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Project Glasswing Strengthens Key Platforms, Leaves Broad Exposure Untouched Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • April 9, 2026

Thursday was a brutal day for cybersecurity stocks amid a broader software selloff and continued uncertainty around whether the ceasefire with Iran will hold.

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Just three of the 20 largest public cybersecurity companies recorded stock price gains between 2:30 p.m. ET Tuesday and early Thursday afternoon. One was Trend Micro, and the other two were the only pure play cybersecurity companies serving as launch partners for Project Glasswing: Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike.

"Project Glasswing will harden a handful of platforms," former NSA Cyber Director Rob Joyce wrote on LinkedIn Wednesday. "That is good news for us all because we all rely on their products. The bad news is the rest of the internet. The mountain of technical debt sitting ...