#cybersecurity

#cybersecurity

The Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacking group, recently linked to the attack on Jaguar Land Rover that has devastated the company, has announced that it plans to shut down.

Koi closed a $10 million seed round in December and a $38 million Series A in August. Picture Capital and NFX led the seed, while Battery Ventures and Team8 led the Series A. Cerca Partners participated in both rounds. The Washington, DC-headquartered startup was cofounded last year by Assaraf and two other former Israel Defense Forces members who served in intelligence Unit 8200: CTO Idan Dardikman and CPO Itay Kruk. Both Dardikman and Kruk previously worked together at cybersecurity company Sygnia.

As the U.S.-Japan alliance confronts an era where digital threats increasingly target economic stability and national security, integrating cyber strategy into the relationship is essential. The longstanding pillars of military, trade, and diplomacy have supported peace and prosperity. Still, the rise of cyberspace as a borderless, high-stakes domain demands that both nations make cybersecurity a foundational element of their partnership in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

If you want a pulse check on where the venture capital industry is at, consider the software supply chain security startup Chainguard, which has raised $500 million across two rounds in less than a year. "We've never had a fundraising deck," Ryan Carlson, president of Chainguard, said yesterday on the Future of Venture Capital insight exchange at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference in Park City, Utah. He added later: "We're not going to create a deck next time either."

Managed service providers (MSPs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) are under increasing pressure to deliver strong cybersecurity outcomes in a landscape marked by rising threats and evolving compliance requirements. At the same time, clients want better protection without managing cybersecurity themselves. Service providers must balance these growing demands with the need to work efficiently, deliver consistent results, and scale their offerings.

The modern workplace or campus looks very different from even a decade ago - and older access control systems struggle to keep up. They weren't built to handle the fast pace of change we see today. Employees no longer work from the same building every day. Flexible working hours, telecommuting, and increased reliance on contractors introduce more complexity in scheduling and cardholder management.

"The United States cannot expect this behavior to change," he said, adding the nation "must send a message this behavior is unacceptable" and should come with a cost to foreign rivals. "I'm committed to marshalling a unified, whole of nation approach on this, working in lockstep with our allies who share our commitment to democratic values, privacy and liberty," Cairncross said.

Our lives have migrated to a virtual world to the point where our emails have become an entry point to our identity. Medical records, employment history, education, world views and all that comes to mind, which pertains to who we are as people, likely have some form of digital footprint that can be traced back to us. While this can translate to seamless convenience, whether personalized recommendations or quick product deliveries, there remains a risk of exposure that threat actors constantly exploit.

Next week, the sector is expected to add one more public company: the cloud cybersecurity platform Netskope. The 13-year-old startup also shares its earliest and largest investor with Rubrik: Lightspeed Venture Partners. The large Silicon Valley firm had a 23.9% ownership of Rubrik when it went public at $6.6 billion last year. In the case of Netskope, Lightspeed owns 19.3% of the company that aims to achieve a valuation of as much as $6.5 billion, according to the updated S1 filing.

LinkedIn's chief economic opportunity officer recently warned that AI is "breaking" entry-level jobs that have historically served as stepping stones for young workers. As Aneesh Raman wrote in The New York Times, "Breaking first is the bottom rung of the career ladder." AI tools are performing simple coding and debugging tasks that junior software developers once did to gain experience, along with work that young employees in the legal and retail sectors traditionally handled.

"Stakeholders from across industry sectors have endorsed this legislation because it preserves the essential privacy and liability protections in the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, clarifies the law's language to better address the evolving threat landscape, and ensures private-sector insight is properly captured," said representative Andrew Garbarino, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

The escalating and constant digital threats from state-sponsored adversaries like China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia coincide with a fractured global governance and a shifting domestic policy landscape. This moment presents a unique opportunity for the administration to continue to set the tone as a global leader in cyber threat deterrence. Public and private collaboration can help with this effort.

If a typical chatbot (say, ChatGPT) is the bubbly friend who explains how to change a tire, an AI agent is the neighbor who shows up with a jack and actually does it. In 2025 these agentspersonal assistants that carry out routine computer tasksare shaping up as the next wave of the AI revolution. What distinguishes an AI an agent from a chatbot is that it doesn't just talkit acts, opening tabs, filling forms, clicking buttons and making reservations.

