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Vaultree raises $12.8M to let companies more easily work with encrypted data

Several years ago, on a dairy farm in the small Irish village of Dundrum, four technologists — Maxim Dressler, Ryan Lasmaili, Shaun Mc Brearty and Tilo Weigandt — brainstormed solutions for what they saw as a fundamental problem in data security: unencrypted text files. According to a 2016 survey commissioned by CyberArk, 40% of organizations…

Maergo raises $20M to provide Amazon-style fast and cheap air and ‘middle mile’ services to online retailers

With the holiday shopping season well underway and showing signs that it might not be as sluggish as some predicted, a startup out of Austin, Texas, is announcing funding to build out  a new approach to shipping, to help retailers compete against the consumer pull of fast and free Amazon Prime delivery. Maergo — which…

Many SMBs still just aren’t equipped to deal with cyberattacks

Most small and medium-sized businesses are ill-equipped to tackle the growing problem of cyberattacks, new research from DataSolutions Group has claimed. The IT distributor’s recent “Cyber Concerns” report found that 89% of leaders are “increasingly” worried about ransomware and malware. There are different factors contributing to the growing fears, including the lack of quality staff,…

Millions of people have had their data sold on bot markets

Cybercriminals are selling people’s complete digital identities for just a handful of pocket change on bot markets, new research is showing.  According to a new report from NordVPN, some cybercrooks are infecting users with bot malware which then harvests as much sensitive data on the victim as possible, including device screenshots, login credentials stored in…

OLED TV glow-up: brighter, more efficient panels are coming – but you’ll have to wait

New OLED TVs with significantly brighter output look set to be on their way, thanks to a breakthrough in how the panels are manufactured. As reported by FlatpanelsHD, Universal Display (UDC – one of the largest OLED material makers), says it is on target to commercialize phosphorescent blue emitters by the end of 2024 that could appear in the best 4K TVs or…