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San Francisco skyline with Salesforce tower. Photo: Tom Foremski Trade wars and the rise of Chinese innovation are the top concerns of tech companies, according to a survey of 100 chief financial officers of US tech companies from accounting firm BDO. A recession is likely within two years said 70% of CFOs, but they are […] More
Image: NCA British police have arrested yesterday three individuals that they believe are involved in the February 2019 hack of Bank of Valletta (BOV), one of Malta’s biggest banks. National Crime Agency (NCA) officers arrested two males, aged 22 and 17, in London, and a third suspect, a 39-year-old male in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The […] More
Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions — or even billions — of dollars at risk when information security isn’t handled properly. Read More Japanese electronics and IT company NEC Corp disclosed a security breach today that took place more […] More
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched an investigation into NSO Group based on suspicions that US residents and companies may have been compromised for intelligence-gathering purposes. According to the Reuters news agency, investigators began examining NSO in 2017 during an inquiry into whether US hackers had provided the code necessary for the […] More
Hackers intercepted talks between an art dealer and a Dutch museum to scam the museum out of millions, and while they walked away with their ill-begotten proceeds, the victims are now fighting over who is responsible. As reported by Bloomberg, London-based veteran art dealer Simon Dickinson and Rijksmuseum Twenthe were in the midst of negotiations […] More
Google has open-sourced today a new project called OpenSK that will make it easier for hobbyists and hardware vendors to build their own security key. The project, which has been open-sourced on GitHub, contains Rust-based firmware that can be installed on Nordic chip dongles and effectively convert the dongle into a FIDO U2F and FIDO2-complaint […] More
Image: Joshua Oluwagbemiga Microsoft announced today the launch of an official bug bounty program for the Xbox gaming platform. Starting today, Microsoft says it will pay from $500 to $20,000 for vulnerabilities found in the Xbox Live network and services. Microsoft said anyone can submit vulnerabilities to the new Xbox bug bounty program, regardless if […] More
Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions — or even billions — of dollars at risk when information security isn’t handled properly. Read More Iranian government-backed hackers are back at it, targeting US federal workers in the hopes of compromising […] More
