Venture funding in cybersecurity continued to concentrate in large private rounds at the end of 2025, driving valuations higher across stages. Data from DataTribe shows total capital invested approached $150 billion for the year, with a disproportionate share flowing into fewer than 100 deals. Cybersecurity investment areas (Source: PitchBook) In Q4 alone, fewer than 100 transactions represented more than $34 billion in investment, and multiple financings surpassed the $1 billion mark. Companies continued to extend their time to exit, keeping significant capital in late stage private markets. At the same time, IPO activity strengthened. The U.S. market recorded 110 offerings…
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The Toyota C-HR was always known for its bold and unique styling, but that might have been about it. Discontinued in 2022, the C-HR suffered from a sluggish and noisy powertrain, minimal passenger space, and an uncomfortable ride. Even its best feature, the exterior styling, caused blind spots while driving. However, Toyota is changing all of that with the reintroduction of the C-HR for 2026. Now fully electric, the C-HR combines its unique styling with more horsepower, standard all-wheel drive, and a host of convenient tech features. Available in two trim levels, the SE and XSE, we will cover the…
A financially motivated threat group dubbed “Diesel Vortex” is stealing credentials from freight and logistics operators in the U.S. and Europe in phishing attacks using 52 domains. In a campaign that has been running since September 2025, the threat actor has stolen 1,649 unique credentials from platforms and service providers critical in the freight industry. Some of the Diesel Vortex victims include DAT Truckstop, TIMOCOM, Teleroute, Penske Logistics, Girteka, and Electronic Funds Source (EFS). Researchers at the typosquatting monitoring platform Have I Been Squatted uncovered the campaign after finding an exposed repository containing an SQL database from a phishing project that the threat…
PPC Automation is finally delivering on its promise… if you know how to structure Google Ads for more profit. What’s the best way to allocate ad spend? With Performance Max auto-piloting PPC campaigns and keyword monitoring on the back burner, how can I ensure shoppers purchase our products? Watch on-demand to see how these PPC experts are getting higher ROAS & lower CAC in 2026. Duplicate These Profitable PPC Campaigns With $200M+ in ad spend under their belts, the marketing leadership team at DigiCom, a 2025 Inc. 5000-listed ecommerce growth agency, broke down how you should configure high-growth paid search,…
Timothy Youngblood didn’t set out to be a CISO, but he became CISO at four major enterprises, took on angel investing and won the Most Valued Member award at the Summer Investor Capital Expo of the world’s largest angel group last summer. The path to security leadership Some rivers rush headlong to their destination, others meander slowly without seeming to recognize where they will inevitably end. Tim Youngblood is that latter type. Why and how did he choose a career in cybersecurity? “I think it chose me,” he says. “I came from a single family home in Atlanta. We didn’t…
Google Messages is the official Google app for messaging. Google Messages is revolutionizing how a billion users connect and is powered by Rich Communication Services (RCS), the industry standard for texting that replaces SMS and MMS. With RCS, you can share high resolution photos and videos, enjoy dynamic group chats, and seamlessly connect with other RCS users including your iPhone friends. • Rich Communication: Share high-quality photos and videos, see when friends are typing, and enjoy dynamic group chats that now seamlessly include your iPhone friends.• Personal Touch: Make conversations uniquely yours with features like custom chat bubble colors or…
Industry watchers believe that vision will take some time to become a reality across enterprise organizations. “Every organization is a snowflake in its adoption curve and readiness timeline,” says Stephen Elliot, global group vice president at IDC. “IT behavioral change is one of the most underreported requirements for agentic AI adoption. Trust is the required ingredient.” New Relic also expanded its Digital Experience Monitoring suite to support micro frontend (MFE) architectures, where web applications are broken into smaller, team-managed components. Engineers can now monitor every component and collect metrics on performance timing, errors, renders, and lifecycle methods to trace how…
AI has made publishing faster and easier than ever. And the result is saturation. As AI lowers the barrier to production, the web is filling with content that is technically sound, reasonably optimized, and increasingly indistinguishable. When everything looks polished and competent, standing out becomes harder. AI has changed content output, but users still arrive with intent. They scan headlines, page titles, and descriptions before choosing what to click. They reward clarity, relevance, and usefulness. On a saturated results page, those fundamentals matter more than ever. Keeping content fresh in the age of AI isn’t about chasing novelty or abandoning…
IDC x AC (Image credit: Android Central)This is an exclusive column featuring expert analysts from International Data Corporation (IDC), who provide insights into the latest products, news, and more.Samsung’s Galaxy S26 launch comes at a crucial juncture, making it one of the most important Galaxy launches to date. Not because of any major design or hardware updates, but because it comes at a critical time when the industry is facing an unprecedented memory crisis.All eyes are on Samsung, with everyone wondering how Samsung is planning to handle this crisis. The Galaxy S26 launch will set the stage for the company’s…
Ravie LakshmananFeb 24, 2026Cyber Espionage / Malware A Russia-aligned threat actor has been observed targeting a European financial institution as part of a social engineering attack to likely facilitate intelligence gathering or financial theft, signaling a possible expansion of the threat actor’s targeting beyond Ukraine and into entities supporting the war-torn nation. The activity, which targeted an unnamed entity involved in regional development and reconstruction initiatives, has been attributed to a cybercrime group tracked as UAC-0050 (aka DaVinci Group). BlueVoyant has designated the name Mercenary Akula to the threat cluster. The attack was observed earlier this month. “The attack spoofed…