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Let’s Encrypt issues one-billionth web security certificate
VMware reports Q4 revenue of $3.07B, up 11% YoY, subscription and SaaS revenue up 14% YoY, but misses expectations, stock down 6% after hours
Researchers find an Android malware strain Cerberus that can extract and steal one-time passwords generated by Google's Authenticator mobile app
Facebook sues data analytics firm OneAudience, claiming it paid app developers to install its SDK in their apps so it could harvest data on Facebook users
Square beats Q4 expectations with revenue of $1.31B, up 41% YoY, says its Cash App has 24M MAUs, up 60% YoY, with a profit of $144M; stock up ~8% after hours
Box beats Q4 expectations with revenue of $183.6M, up 12% YoY, and billings of $281.9M, up 19% YoY, says its achieved first full year of non-GAAP profitability
The for-profit takeover of the non-profit ‘.org’ top-level domain
HackerOne reports hackers on its platform, which doubled to 600K in 2019, received $40M in bounties in 2019, $82M total since 2012, with 7 hackers passing $1M
Firefox for Mac and Linux will begin using a newly-developed security sandbox system called RLBox to minimize impact of errors in its largely C/C++ codebase
Google patches a Chrome zero-day bug found by its Threat Analysis Group, the third actively exploited Chrome zero-day discovered in the past year
The Open Cybersecurity Alliance introduces an open source messaging framework, OpenDXL Ontology, to create a common language between cybersecurity tools
Mirantis co-founder Boris Renski leaves his role as CMO to launch FreedomFi, a startup open-sourcing 4G LTE and 5G on newly opened 3.5 GHz band for companies
PayPal accounts are getting abused en-masse for unauthorized payments
Cornerstone OnDemand, a cloud-based learning and talent management software startup, says it will acquire talent recruitment software company Saba for ~$1.4B
Microsoft's Azure Sphere, its Linux-based microcontroller plus cloud service, hits general availability
Don’t worry, Alexa and friends only record you up to 19 times a day – Have you ever wondered how often your smart speaker accidentally activates itself? A study from Northeastern University tried to find out.
Dropbox Q4: revenue of $446M, up 19% YoY, net loss of $6.6M, down from $9.5M YoY, 14.3M paid users, avg revenue per user of $125; stock up 12%+ after hours
Researchers at Linux Foundation and Harvard identify the most commonly used FOSS components within enterprises and potential vulnerabilities related to that use
Home addresses and other data of 10.6M+ guests who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels before 2018, including Jack Dorsey, were posted on a hacking forum this week
Facebook's "deeply concerned" the Singaporean gov't is using its "fake news" law to ban access to a FB page, saying it goes against earlier pledge to not censor
Cybersecurity warning: Almost half of connected medical devices are vulnerable to hackers exploiting BlueKeep – A new report suggests that vulnerabilities in medical devices could put hospital patients at risk from hackers – but there are some simple ways to protect against these attacks.
Israeli soldiers tricked into installing malware by Hamas agents posing as women
Bug in WordPress plugin can let hackers wipe up to 200,000 sites
Google's Project Zero explains how the practice of altering the Android kernel by phone vendors like Samsung lessens security by adding attack surface
Iranian hackers have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world
Linux is ready for the end of time
UK police deny responsibility for poster urging parents to report kids for using Kali Linux
Microsoft’s Windows Terminal: This is the final preview of its new command-line tool
DOJ has charged the owner of Helix, a dark web Bitcoin mixer service operating from 2014-2017, for allegedly laundering bitcoins worth $300M+ at the time
Google has removed 500+ malicious Chrome extensions from its Web Store, likely affecting millions of users, that were part of a long-running ad fraud network
Nvidia reports Q4 revenue of $3.11B, up 41% YoY, gaming revenue of $1.4B, data center revenue of $968M, and net income of $950M; stock up 6%+ after hours
US charges Huawei with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets | ZDNet
Broadcom unveils Wi-Fi 6E chip designed to deliver 2 Gbps+ speeds with better battery life, says it will also improve Bluetooth audio performance and range
Alibaba Q3: total revenue of $23.1B, up 38% YoY; net income $7.49B, up 58% YoY; cloud revenue grows 62% YoY to hit $1.53B
MIT researchers disclose vulnerabilities in Voatz mobile voting election app
Nominet survey of CISOs at large US and UK companies finds 88% are "moderately or tremendously stressed", resulting in an average tenure of 26 months
Microsoft backtracks on forcibly installing the Bing extension in Chrome for Office 365 ProPlus enterprise customers and changing the default search engine
Microsoft shows how containerized and dual-screen apps will work in Windows 10X with a new emulator and SDK and also refreshes its Android-based Duo SDK
Amazon demands Trump testify about the JEDI contract
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