drift AI chat integration with Salesforce, specifically ...
Zscaler tops Wall Street estimates with higher earnings and revenue
Shares in Zscaler Inc. edged up more than 2% in late trading today after the cloud security company impressed with revenue and earnings beats in its 2025 fiscal fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended on July 31, Zscaler reported adjusted earnings per share of 89 cents, up from 72 cents in the same quarter ...
Varonis acquires SlashNext to boost phishing and social engineering defenses
Automated data security company Varonis Systems Inc. announced today that it plans to acquire phishing protection company SlashNext Inc. for a reported $150 million. Founded in 2014, SlashNext is a cybersecurity company that is focused on detecting and blocking phishing and social-engineering attacks across email, browsers, mobile devices and collaboration platforms. The company positions itself as a ...
Predoc raises $30M to scale AI health information management platform
Health information management platform provider Predoc announced today that it has raised $30 million in new funding to scale up its operations and broaden adoption across oncology groups, research networks and virtual care providers. Founded in 2022 as Memr Inc. by Nishant Hari, Dr. Kaushal Kulkarni, Dr. Priya Mehta and Alex Daniels, Predoc has as its ...
Detectify expands AppSec platform with new API scanning capabilities
Advanced application security testing startup Detectify AB today announced the expansion of its AppSec platform with the addition of advanced application programming interface scanning capabilities that allow organizations to identify and remediate vulnerabilities across all layers of their modern applications. The addition seeks to address the issue where modern application environments that rely on APIs struggle with incomplete ...
Phasecraft secures $34M to accelerate practical quantum computing solutions
Quantum algorithm company Phasecraft Ltd. announced today that it has raised $34 million in new funding to accelerate its work to transform quantum computing’s theoretical promise into practical applications. Founded in 2019, Phasecraft focuses on making quantum computing useful sooner by bridging the gap between today’s noisy, intermediate-scale quantum devices and future large-scale systems. Differing ...
Blockchain startup aPriori raises $20M to expand institutional-grade trading infrastructure
Blockchain startup aPriori Network Inc. today announced that it has raised $20 million in new funding to accelerate product rollouts, expand research and engineering teams and grow partnerships across the trading and staking ecosystem. Founded in 2023, aPriori is building the execution layer for next-generation on-chain markets with a focus on institutional-grade performance. The company ...
New research shows passkeys can be hijacked through malicious extensions
A new report out today from browser security company SquareX Ltd. reveals a critical flaw in passkeys, the widely promoted alternative to passwords, that could allow attackers to hijack accounts across banking, e-commerce and enterprise software-as-a-service applications. Passkeys have been widely adopted in the past few years, with the FIDO Alliance estimating that there are now ...
FBI and allies warn Salt Typhoon cyber campaign has targeted 200 US companies in 80 countries
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with other law enforcement agencies and international partners, is warning of an alleged Chinese government-backed “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign that has targeted more than 200 U.S. companies across 80 countries. The FBI, the U.S. National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency and the Department of Defense’s Cyber ...









