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Microsoft annual security report: Phishing up, ransomware attacks down
Phishing attacks were up in 2018 while ransomware attack were down are two keys findings from a new report from Microsoft Corp. detailing security trends. Microsoft’s annual Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 24 analyzed data from 6.5 trillion security signals that go through the Microsoft cloud as well as gathered insights from thousands of security ...
NTT acquires application security provider WhiteHat Security
NTT Security Corp., the security arm of Japanese telco giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. today said it will acquire application security provider WhiteHat Security Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2001 by former Yahoo information security officer Jeremiah Grossman, WhiteHat provides solutions for website security. With a cloud-based service, the company offers a vulnerability management platform along with ...
Unpatched Docker hosts attacked in cryptojacking campaign
Hackers have successfully attacked hundreds of unpatched Docker hosts to run cryptomining scripts, according to a new report released Monday by security firm Imperva Inc. The new wave of attacks on Docker has come about following the disclosure of a vulnerability in February known as CVE-2019-5736, a runC flaw that allows an attacker to secure host root access in ...
40% of AI companies in Europe aren’t doing AI at all
Buzzwords in the tech scene are often laid on so thick it’s sometimes difficult to ascertain what a company does, and one of the most common buzzwords today is artificial intelligence. Mostly the application of a buzzword has some representation of truth, but as it turns out many companies claimed to be using AI are ...
Alphabet X alumni Chronicle exits stealth with cloud security offering
Chronicle LLC, an Alphabet Inc. X spinoff company, today emerged from stealth mode with its first product: Backstory, a cloud security data and threat intelligence platform. Described as “Google Photos for business’ network security” by Chronicle Chief Executive Officer Stephen Gillett, Backstory is claimed to be the “first global security telemetry platform designed for a ...
TRON gets into bed with Tether to launch new version of USDT ‘stablecoin’
The cryptocurrency industry has seen strange bedfellows over the years, and here’s a new one: Controversial “stablecoin” provider Tether is gotten into bed with the TRON Foundation to offer Tether’s USDT on the TRON blockchain. Under the deal, a new version of the Tether USDT stablecoin will be listed on the TRON blockchain as a ...
Massive macOS vulnerability exposed by Google security researchers
It’s often claimed that Apple Inc. products are safe from hacking, but even though that has been proven to be false time and time again, a new vulnerability has emerged that suggests threats have graduated from a soldier with a gun to a B-52 dropping a large bomb. Discovered by Google LLC’s Project Zero security ...
USB4 standard approved, with data transfers of up to 40 Gbps
The USB Promoter Group has approved USB4, a new USB standard that supports data transfers of up to 40 gigabits per second. The new USB standard is an upgrade from USB 3.2, which supports transfers of up to 20 Gbps and sees the next generation of USB plugs fully embracing the Thunderbolt 3 standard designed by ...
Google Maps support for Lime bikes and e-scooters expands to 80+ cities
Google LLC is expanded its partnership with LimeBike Inc., adding support for Lime bikes and e-scooters listings in Google Maps to more than 80 cities worldwide starting this week. The feature was initially launched in limited markets in December. Now, Google Maps users will be given transit information about Lime devices alongside public transit information ...
The plot thickens: QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency wallets found to be empty
The tale of failed Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has turned downright ridiculous as a court-appointed auditor found that many of the wallets storing allegedly inaccessible cryptocurrencies are actually empty. The drama surrounding QuadrigaCX started when the exchange ceased business late January. QuadrigaCX claimed that it was unable to access customer funds because founder Gerald Cotten, who ...
