Tag: Cybersecurity

Socket lands a fresh $40M to scan software for security flaws

The software supply chain, which comprises the components and processes used to develop software, has become precarious. According to one recent survey, 88% of...

23andMe faces an uncertain future — so does your genetic data 

DNA and genetic testing firm 23andMe is in turmoil following a data breach last year and its ongoing financial decline. The once-pioneering giant...

Microsoft said it lost weeks of security logs for its customers’ cloud products

Microsoft has notified its customers that it wasn’t consistently storing security logs for its cloud products during a two-week window in September, leaving...

Feds arrest man who allegedly participated in hack of the SEC’s X account, boosting Bitcoin’s price

Federal authorities announced Thursday the arrest of a man in Alabama, accusing him of participating in the hack of the U.S. Securities and...

Casio says ‘no prospect of recovery yet’ after ransomware attack 

Japanese electronics giant Casio has confirmed that many of its systems remain unusable almost two weeks after it was hit by a ransomware...

Some Americans are still using Kaspersky’s antivirus despite U.S. government ban

At the end of September, Kaspersky forcibly uninstalled and replaced itself with a new antivirus called UltraAV on the computers of around a...