security
TaskRabbit CEO posts statement as its app returns following a cybersecurity breach
After taking them down to investigate what it called a “cybersecurity incident,” TaskRabbit’s website and app are back online. The Ikea-owned platform for on-demand labor also posted an update from…
Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new IoT service
At a small press event in San Francisco, Microsoft today announced the launch of a secure end-to-end IoT product that focuses on microcontroller-based devices — the kind of devices that…
Diversity and inclusion, data privacy and security ops will be on everyone’s mind at RSA
This week, 50,000 security professionals will descend upon San Francisco for the 27th Annual RSA Security Conference, arguably the largest global security event of the year. And for the security community…
Cloudflare launches Spectrum to protect the internet beyond the web
When it launched back in 2010, Cloudflare was all about speeding up websites and protecting them from hackers. Today, with the launch of Spectrum, it’s taking a major step to…
Google Cloud gives developers more insights into their networks
Google Cloud is launching a new feature today that will give its users a new way to monitor and optimize how their data flows between their servers in the Google…
Popular password manager 1Password has a new subscription product aimed at business users with larger teams. The new offering, 1Password Business, replaces the Teams Pro plan — with what’s billed…
Mozilla’s new Firefox extension keeps your Facebook data isolated to the social network itself
Mozilla this morning launched a Firefox browser add-on for those users not willing to delete their Facebook account, but also wanting some control over how much of their data Facebook…
Facebook denies it collects call and SMS data from phones without permission
After an Ars Technica report that Facebook surreptitiously scrapes call and text message data from Android phones and has done so for years, the scandal-burdened company has responded that it…
Twitter’s chief information security officer is reportedly quitting
Twitter Chief Information Security Officer Michael Coates is leaving the company, The Verge first reported. Word on the street is that Coates is leaving to start his own security company. Twitter…
Google brings DDoS protection and other new security features to its cloud
For the longest time, enterprises worried about how secure their data would be in the cloud, and for some, that was a major roadblock for moving out of their own…
Hackers gain access to 880K credit cards from Orbitz customers
Another day, another breach. Today, online travel agency Orbitz disclosed that hackers managed to get both credit card data and personal information (though no Social Security numbers and passwords) from…
Cloud security startup Zscaler closes at $33, up 106% on its first day of trading on Nasdaq
The first post-billion, big tech IPO of the year has opened with a bang. Zscaler, a security startup that confidentially filed for an IPO last year, closed out its first…
IBM partners with Cloudflare to launch new security and DDoS protection features
Over the course of the last few years, Cloudflare built a global network of data center locations and partnerships to expand its DDoS protection, security tools and website acceleration services. That…
TechVets launches to offer UK military veterans a route into cyber and startups
There’s a problem in the UK tech industry and it’s staring us in the face. The tech industry is growing at twice the rate of the wider economy and now…
The FTC settles with Venmo over a series of privacy and security violations
The FTC announced today it has settled with PayPal over a complaint about the company’s handling of privacy disclosures in its peer-to-peer payments app Venmo, its lack of disclosure over…
Password management service 1Password has a neat new feature that lets users check whether a password they’re thinking of using has already been breached. At which point it will suggest…
Vectra raises $36M for its AI-based approach to cybersecurity intrusion detection
With the trend of growing cybercrime showing no indication of abating, a startup called Vectra that has built an artificial intelligence-based system called Cognito to detect cyberattacks and mobilise security…
Zelle users are finding out the hard way there’s no fraud protection
Scammers have taken to Zelle, the Venmo alternative backed by U.S. banks, to defraud consumers who believe the service includes the same protections they’ve come to expect from PayPal. A…
Chrome will soon mark all unencrypted pages as ‘not secure’
Google’s Chrome browser will soon flag every site that doesn’t use HTTPS encryption. Starting in July, with the launch of Chrome 68, Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as ‘not…
Aperio raises a $4.5M seed round to protect power plants from hackers
Protecting critical infrastructure like power plants and other industrial plants is just as important as it’s challenging. It’s one thing to take over a remote machine to mine some Bitcoin,…
Businesses with Apple and Cisco products may now pay less for cybersecurity insurance
Apple and Cisco announced this morning a new deal with insurer Allianz that will allow businesses with their technology products to receive better terms on their cyber insurance coverage, including lower…
Google says it removed 700K apps from the Play Store in 2017, up 70% from 2016
The relatively open nature of Android has made it a target for malware authors and other bad actors of all stripes who often try to get their wares onto your…
GitLab acquires Gemnasium to strengthen its security services
GitLab, which helps businesses manage their software development and operations lifecycle from planning to deployment and monitoring, has acquired Gemnasium, a service that alerts developers of known security vulnerabilities in…
Relx acquires ThreatMetrix for $817M to ramp up in risk-based authentication
Another startup in the area of cyber security has been snapped up as platform businesses serving enterprises look for more ways of securing their own networks and working with customers…
SEC cools traders’ hot plans for cryptocurrency-based exchange traded funds
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has serious concerns about the securities industry’s plans to create exchange traded funds around cryptocurrency. In a strongly worded letter to the heads of…
ARM’s CEO Simon Segars on Spectre/Meltdown, IoT security and more
This year’s CES happened in the shadow of the Spectre and Meltdown disclosures, and virtually every conversation at the show turned to this topic at some point. Because this was…
Google’s new G Suite security center gives admins a new perspective on their organization’s security
Google today launched a new tool for G Suite admins that gives them a better view of the state of their organization’s security. The new G Suite Security Center, which…
SimpliSafe redesigns its home security system, announces video doorbell, smart lock and camera
SimpliSafe was one of the first modern startups in the home security space. Over the course of the last few years, though, as others entered the market, too, SimpliSafe’s rather…
A major kernel vulnerability is going to slow down all Intel processors
A significant vulnerability has been discovered in all Intel processor chips and it’s going to have a huge impact going forward. The Register first noticed this major design flaw in…
Mozilla’s Mr. Robot promo backfires after it installs a Firefox extension without permission
If you’re a Firefox user, you may have noticed a weird new extension that suddenly showed up in your browser this week. The extension is called “Looking Glass 1.0.3” and…
