Website Security Provider Source Defense Raises $10.5 Million
Client-side web security provider Source Defense this week announced raising $10.5 million in a Series A+ funding round. Founded in 2014, the company provides...
Management & Strategy
Canada Fines Facebook Over Misleading Privacy Claims
Facebook has agreed to pay a Can$9 million (US$6.5 million) fine for making false or misleading claims about its privacy settings, Canada’s competition watchdog...
Management & Strategy / Mobile & Wireless / Mobile Security / NEWS & INDUSTRY / Virus & Threats / Vulnerabilities
Increased Focus on iOS Hacking Leads to Drop in Exploit Prices
The price of some iOS exploits has dropped recently and at least one exploit acquisition company is no longer buying certain types of vulnerabilities....
Compliance / Data Protection / Management & Strategy / NEWS & INDUSTRY / Privacy / Privacy & Compliance
Facebook Chief Wants EU Not China to Lead on Tech Rules
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday urged the European Union to take the lead in setting global standards for tech regulation or risk seeing...
Venafi Acquires Kubernetes Services Provider Jetstack
Identity protection provider Venafi this week announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Jetstack, a company specializing in open source machine...
UK Electricity Market Administrator Elexon Targeted by Hackers
Elexon, a company involved in the management of the electricity market in the United Kingdom, has been hit by a cyberattack that impacted its...
China Rejects US Claim of Attempted Vaccine Theft as ‘Smearing’
Beijing accused the United States on Thursday of smearing China after Washington alleged Chinese hackers were attempting to steal research on developing a vaccine...
Zerodium Expects iOS Exploit Prices to Drop as It Announces Surplus
Exploit acquisition firm Zerodium announced this week that it’s no longer buying certain types of iOS exploits due to surplus, and the company expects...
Management & Strategy / NEWS & INDUSTRY / Privacy / Privacy & Compliance / Tracking & Law Enforcement
Senate Narrowly Rejects New Limits on Internet Surveillance
The Senate came one vote short Wednesday of approving a proposal to prevent federal law enforcement from obtaining internet browsing information or search history...
VMware to Acquire Kubernetes Security Firm Octarine
VMware announced on Wednesday during its virtual Connect 2020 cybersecurity conference the acquisition of Kubernetes security company Octarine and a new Next-Gen Security Operations...