In today’s ETtech Top 5, Tim Cook said India is one of Apple’s biggest growth engines, underscoring the company’s expanding focus on the market. Meanwhile, Palo Alto Networks is set to acquire Portkey, signaling fresh momentum in cybersecurity. Together, the moves highlight how tech giants are doubling down across consumer devices and security services.
Palo Alto Networks will acquire Portkey, an AI infrastructure startup backed by Elevation Capital, to strengthen defenses for autonomous AI systems. The deal is designed to give enterprises a centralized control plane to manage and secure AI agents. The acquisition is expected to close in Palo Alto Networks’ fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, pending regulatory approvals.
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A CrowdStrike-linked analysis of Operation Lunar Peek shows how CVSS scoring can fail in practice. Attackers chained two Palo Alto CVEs across 13,000 exposed management interfaces, ultimately gaining root. CVSS v4 and v3.1 assigned conflicting, “manageable” ratings that never flagged the combined kill chain, exposing gaps in how teams triage, patch, and report risk.
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