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Jon Swartz is senior content writer at Techstrong Group. Most recently, he was MarketWatch’s senior reporter based in San Francisco covering technology and Silicon Valley. Previously, Swartz was USA Today’s San Francisco bureau chief. He has also written for Forbes, The (London) Independent, London Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and New Orleans Times-Picayune. He has won numerous journalism awards and is a two-time finalist for the Loebs, the Pulitzers of business reporting. Additionally, he frequently appears as a panelist on Fox Business and NBC Bay Area’s Press:Here program. He has been nominated four times for the Pulitzer Prize. Swartz is co-author of “Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity” and sole author of “Young Wealth.”

Databricks Acquires Cybersecurity Startup Panther Labs to Fortify AI Defense

Databricks Acquires Cybersecurity Startup Panther Labs to Fortify AI Defense

Jon Swartz | June 16, 2026 | acquisition, AI agents, AI cyber threats, Anthropic, Cisco Systems, CrowdStrike, data lakehouse, databricks, enterprise security, Panther Labs, Splunk
Databricks Inc. has agreed to acquire cybersecurity startup Panther Labs, marking the data analytics giant’s third major push into the security sector as it moves to challenge industry incumbents like CrowdStrike Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc.’s Splunk. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Panther Labs, ... Read More
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Zscaler Launches Industry-First Zero Trust Security for Agentic AI

Zscaler Launches Industry-First Zero Trust Security for Agentic AI

Jon Swartz | June 10, 2026 | AI agent, AI agent zero trust, CIO, CISO, KPMG, malicious, Zscaler
LAS VEGAS – Zscaler Inc. on Tuesday updated its flagship Zero Trust Exchange platform to secure how artificial intelligence (AI) agents connect, access data, and operate across devices. As organizations rapidly adopt agents, traditional security frameworks built around predictable human identities are struggling to keep pace. Autonomous agents can operate ... Read More
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Mozilla Fixes Record 423 Firefox Bugs in One Month

Jon Swartz | May 8, 2026 | Anthropic, Cybersecurity, Firefox, Haiku 4.5, Mozilla, Mythos, Sonnet 4.6
Mozilla Corp. has shattered its internal security records: It announced the repair of 423 Firefox vulnerabilities in April, a correction rate five times higher than the previous month and nearly 20 times the company’s 2025 monthly average of 21.5 fixes. The catalyst for the spike is an agentic artificial intelligence ... Read More
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Cisco Fortifies AI Defenses with Acquisition of Astrix Security

Cisco Fortifies AI Defenses with Acquisition of Astrix Security

Jon Swartz | May 5, 2026 | acquisition, Agentic AI, agentic AI security, Astrix Security, Cisco Systems, Galileo Technologies, NHI
Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it has reached an agreement to acquire Astrix Security, an Israel-based startup specializing in the protection of non-human identities (NHIs) and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Cisco did not officially disclose the financial terms, but industry reports from Calcalist pegged the deal’s value at about $400 ... Read More
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OpenAI Readies Rollout of New Cyber Model as Industry Shifts to Defense

Jon Swartz | April 9, 2026 | Anthropic, api, Autonomous Hacking, GPT-5.3-Codex, LLMs, Mythos, OpenAI, Palo Alto Networks, SANS Institute, Silicon Valley, Spud
OpenAI is finalizing a cybersecurity product slated for a restricted release to select partners. The new model, as reported by Axios, could signal growing anxiety among developers that their latest creations may be too dangerous for the public. The shift comes as artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities reach a critical threshold ... Read More
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Flipping the Script: The Premiere of 'The Women in Security' Documentary at RSAC

Flipping the Script: The Premiere of ‘The Women in Security’ Documentary at RSAC

Jon Swartz | March 31, 2026 | Diversity, rsac, RSAC 2026, women
The cybersecurity industry has long grappled with a significant representation gap, but a new documentary that premiered at RSAC 2026 is working to change the conversation. In this interview from Broadcast Alley, Jon Swartz speaks with Aarti Gadhia and Kristen Rank about ‘The Women in Security’, a film five years ... Read More
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State Department Launches New Bureau to Combat High-Tech Threats

State Department Launches New Bureau to Combat High-Tech Threats

Jon Swartz | March 25, 2026 | Bureau of Emerging Threats, china, cisa, CrowdStrike, Iran, Marco Rubio, quantum computing, Russia, Space Security, State Department, Stryker, Trump Administration
The State Department has officially operationalized the Bureau of Emerging Threats (ET), a high-stakes unit designed to shield American interests from the weaponization of advanced technology by foreign adversaries. The bureau’s launch marks the culmination of a sweeping reorganization plan introduced nearly a year ago by Secretary of State Marco ... Read More
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Google Unleashes Gemini AI to Scour Dark Web for Corporate Threats

Google Unleashes Gemini AI to Scour Dark Web for Corporate Threats

Jon Swartz | March 24, 2026 | AI agents security, AI for DevSecOps, criminal forums, dark web, Financial Services, Google Gemini, Google Threat Intelligence, healthcare
Google has launched a new dark web intelligence service to tackle the grueling task of monitoring underground criminal forums. It is deploying Gemini-powered artificial intelligence (AI) agents to sift through upwards of 10 million posts daily, the tech giant said, to replace clunky, keyword-based legacy systems with a platform that ... Read More
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CrowdStrike Redefines Cybersecurity Architecture for Autonomous AI

CrowdStrike Redefines Cybersecurity Architecture for Autonomous AI

Jon Swartz | March 23, 2026 | AI adoption, AI Governance, autonomous AI, ChatGPT, Claude, cloud native container environments, CrowdStrike, falcon, Microsoft Copilot, SaaS, Salesforce Agentforce, Shadow AI, telemetry
SAN FRANCISCO – As autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents begin to operate with system-level privileges across global enterprises, CrowdStrike Inc. has massively expanded its Falcon platform, positioning the endpoint as the critical frontline for AI governance. The announcement at RSAC here signals a strategic shift in how organizations defend against ... Read More
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Datadog Launches AI Security Agent to Combat Machine-Speed Cyberattacks

Datadog Launches AI Security Agent to Combat Machine-Speed Cyberattacks

Jon Swartz | March 23, 2026 | AI agent, AI cyberattacks, breaches, Datadog, EDR, generative AI, MTTR, RBAC, RSAC 2026, SOC
SAN FRANCISCO – Datadog Inc. on Monday announced general availability of its Bits AI Security Analyst, a move designed to transform how security teams handle the overwhelming surge of digital threats. Integrated directly into Datadog’s Cloud SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), the new AI agent aims to solve a ... Read More
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