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I’ll be at 3 No Kings events tomorrow — they’re all in Mointain View & Palo Alto, CA. The last one is a democracy fair. Joan Baez will be there & there will be songs. And cake.
https://bsky.app/profile/indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social/post/3lrjvqzruyc23

Indivisible Palo Alto Plus (@indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social)
REMINDER: Our TWO No Kings "We The People" events kick off tomorrow 2pm, with the Democracy Parade at the corner of Embarcadero and El Camino in Palo Alto. At the end of the parade, the "We the People" Democracy Fair begins in Rinconada Park. Register: indivisiblepaloaltoplus.org/no-kings-day

Tahoe Therapeutics, which is building AI models of living cells, raised $30M led by Amplify Partners at a $120M valuation, taking its total funding to $42M (Alex Knapp/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/202

Biotech Startup Tahoe Therapeutics Raised $30 Million To Build AI Models Of Living Cells
The Palo Alto, California-based company, now valued at $120 million, has developed a scalable way to quickly generate crucial biological data needed for AI models–and use them to find new cures for cancer.

»Datenleck durch Salesloft – Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Zscaler betroffen:
Viele Unternehmen sind von der Salesloft-Drift-Schwachstelle betroffen. Auch große und namhafte wie Cloudflare, Palo Alto und Zscaler.«
So klug sind KI-Chatbots und deswegen alles andere als sicher. Wenn deswegen nicht einige Unternehmen schwere Schaden erhalten? IT-Sicherheit ein ewiges Thema.
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Datenleck durch Salesloft: Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Zscaler betroffen
Viele Unternehmen sind von der Salesloft-Drift-Schwachstelle betroffen. Auch große und namhafte wie Cloudflare, Palo Alto und Zscaler.

Palo Alro. July 17. Good Trouble Lives On.

Don't miss today's Metacurity for a crush of infosec developments you should know, including
--Cloudflare, Palo Alto Networks, and Zscaler are caught up in Salesloft Drift attacks,
--UK watchdog says military doesn't know Afghan breach-related costs are,
--Jaguar Land Rover hit by cyber incident,
--Amazon disrupted Midnight Blizzard op,
--Trump reactivates ICE spyware contract,
--Gov'ts are flocking to surveillanceware
--Hackers tried t…

Cloudflare, Palo Alto Networks, and Zscaler are caught up in Salesloft Drift attacks
UK watchdog says military doesn't know Afghan breach-related costs are, Jaguar Land Rover hit by cyber incident, Amazon disrupted Midnight Blizzard op, Trump reactivates ICE spyware contract, Gov'ts are flocking to surveillanceware, much more

Palo Alto Networks to acquire identity security provider CyberArk in $25 billion deal https://therecord.media/palo-alto-networks-cyberark-acquisition

Palo Alto Networks reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to $2.54B, vs. $2.5B est., and Q1 and FY 2026 guidance above estimates; PANW jumps 4% after hours (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/18/palo-alto-panw-earnings-q4-2025.html

Palo Alto Networks reports earnings beat, says founder Nir Zuk retiring from company
Palo Alto Networks surpassed Wall Street's fiscal fourth-quarter estimates and issued upbeat guidance.

"Palo Alto Networks could finalize a deal for CyberArk as soon as later this week, the people said. Assuming a typical deal premium, a deal could value CyberArk well above its $20 billion market value."
Palo Alto Networks Nears Over $20 Billion Deal for Cybersecurity Firm CyberArk

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #90TEEN
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https://open.spotify.com/track/0qZzuEVqVASvsjl5rQSzy8

Palo Alto Networks has agreed to buy CyberArk Software in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the Israeli cybersecurity company at about $25B, expected to close in Q2 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/palo-alto…

Cloudflare, Zscaler among companies impacted by Salesloft Drift incident https://therecord.media/salesloft-drift-breach-cloudflare-zscaler-palo-alto-networks

"Half a million hectares of rainforest were saved — in part thanks to journalism"
#Rainforest #Environment

Half a million hectares of rainforest were saved — in part thanks to journalism
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a packed event held in Palo Alto, California, at the end of SF Climate Week in April, Willie Shubert, the vice president of programs and executive editor at Mongabay, shared a compelling example of how Mongabay’s journalism […]

Another of the PayPal gang is causing trouble... This time seemingly trying to engage US diplomats in manipulation of Danish politics to get Denmark to relinquish Greenland to the US.
(Remember, PayPal launched Peter Thiel, Musk, and others. A more benign, but indicative, part of PayPal's legacy is a $460 "Bubbly Burger" at the Palo Alto Creamery.)
"Denmark summons US envoy over suspected influence operations in Greenland"

Stay alert and check out today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Minnesota's Walz mobilizes National Guard to help with St. Paul cyberattack,
--Tea suspends direct messaging and gets hit with class actions over breach,
--CISA to release Wyden-demanded report to unblock Plankey nomination,
--Google has not received UK backdoor demand,
--Orange breach triggers minor disruptions,
--Palo Alto to buy CyberAr…

Minnesota's Walz mobilizes National Guard to help with St. Paul cyberattack
Tea suspends direct messaging and gets hit with class actions over breach, CISA to release Wyden-demanded report to unblock Plankey nomination, Google has not received UK backdoor demand, Orange breach triggers minor disruptions, Palo Alto to buy CyberArk for $25m, much more

Palo Alto, June 17: Good Trouble Lives On.
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/807421/

Sources: Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity company CyberArk Software; a typical premium could put the deal well above $20B (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.…

Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk retires and steps down as CTO and board member; Chief Product Officer Lee Klarich becomes CTO and joins the board (Dean Seal/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/palo-alto-networks-founder-retires-as-technol…

Palo Alto confirms Salesloft Drift Integration was used to compromise Salesforce instances
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/threat-brief-compromised-salesforce-instances/

Threat Brief: Salesloft Drift Integration Used To Compromise Salesforce Instances
This Threat Brief discusses observations on a campaign leveraging Salesloft Drift integration to exfiltrate data via compromised OAuth credentials.

BlinkOps, which provides AI agents for cybersecurity tasks like managing identity access and patching bugs, raised a $50M Series B led by OG Venture Partners (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjwr1jhvge

BlinkOps secures $50M for its micro agent cyber platform
Led by veterans behind Secdo’s $100M Palo Alto exit, the company is taking a decentralized approach to cyber defense.

This was a big crowd, with specific actions people can take in a blue area of a blue state. The most important thing is follow up.
https://bsky.app/profile/indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social/post/3luamkf7lkc2i

Okta reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $728M, vs. $711.8M est., net income up 131% to $67M, and increases its fiscal 2026 forecast; OKTA jumps 6% after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/26/okta-q2-earnings-report-2026.html

Okta raises forecast as CEO says economic conditions were ‘better than we thought’
One of Okta's partners, Palo Alto Networks, recently announced an agreement to buy Okta competitor CyberArk.

This is a great summary of the Democracy Parade and Fair in Palo Alto this past weekend.
https://youtu.be/sZ5s1b7NYsw?si=kmTu_GCG_NAWhdji