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Cloudflare
Cloudflare Precursor uses continuous behavioral analysis to stop advanced bots

Cloudflare has announced the general availability of Precursor, a next-generation, continuous behavioral validation engine for bot management. Precursor runs seamlessly inside …

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Lumen expands managed detection and response with Cortex XSIAM integration

Lumen Technologies has announced Lumen Defender Advanced Managed Detection and Response (AMDR) for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM. Attackers are increasingly operating …

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Ransomware negotiator who betrayed clients sentenced to 70 months in prison

A former ransomware negotiator at incident response firm DigitalMint has been sentenced to 70 months in prison after admitting he shared confidential client information with …

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Fake OAuth client IDs are helping attackers slip past sign-in logs

Attackers running account enumeration against Microsoft cloud tenants have added a step that keeps their probing out of the usual telemetry. They spoof the OAuth client ID, …

Progress
Security threat prompts Progress to disable ShareFile accounts, tell customers to shut down servers

A “credible external security threat” targeting Progress Software’s ShareFile Storage Zone Controllers (SZC) – the on-premises, customer-managed server …

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FastNetMon eliminates third-party bgp lookups with Netomics

FastNetMon is introducing Netomics, a self-hosted BGP routing intelligence platform that combines live routing data, registry information, RPKI validation, routing history and …

Claude
Claude Code users keep 50% higher limits until July 19

Anthropic has extended a limited-time promotion that increases weekly usage limits in Claude Code by 50% through July 19, 2026, at 11:59 PM PT. When the promotion ends, weekly …

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Why SBOMs, signing, and provenance still don’t tell you if software is safe

We have made real progress in software supply chain security, improving visibility into software components, authenticity and build integrity. Much of this progress traces …

Cynative
Cynative: Open-source deep research agent

Running a large language model against a live cloud account to hunt for security holes comes with an obvious hazard. An agent that holds real credentials and a mandate to poke …

Microsoft
Microsoft demystifies how Windows updates work

Microsoft has published a guide explaining the Windows servicing model, outlining the purpose of monthly security updates, optional preview releases, hotpatch updates, and the …

Chip
A hardware security AI assistant that checks chips for hidden backdoors

Chip designers license blocks of circuitry from outside vendors and drop them into larger products. A single processor can carry components from a range of suppliers, each …

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99.9% of fixable AI vulnerabilities remain unpatched

Organizations build, deploy, and operate AI in the cloud, but basic cybersecurity hygiene is often sacrificed for speed, according to Orca Security’s 2026 State of AI Security …

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