Researchers find malware operators are now using steganography techniques to hide malicious code in WAV audio files Techmeme · 2 days ago
YubiKeys can now be used to log into PCs running Windows 7, 8.1, and 10, via the Yubico Login app, previously only available to Mac and Linux users Techmeme · 3 days ago
Atlassian acquires Code Barrel, makers of Automation for Jira, a tool used to automate routine processes with Jira that is used by Visa, Cisco, Airbnb, more Techmeme · 3 days ago
Microsoft Defender's Tamper Protection antivirus feature hits general availability and will be enabled by default for all users in the coming weeks Techmeme · 6 days ago
Thunderbird to add built-in support for OpenPGP email encryption standard | ZDNet Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Researchers find that hackers have breached Volusion, a Shopify rival, delivering malicious JavaScript code to between 6,500 and 20,000 online stores Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Facebook says its Workplace platform has 3M paid users, up 1M in the past eight months, and introduces new features, like Portal support and new analytics tools Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Adobe is deactivating accounts for all Venezuelan users due to US sanctions, impacting both free and paid Adobe services, and won't be issuing refunds Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Researchers discover issues with the PDF standard, allowing exfiltration from encrypted PDF files, and show 27 desktop and web viewer apps are vulnerable Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Researchers find eight flaws in Android's VoIP components that allow unauthorized VoIP calls, spoof caller IDs, and can execute code remotely; some are patched Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Armor: over 500 US schools and colleges have been hit by ransomware in 2019, with 100 schools across fifteen school districts attacked in the last two weeks Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Microsoft rolls out its Azure-based Windows Virtual Desktop globally, with a WVD client app available for Windows, Android, Mac, iOS, and HTML 5 Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
US Treasury goes after the planes and yacht of the founder of Russia's IRA troll farm, with new sanctions imposed for alleged meddling in 2018 midterm elections Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Researchers: new Nodersok malware, which installs Node.js to turn PCs into proxies, has infected thousands of machines, mostly in the US and EU over past month Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Researcher claims he found "a permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit" for iOS devices with A5 to A11 chips, enabling jailbreaks for iPhone 4S to X, releases code Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Veeva Systems, a cloud services provider focused on the life sciences industry, acquires Crossix, a patient data and analytics platform, for $430M Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Cloudflare, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox add support for HTTP/3, the next major version of the HTTP protocol Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Dropbox starts rolling out Dropbox Spaces, shared team workspaces that connect things like files, tasks, and meetings, and other new features in its desktop app Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Report: analysis of ~2,000 malware samples attributed to Russian state-sponsored hacking groups shows that the groups rarely share code with one another Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Azure Sentinel, Microsoft's cloud-based security information and event management service, hits general availability, with prices starting at $2.46 per GB Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
‘No source code for evil’: Developers successfully pressured Chef Software to start cutting ties with ICE Reddit · 4 weeks ago
Linux Foundation exec believes edge computing will be more important than cloud computing Reddit · 4 weeks ago
Survey: 47% of enterprises across a variety of industries now have cyber insurance, up from 34% in 2017, as execs concerns over cyberattacks increase Techmeme · 1 month ago
Richard Stallman resigns from Free Software Foundation after defending Jeffrey Epstein behavior Reddit · 1 month ago
Database leaks data on most of Ecuador’s citizens, including 6.7 million children. Reddit · 1 month ago
China Unicom and China Telecom, the two smaller mobile carriers among China's big three operators, are teaming up to build 5G networks across 15 Chinese cities Techmeme · 1 month ago
US Treasury sanctions three North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups, Lazarus, Bluenoroff, and Andarial; Lazarus was responsible for WannaCry ransomware Techmeme · 1 month ago
CEOs of 51 major tech companies, including Amazon, IBM, SAP, Dell, and Salesforce, sign a letter to congressional leaders calling for a federal data privacy law Techmeme · 1 month ago
Exim servers running v4.92.1 and before are vulnerable to a security bug, patched in v4.92.2, which could allow attackers to run malicious code with root access Techmeme · 1 month ago
US to collect social media profiles from immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees (not just visa applicants) Reddit · 1 month ago