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President Donald Trump told Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook that the U.S. government would not levy tariffs on iPhones assembled in China, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing a source familiar with the negotiations. The newspaper reported …
It’s a healthy instinct to harbor a good deal of skepticism in this world. That holds doubly true when it comes to the style of overhyped, “Which brand of soda will give your kids syphilis?” headlines that local news outlets …
Rapid7 researchers disclosed a command injection vulnerability that can be exploited to gain root-level access to the Crestron console service and allow adversaries to control commands that are being executed on the system. Crestron Electronics is a provider of advanced control …
With technology more integrated in modern business than ever before, customers now expect 24×7 availability to their needs, which has contributed to an increasingly hyper-competitive landscape among companies in delivering new, convenient services to the marketplace. Digital in particular has …
More companies are using their security logs to detect malicious incidents. Many of them are collecting too much log data—often billions of events. They brag about the size of their log storage drive arrays. Are they measured in terabytes or …
The main U.S.-founded global cyber threat information sharing group for the financial services industry today launched a separate worldwide project focused on central banks and their overseers. Those banks have become a prominent target: Last month, hackers made off with …
The theft of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency from the South Korean Coinrail exchange at the weekend has resulted in a nearly 11% fall in the value of bitcoin, which is 65% down from its peak in December 2017, and prompted …
HBR Staff/George Caswell/Steven Errico/Getty Images This week’s decision by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon to allow AT&T and Time Warner to complete their merger will bring to a close a deal that has been pending for almost two years. In his blistering, …
“OOPS, YOUR FILES have been encrypted!” This was the chilling message that greeted hundreds of thousands of computer users last summer. The WannaCry ransomwareattack brought production to a standstill at Renault factories across France, put lives at risk by attacking hospitals in the …
The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as this week on legislation to block a Trump administration agreement that would allow China’s No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker, ZTE Corp, to resume business with U.S. suppliers, lawmakers said on Monday. The …
The U.S. open internet rules expired on Monday, handing sweeping new powers to internet providers to block, throttle or offer paid “fast lanes” for web traffic, but a court battle remains ahead. The Federal Communications Commission repealed the 2015 Obama …
Over the past few years, we have watched the rise of ransomware as it successfully targeted a variety of vertical markets, especially healthcare, education, and financial services. And like almost all malware, it has also begun to evolve. For example, the WannaCry ransomware …
cyber It’s official. The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules, which had required internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content, took effect on Monday. The rules, enacted by the administration of President Barack Obama in 2015, …
A slew of new software features at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, including an augmented reality upgrade and animojis that can stick out their tongues when you do. But the company’s latest desktop and mobile operating systems contain a more subtle, …
Encrypted messaging services are an increasingly common way for users to keep their text messages private. Now, they could play a role in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. CNBC reported Wednesday that Mueller’s team is requesting that witnesses turn in their …
Senate Democrats on Thursday made a last-ditch request for a House vote to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s decision due to take effect on Monday repealing so-called net neutrality rules that sought to ensure equal internet access. The 47 Senate …
Google will not allow its artificial intelligence software to be used in weapons or unreasonable surveillance efforts under new standards for its business decisions in the nascent field, the Alphabet Inc unit said on Thursday. The restriction could help Google …
There always seems to be plenty of security news to talk about. Someone is making some sort of mistake pretty much all the time. Everything from vulnerabilities in software to organizations getting hacked. We hear about horrible data leaks, bad …
Hacking IoT baby monitor cameras may not be high on the priority list for most attackers, but that doesn’t mean someone is not getting off on remotely spying on families. That is a lesson learned the hard way by …
The main reason I’m such an avid supporter of Business Risk Intelligence (BRI) is because it provides value not just to cybersecurity teams but also to all business units across an enterprise. But how does BRI do this? As someone …
