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IT And Cybersecurity Stocks To Be Watched As Claude Code Security Rattles US Market | Markets News<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-22 05:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Last Updated:<\/span>February 22, 2026, 16:11 IST<\/p>\n

Anthropic launched Claude Code Security to scan code for vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity stocks in US dropped over concerns AI could disrupt the industry.<\/h2>\n

\"new\"new\"Claude<\/p>\n

Claude Code Security Impact: IT, Cybersecurity Shares May See Action On Monday<\/p>\n

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IT and cybersecurity stocks in India may see action on Monday, February 23 when the market opens, as AI firm Anthropic launched Claude Code Security, a new capability built into Claude Code on the web.<\/p>\n

The new feature scans codebases for security vulnerabilities and suggests targeted software patches for human review, allowing teams to find and fix security issues that traditional methods often miss.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s The Fear?<\/h4>\n

The new feature has posed a threat to IT and cybersecurity companies, as Claude Code will provide cybersecurity services to teams.<\/p>\n

Companies may rely less on legacy scanning tools and cut spending on traditional enterprises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a pivotal time for cybersecurity. We expect that a significant share of the world\u2019s code will be scanned by AI in the near future, given how effective models have become at finding long-hidden bugs and security issues,” Anthropic said in the blog.<\/p>\n

Attackers will use AI to find exploitable weaknesses faster than ever. But defenders who move quickly can find those same weaknesses, patch them, and reduce the risk of an attack.<\/p>\n

This has triggered a fear in the US market last week, in which cybersecurity stocks, including CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, Zscaler suffered a heavy sell-off.<\/p>\n

CrowdStrike, US cybersecurity technology company, led the heavy beating with shares falling almost 8 per cent to $338.60 per share. Zscaler also dropped sharply by 5.47 per cent to $159.75 per share.<\/p>\n

How Claude Code Security works<\/h4>\n

Rather than scanning for known patterns, Claude Code Security reads and reasons about your code the way a human security researcher would: understanding how components interact, tracing how data moves through your application, and catching complex…<\/p>\n

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