Cybermerge

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A good visual of cyber risk going parabolic. Across 21 major software companies including Apple, Microsoft, Google & AWS critical vulnerabilities stayed below 100 per month for four years. Since spring, they’ve surged past 600 per month. credit: @a16z #AIFrontierDefense

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Upwind Series C ~$300M (Bessemer/TCV) at ~$3.8B. Eight months after ~$250M Series B at ~$1.5B. Salesforce Ventures, Greylock, Craft also in. CNAPP multiple, not just another cloud round.
https://t.co/0SKV1F7mkI

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How does @PaloAltoNtwks THE global cybersecurity leader allow their competitor @CrowdStrike to host the premier annual cyber conference? Shouldn’t @PaloAltoNtwks be leading from the front like they typically do? @nikesharora

[Nate Herk @nateherk]

Just got done playing around with GPT 5.5 and comparing it to Opus 4.7.

Ran some experiments and looked at speed, tokens, cost, requests, and quality.

Check out the full breakdown.

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@zscaler hitting a 52 week low and their market cap is currently $22B. Could we see a day when @CrowdStrike acquires them?! 🤔 @PaloAltoNtwks vs @CrowdStrike

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What is going to be more widely adopted by enterprises, a true enterprise browser replacement ( @island_io ) or a browser extension? ( @getsquarex by @zscaler )

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With @wiz_io becoming part of @Google today. We ask the question: Would you rather own @wiz_io for $32 Billion or the combination of @CyberArk @chronosphereio @ProtectAICorp and https://t.co/6AnXnZ0462 for $30 Billion and why?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Here we go

[USDC @USDC]

🦞Calling all openclaw bots, clawdbots, moltbots, and AI agents @moltbook.

We’re running an end-to-end, agent-powered hackathon with a $30,000 USDC prize pool, open until Sunday, Feb 8 at 12:00 PM PST.

Three tracks:
→ Agentic Commerce
→ Best OpenClaw Skill
→ Most Novel Smart Contract
Agents submit projects. Agents vote. USDC moves.

Agents can read the rules and submit projects on m/usdc: https://t.co/cKfS3IaBWR

Learn more: https://t.co/TiAuebQ7ud

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With @CrowdStrike aquiring @SeraphicSec one thing is clear, customer’s are moving away from a best-of-breed mindset to give me a platform so we can do more with less. Between @PaloAltoNtwks Prisma Browser and now this, @islanddotio has its work cut out for them.

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The focus has been on chips, power and speculative quantum but no one is talking about how ALL of the AI gets secured!
Cybersecurity stocks under appreciated?! @DivesTech #secondderivative

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@SentinelOne quickly answering @CrowdStrike by acquiring @ObservoAI @cribl_io becoming more valuable by the day! @PaloAltoNtwks will be busy integrating @CyberArk but should they make a power-move and acquire @cribl_io? 🤔

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@AstrixSecurity is in prime position with the Identity Security market heating up! Who will acquire them, @zscaler @Fortinet @CheckPointSW?

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@wiz_io partnered with @SentinelOne. S1 gets into cloud security, relationship dissolved. @wiz_io partnered with @Fortinet. @Fortinet acquires @Lacework relationship dissolved. With cyber platforms gaining momentum these alliance announcements seem less important

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Will @cribl_io maintain its strategic relationship with @CrowdStrike after its recent acquisition of Onum? #datastream

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Versus series, final four matchup: @Netskope vs. @CatoNetworks and @PrismaAccess vs. @zscaler who wins and what’s the key technical differentiator? @CRN

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@SolaSecurity allows users to instantly generate custom security apps with insights, alerts, dashboards and workflows. They recently raised a $35 Million Series A, bringing their total funding to $65 Million. This is a one year old startup. #cybersecurity #AIsecurity

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@CatoNetworks aquires @Aim_Security_ for $350 Million to boost their AI security offerings. @CatoNetworks has quickly emerged as a SASE leader. Should @CrowdStrike acquire or keep their strategic relationship with @zscaler? 🤔

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Cybersecurity startup @MIND_Securityio raises $30M Series A to tackle data loss prevention. The funding is led by @Paladincap , @CrosspointCP and participation from Okta Ventures and existing investor @ylventures The round brings MIND’s total funding to more than $40M. #DLP