Flare Wins The Hacker News Cybersecurity Stars Award 2026 for CTI

Every day thousands of external threats surface across the clear and dark web, giving attackers leaked credentials, stealer logs, and underground intelligence to target organizations. For SecOps, CTI, and fraud teams, the real challenge is not collecting more signals but knowing which exposures matter most and acting before adversaries do. Flare addresses this gap with an identity-first cyber threat intelligence platform that turns external exposure data into prioritized action.

What was announced

On June 16, 2026, Flare announced it has been named Most Innovative Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform at The Hacker News Cybersecurity Stars of 2026 awards. The recognition highlights Flare's impact in helping organizations proactively detect and remediate high-risk exposures across the external threat landscape.

The Hacker News Cybersecurity Stars Awards honor companies, products, and teams advancing the industry through technical excellence, innovation, and measurable impact. Winners are selected by an independent panel of judges based on innovation, effectiveness, and industry contribution.

Too many security teams are rich in data and poor in answers. Legacy CTI platforms promise improved detection and deliver dashboards full of indicators no one has time to investigate. Flare is different. Our platform was built on a different premise: your analysts do not need more signals, they need a faster path from exposure to action

Why this matters

For CIOs, CISOs, and IT procurement leaders, the cost of unaddressed external exposure is rising. Account takeover, ransomware, and data breaches caused by human and non-human identity compromise continue to drive incident response budgets upward. Identity-first CTI shifts the focus from generic indicators of compromise to the credentials, accounts, and digital identities that attackers actually monetize. The result is faster triage, more accurate prioritization, and measurable risk reduction for SOC and fraud teams.

Technical details

• Coverage: dark web forums, stealer log markets, Telegram channels, marketplaces, paste sites, ransomware leak sites, initial access broker listings, and clear web sources.
• Detection scope: threats tied to an organization's domains, users, IP addresses, brands, and keywords.
• Cybercrime intelligence database: 20 billion leaked credentials, 73,000+ Telegram channels, 60+ ransomware blogs, 2 million threat actor profiles, and data from 160 cybercriminal forums.
• Workflow: detection, enrichment, AI-driven prioritization, historical context, and automated response in a single platform.
• Built for: SecOps, CTI, and fraud teams.

Softprom and Flare

Softprom is the official distributor of Flare. Our team supports partners and end customers with licensing, deployment, training, and technical onboarding for the Flare identity-first CTI platform.

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