Security
Biden signs legislation to tighten US restrictions on Huawei and ZTE
US President Joe Biden has signed legislation to prevent companies like Huawei Technologies Co or ZTE Corp that are deemed security threats from receiving new equipment licenses fr...
Robinhood says email addresses of 5 million customers exposed in security breach
Robinhood Markets Inc has said a third party had obtained access to the email addresses of about five million of its customers.
SolarWinds investors allege board knew about cyber risks
SolarWinds Corp investors have sued the software company’s directors, alleging they knew about and failed to monitor cybersecurity risks to the company ahead of a breach that...
Apple’s software boss warns against draft EU policy on App Store
Apple software leader Craig Federighi took the stage at the Web Summit in Lisbon to voice the iPhone maker’s objections to EU draft guidelines that could allow customers to i...
Tencent’s $1.3 billion Sumo deal comes under US security probe
A US national security panel is investigating Tencent Holdings’ $1.27 billion takeover of Sumo Group, the UK videogame maker has said, in a possible setback to the Chinese in...
Sources: Email security software vendor Zix explores sale
Zix Corp, a US provider of email security solutions, is exploring strategic alternatives that include a sale of the company, according to people familiar with the matter.
Amazon-owned Twitch says source code exposed in last week’s data breach
Amazon.com Inc-owned Twitch said on Friday that last week’s data breach at the live streaming e-sports platform contained documents from its source code.
US agency submits initial recommendations on app data security to White House
The US Commerce Department has said it submitted an initial set of recommendations on data security under an executive order signed by Joe Biden.
Coinbase says hackers stole cryptocurrency from at least 6,000 customers
Hackers stole from the accounts of at least 6,000 customers of Coinbase Global Inc, according to a breach notification letter sent by the cryptocurrency exchange to affected custom...
Official: The Biden White House plans a 30-country meeting on cyber crime
Top US national security advisers will gather officials from 30 countries this month with plans to combat the growing threat of ransomware and other cyber crime, President Joe Bide...
Facebook spent over $13 billion on safety, security since 2016
Facebook Inc has said it has invested more than $13 billion in safety and security measures since 2016, days after a newspaper reported the company had failed to fix “the pla...
Ex-US intelligence operatives in UAE hacking case will cooperate with FBI
Three former US intelligence operatives, who worked as mercenary hackers for the United Arab Emirates, agreed to pay fines of $1.685 million and cooperate with federal prosecutors ...
Microsoft warns Azure customers of flaw that could have permitted hackers access to data
Microsoft has warned some of its Azure cloud computing customers that a flaw discovered by security researchers could have allowed hackers access to their data.
White House to tackle cyber challenges with Apple, IBM, insurance CEOs
The White House is hosting an event today that will bring together the largest US tech companies for a discussion about cybersecurity challenges following a raft of high-profile ha...
Crypto platform Poly Network says hacked funds returned
Cryptocurrency platform Poly Network has said that almost all of the $610 million stolen this month in one of the biggest crypto heists had now been returned by the unknown person ...