Despite their reputation as digital natives, Gen Z is pretty poor when it comes to cybersecurity practices. Analysis from consumer insights platform GWI found that while many in this demographic have grown up online, only three-in-ten have made a habit of regularly changing their passwords compared to 42% of Baby Boomers. They're also the generation least likely to keep software and devices up to date, with only 43% bothering. Gen Z was found lacking in other basic cyber hygiene practices, the study noted.

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is a profoundly unsexy cybercrime, and that's a big problem. Headlines are full of ransomware, data breaches, or the latest exploit. DDoS, where a site or service is poleaxed by a packet tsunami, is just background noise. Now and again, security agencies put out a press release because they've taken down one of the botnets that propagate DDoS attacks, but that's been going on for decades without much effect.

Dell Technologies reported record revenue of $29.8 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, up 19 percent from a year earlier. Earnings per share rose 38 percent to $1.70, while adjusted earnings were $2.32. Revenue from servers and networks grew 69 percent to $12.9 billion, driven by strong demand for AI systems. COO Jeff Clarke said Dell shipped more AI solutions in the first half of the year than it did in all of 2025

"There's a good chance this espionage campaign has stolen information from nearly every American," Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant director for the FBI's cyber division, told The Register.

And yet, between several meetings, projects, and your personal priorities (including, of course, the binge-watching), professional development and career growth often sinks to the bottom of your to-do list. But you cannot afford to let your upskilling endeavors suffer. In 2025, high-income skills are the very currency of your career success. You could afford to switch off the TV for just a couple hours a week.

"There are some companies that are obviously richly-valued," Kurtz told Fortune. "I think some of these companies don't realize that they are starting to move into zombieland: You look at their last round valuation, and it might be great for them, but it's expensive and it's necessarily actionable for a lot of companies, even ours." To be sure, there have been a couple of notable big-ticket acquisitions in cyber lately: Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk and Google's proposed $32 billion acquisition of Wiz.

"When you look at some of these other acquisitions, like CyberArk, you're talking about a 20-year-old technology company with a lot of integration risk. These are big companies, and I've seen the movie before. When I was at McAfee, we acquired 21 companies, and never quite got them integrated... So, when it comes down to it, we're maniacally focused on the customer experience, on making sure we're disciplined enough to get this stuff integrated. We have a great track record of doing that."

With HyperScale Edge, Commvault is specifically targeting remote locations and smaller businesses where space and IT resources are limited. Think of retail stores, branches, and distribution centers. These environments often have different needs than large data centers. The solution works with validated hardware from Dell, HPE, and Lenovo. Like the other HyperScale products, it is delivered as a software image that is easy to install. This makes implementation faster and more predictable.

Nearly two-thirds of European cybersecurity professionals see insider threats as their biggest security risk - and AI is making things worse. A from Exabeam shows 64% now view insiders, whether malicious or compromised, as a bigger risk than external threat actors. Notably, a key factor behind this shift in focus is the use of generative AI among cyber criminals, the study found, which is making attacks faster, stealthier, and more difficult to detect. "Insiders aren't just people anymore," said Steve Wilson, chief AI and product officer at Exabeam. "They're AI agents logging in with valid credentials, spoofing trusted voices, and making moves at machine speed."

"Money is not the only answer," said Jason Griffin, managing director at consulting firm Nordic Global.

The digital nomad lifestyle may look chaotic from the outside, but it really comes down to mastering two things: planning ahead and having the right tools. From a versatile backpack and reliable power bank to a VPN, noise-cancelling headphones, portable displays, and external storage, these essentials make it possible to stay productive anywhere while keeping work secure, comfortable, and stress-free.

"While remote work is more widespread and socially accepted now, that hasn't meant the industry has fully adapted its security practices to match," he explains. "If anything, the risks have grown because more people are working from home, often on networks that aren't secure. "Many questions remain. Where are your employees working? What networks are they joining? Are their devices locked securely?