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2026-07-24
Cisco Reveals 88.3% Multi-Turn Attack Success on AI Models, Acquires Astrix Security for $400M
At VB Transform 2026, Cisco revealed that 88.3% of 6,986 multi-turn attacks successfully compromised 15 flagship AI models. It also announced a $400M acquisition of Astrix Security to address the critical gap in AI agent identity and runtime isolation, joining the industry-wide consolidation wave with Palo Alto and CrowdStrike.
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2026-07-22
Cisco Launches Antares Open-Weight AI Models for Vulnerability Localization, Outperforming GPT-5.5 at 1/100 Cost
Cisco unveils Antares, an open-weight AI model series for vulnerability localization. Antares-1B beats Google Gemini 3 Pro, Antares-3B approaches GPT-5.5, yet completes 500 tasks in 15 minutes at $1 cost vs 5 hours and $100-150 for GPT-5.5, revolutionizing the economics of security scanning.