News (931)
Supreme Court Sets Up Data Breach Suit Against Amazon’s Zappos
- Thursday, 28 March 2019
- News
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for a putative class-action lawsuit over Amazon-owned Zappos over a 2012 hack that compromised the sensitive personal data of 24 million customers. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...Marriott Shareholders Sue Over Data Breach
- Sunday, 24 March 2019
- News
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Marriott International’s officers and directors have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit stemming from the data breach it reported last year, which affected some 500 million guests. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...Facebook Facing Criminal Probe Over Data Deals
- Sunday, 24 March 2019
- News
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A grand jury in New York has subpoenaed records from at least two smartphone makers as part of an investigation by federal prosecutors into Facebook. So reports The New York Times.
Read more...Big Norwegian Aluminum Producer Hit with Major Cyber Attack
- Sunday, 24 March 2019
- News
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s biggest aluminum producers, switched from digital to manual operations at some of its plants and saw manufacturing halted at others due to a ransomware attack. So reports The Washington Post.
Read more...Cybersecurity Startup Cyemptive Nabs $3.5M Investment
- Saturday, 16 March 2019
- News
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Seattle-area cybersecurity startup Cyemptive has just come out of stealth mode with the announcement of a $3.5 million funding round. So reports GeekWire.
Read more...Three Private Colleges Confirm Breach of Admissions Files
- Saturday, 16 March 2019
- News
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Oberlin College in Ohio, Grinnell College in Iowa and Hamilton College in New York have each disclosed that hackers broke into their applicant-data systems and emailed applicants offering to sell them the information in their admissions files. So reports The Washington Post.
Read more...European Parliament Warns on China Telecoms Risks
- Saturday, 16 March 2019
- News
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The European Parliament has joined the chorus of Western governments ringing the alarm about alleged cybersecurity threats posed by Chinese companies such as Huawei participating in the rollout of 5G wireless technology. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...Trump’s 2020 Budget Seeks $9.6B for Cybersecurity
- Saturday, 16 March 2019
- News
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the 2020 fiscal year includes more than $9.6 billion to fund the U.S. Department of Defense’s cybersecurity goals. So reports Engadget.
Read more...KKR Investment Values Cyber Startup KnowBe4 at $800M
- Friday, 08 March 2019
- News
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Private equity firm KKR has taken a minority stake in cybersecurity firm KnowBe4 with an investment based on a more than $800 million valuation. So reports Fortune.
Read more...Intuit Denies TurboTax Data-breach Report
- Friday, 01 March 2019
- News
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
As Tax Day approaches, Intuit has issued a statement saying that it did not suffer a data breach exposing users’ personal data to a third party. So reports Newsweek.
Read more...
Most Read
-
-
Jan 30 2020
-
Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A final tally of U.S. data breaches for last year…
-
-
-
Jan 25 2019
-
Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
About 20,000 financial advisers who are clients of BlackRock had…
-
-
-
May 27 2019
-
Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The Chinese government is conducting cybersecurity investigations of foreign companies…
-
-
-
Jun 01 2019
-
Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Redtail Technology’s handling of an investor data leak possibly violated…
-