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Elastic finds AI-assisted banking fraud ring in Mexico
Crypto

Elastic finds AI-assisted banking fraud ring in Mexico

A live fraud campaign targeting Mexican banks, fintechs and crypto services exposed how criminals are using generative AI to draft malware.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Five Eyes warns AI heightens cyber risk & sovereignty
Software-as-a-Service

Five Eyes warns AI heightens cyber risk & sovereignty

Boards are being urged to overhaul defences as AI speeds attacks and exposes firms to foreign vendors' access risks.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Elastic adds native Prometheus support for metrics
DevOps

Elastic adds native Prometheus support for metrics

Cloud-native teams could cut observability bills as Elastic says its rebuilt metrics engine stores data more efficiently and queries up to 30 times faster.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Tsuga raises USD $35 million to expand AI observability
Software-as-a-Service

Tsuga raises USD $35 million to expand AI observability

Rising AI data volumes are forcing observability vendors to rethink pricing and storage as Tsuga wins fresh backing to keep telemetry in-house.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 24th Jun 2026
OpenAI expands Daybreak with patching tools & partners
Network Security

OpenAI expands Daybreak with patching tools & partners

The move aims to help defenders turn faster vulnerability discovery into working fixes, as OpenAI broadens access to its cyber tools and partners.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Tue, 23rd Jun 2026
PagerDuty names Eric Prengel as Chief Financial Officer
Software-as-a-Service

PagerDuty names Eric Prengel as Chief Financial Officer

Howard Wilson's retirement will hand PagerDuty a finance chief with deeper banking and public-company experience as it pushes further into AI tools.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 23rd Jun 2026
AISLE launches Snapshot for secure private cloud use
Data Protection

AISLE launches Snapshot for secure private cloud use

Regulated firms can now scan code for flaws without sending sensitive data to external AI services, as AISLE targets private deployments.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026
Elastic adds Kubernetes incident workflow for AI tools
DevOps

Elastic adds Kubernetes incident workflow for AI tools

Outages in Kubernetes clusters can now be triaged automatically inside AI tools, cutting the time on-call engineers spend hunting root causes.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 10th Jun 2026
ClickHouse names Ed Lenta as Asia Pacific & Japan chief
Digital Transformation

ClickHouse names Ed Lenta as Asia Pacific & Japan chief

The database firm's rapid revenue growth and customer gains are driving a bigger sales push across Asia Pacific and Japan, including Australia and New Zealand.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Jun 2026
Elastic adds Prometheus ingestion & PromQL in Kibana
Virtualisation

Elastic adds Prometheus ingestion & PromQL in Kibana

SREs can now keep PromQL workflows intact as Elastic Observability brings metrics, logs and traces into one environment.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Fri, 24th Apr 2026
Elastic ties security platform to Google's air-gapped cloud
Hybrid Cloud

Elastic ties security platform to Google's air-gapped cloud

Regulated agencies can now use Elastic’s security tools inside disconnected Google cloud environments as threats grow more automated.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 24th Apr 2026
Elastic launches MCP apps for security & observability
Virtualisation

Elastic launches MCP apps for security & observability

Analysts can now triage threats and trace outages from inside AI tools, as Elastic’s public preview cuts dashboard switching.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026
Percona & Chainguard launch supported database images
Virtualisation

Percona & Chainguard launch supported database images

Enterprises could cut in-house patching as the deal brings supported, security-focused database container images to production environments.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Mar 2026
Elastic drops endpoint fees as it adds workflow automation
Endpoint Protection

Elastic drops endpoint fees as it adds workflow automation

Elastic scraps per-endpoint XDR fees and adds native workflow automation in a bid to lower cyber costs and widen security coverage.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026

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Dropzone AI launches threat hunter for security teams
Security Information and Event Management

Dropzone AI launches threat hunter for security teams

Routine hunting can now be run in hours rather than days, helping security teams uncover intrusions and gaps they might otherwise miss.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month
Australian firms boost AI spend despite weak returns
Data Analytics

Australian firms boost AI spend despite weak returns

One in three firms overshot AI budgets last year, yet only 8% track revenue or productivity gains, exposing weak returns.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Tue, 30th Jun 2026
Australian budget boosts AI, but cyber gaps remain
Data Protection

Australian budget boosts AI, but cyber gaps remain

Despite welcome AI funding, tech leaders say small firms still lack the cyber defences needed to adopt new tools safely.

By Mark Tarre • 13 min read • Wed, 13th May 2026