Forty-two cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in February 2026. For a detailed view of the more than 420 acquisitions announced in 2025, check out SecurityWeek’s annual M&A report. Here are some of the most important cybersecurity M&A deals announced in February 2026: Arctic Wolf acquires Sevco Security SOC provider Arctic Wolf acquired US cybersecurity company Sevco Security, with no financial details disclosed. The acquisition aims to enhance Arctic Wolf’s attack surface management capabilities and provide customers with more comprehensive visibility and risk reduction in managed security operations. Booz Allen to acquire Defy SecurityAdvertisement. Scroll to continue reading.…
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Office.eu runs entirely on European infrastructure to protect local data sovereigntyThe platform integrates document editing, email, calendars, and calls in one workspaceCollabora Online provides the office suite, derived from the LibreOffice codebaseA new digital workspace called Office.eu has launched in a bid to provide a European-controlled alternative to widely used office software platforms.The platform is described as a cloud-based environment built entirely on European infrastructure and owned by a European company.The company says its overall aim is to reduce long-standing reliance on software ecosystems dominated by American vendors.Article continues below You may like A push for European control over digital…
Google Ads is set to enhance the viewer experience of Performance Max video ads with an innovative asset optimization feature. Leveraging advanced AI voice models, this update aims to infuse video ads with realistic voice-overs, ultimately enhancing user engagement and ad performance. Why we care. Advertisers who don’t actively opt out by March 20, will have their video ads automatically enhanced with Google’s AI voice models, changing how their ads sound to viewers without requiring any creative production work. How it works. The feature only activates on videos that don’t already contain a voice track Google’s AI selects text from…
Running a local LLM seems straightforward. You install Ollama, pull a model, and start chatting. But if you’ve spent any time actually using one, you’ve probably noticed that the default experience isn’t always great. Responses can feel repetitive, context seems to get lost, and in extreme cases, models might get caught in an infinite loop. More often than not, the difference between a frustrating local setup and one that actually feels good comes down to settings that most people never bother touching. I’ve been tweaking these parameters across Ollama, Open WebUI, LM Studio, and raw llama.cpp for a while now,…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that masquerades as an OpenClaw installer to deploy a remote access trojan (RAT) and steal sensitive data from compromised hosts. The package, named “@openclaw-ai/openclawai,” was uploaded to the registry by a user named “openclaw-ai” on March 3, 2026. It has been downloaded 178 times to date. The library is still available for download as of writing. JFrog, which discovered the package, said it’s designed to steal system credentials, browser data, crypto wallets, SSH keys, Apple Keychain databases, and iMessage history, as well as install a persistent RAT with remote access capabilities, SOCKS5…
Google’s March 2026 Feature Drop was supposed to bring shiny new bells and whistles to the Pixel lineup, and while it did do that with Gemini, Magic Cue, Now Playing, and At a Glance-related updates, it also introduced a major battery-related ‘bug’ that you might not appreciate. Related March Pixel Drop unlocks new features you wish you had sooner Get it now! After the update, Pixel users started taking to platforms like Reddit to describe the new ‘bug’ that brings an annoying behavior change to their devices’ 80% charging limit. The tool, which was once a helpful battery longevity tool,…
Russian state hackers are trying to break into Signal and WhatsApp accounts used by diplomats, military staff, and government officials worldwide, Dutch intelligence agencies warned. They believe journalists and other people who attract attention from Moscow may also be affected. Investigators reported attackers attempt to trick users into revealing verification codes and PINs that protect their messaging accounts. The agencies said the Russian campaign does not exploit technical vulnerabilities in the messaging services. Instead, the attackers misuse legitimate security features of the apps. “It is not the case that Signal or WhatsApp as a whole have been compromised. Individual user…
A new study reported an increase in mental fatigue tied to heavy AI use. Marketing workers were hit hardest at 26%. A Harvard Business Review article by researchers from Boston Consulting Group and the University of California, Riverside reports that 14% of 1,488 full-time U.S.-based workers surveyed experienced what the authors call “brain fry.” They define it as mental fatigue from excessive use of, interaction with, or oversight of AI tools beyond a person’s cognitive capacity. What The Study Found The study identified AI oversight as the most mentally taxing form of AI engagement. Workers who reported that their AI…
Mishaal Rahman / Android AuthorityTL;DR Android 17 Beta 2 starts implementing support for restricting how Thunderbolt or USB4 devices access system memory. Just like on Chrome OS, that access could be limited by default, and require users to specifically grant it. Android’s Advanced Protection Mode may restrict your ability to override the limitation. Android is already a lot more than just a mobile OS, and has found success in the home through Android TV. But the platform’s expansion onto new device types is really only just getting started, and maybe the most exciting area for its expansion now is onto…
Researchers found backdoors installed on U.S. company networks in the weeks prior to the U.S. and Israeli bombing campaign.