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Canadian Indicted in $65 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme
A Canadian man has been indicted on five federal charges for allegedly exploiting security flaws in two decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, fraudulently obtaining approximately...
Texas Bans Chinese-Owned AI and Social Media Apps from Government Devices
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) has issued an order banning state officials from using Chinese-owned technology, including the artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek and the...
Hacker Breaches Nonprofit Healthcare Provider, Steals Data of Over 1 Million Patients
A cybercriminal has stolen the sensitive medical and personal information of more than one million patients from Community Health Center (CHC), a Connecticut-based nonprofit...
Google to Rename Gulf of Mexico and Denali in U.S. Maps
Google announced Monday that it will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in Google Maps, aligning with an update in...
OpenAI Unveils AI Model for Government Agencies
OpenAI is rolling out a new version of its ChatGPT model designed specifically for U.S. government agencies, aiming to solidify its role as a...
Chinese AI Lab DeepSeek Tops Google Play Store, Challenging Chatbot Giants
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence lab, has surged to the top of the Google Play Store rankings with its Android app, just days after...
Largest Medical Data Breach in U.S. History Affects 190 Million
UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that a February 2024 ransomware attack on its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, compromised the personal and medical data of approximately 190...
Trump Establishes Digital Assets Working Group, Bans U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a White House working group on digital assets, appointing David Sacks, the administration’s...
Former CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Sharing Top Secret National Defense Information
A former CIA analyst admitted guilt on Tuesday to illegally retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information, which was later shared publicly on...
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S25 Series with Advanced AI as Smartphone Wars Heat Up
Samsung Electronics has launched its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S25 series, signaling a significant leap forward in artificial intelligence (AI) integration and performance....
Microsoft Loses Exclusive Role as OpenAI’s Cloud Provider Amid Major AI Investment Push
In a significant shift, Microsoft, the largest investor in OpenAI and its key cloud partner, is no longer the exclusive provider of computing capacity...
SEC Launches Task Force to Develop Crypto Regulations
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the creation of a new “crypto task force” aimed at crafting a comprehensive regulatory framework for...
Trump Ends Federal Telework, Orders Full Return to Offices
WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday mandating that federal employees return to the office “on a full-time basis,” effectively ending...
Indonesia Fines Google $12.6 M Over Antitrust Violation Related to Google Play Billing System
Indonesia’s antitrust agency, the KPPU, has imposed a fine of 202.5 billion Rupiahs (approximately $12.6 million) on Google for violating antitrust laws concerning its...
OpenAI Partners with SoftBank and Oracle on $500B Data Center Initiative
OpenAI has announced a major collaboration with Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, Oracle, and other tech giants to develop multiple data centers across the United States,...
CISA Releases Joint Advisory on Iran-Based Hackers Facilitating Ransomware Attacks on US Organizations
CISA released an advisory on Wednesday warning of cyber criminals targeting and exploiting U.S. and foreign organizations across multiple sectors in the U.S.
The Cybersecurity...
HopSkipDrive Faces Data Breach: Personal Information of 155,000 Drivers Compromised
HopSkipDrive, a prominent US ridesharing company specializing in transporting children and older adults, recently fell victim to a third-party data breach. The breach, suspected...
FBI Says Chinese State Hacker Group Targeted US Critical Infrastructure
The FBI has successfully thwarted the hacking endeavors of a Chinese state-backed group targeting critical public infrastructure such as the power grid and pipelines,...
Lawmakers Move to Ban TikTok in US
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation to ban China's popular social media app TikTok. The Averting the National Threat of Internet...
TikTok Could Face $29 Million Fine From UK For Failing to Protect Children’s Privacy
TikTok could face a fine of 27 million pounds – about $29 million -- over allegations of violating the United Kingdom’s children’s data privacy...
Adobe to Purchase Online Design Company Figma in $20 Billion Deal
Adobe Inc announced on Thursday it would buy online design startup Figma for about $20 billion to expand its portfolio of collaboration-focused platforms geared...
DuckDuckGo, Other Pro-Privacy Companies Appeal to Congress to Curb Big Tech Excesses
A group of 13 companies urged the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to approve a bill that would rein in giant tech companies like Alphabet's...
NIST, Google to Produce Chips for Researchers and Startups
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has signed a cooperative research and development agreement...
Lawmakers Urge ICE to Stop Use of Facial Recognition, Other Surveillance Technologies
Democratic senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to discontinue its use of facial recognition...
TikTok Denies it Was Hacked After Hacker Group’s Claim of Massive Data Breach
TikTok denied a hacker group’s claim that it was able to obtain the source code and user data from the popular video-sharing platform.
The hacker,...
InterContinental Hotels Group Confirms Cyberattack
Holiday Inn owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), has confirmed the company has been hit by a cyberattack.
IHG owns hotel brands such as Holiday Inn,...
NIST To Launch Standards for Telehealth Security
The National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) has announced a project that will eventually result in a Cybersecurity Practice Guide to help smart home...
FBI, CISA Warn Ransomware Attacks on Schools May Increase
Intelligence experts in the United States are warning schools of the increased chance of cyberattacks as schools resume.
In a public advisory issued Tuesday, the...
Justice Department Announces Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Wednesday announced the creation of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), to tackle complex investigations and prosecutions of...
Legislators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Secure Critical Infrastructure From Cyber Attacks
Reps. John Katko, R-N.Y., and Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., introduced a bipartisan bill in the House on Tuesday to protect systemically important critical infrastructure (SICI)...
Twitter Sells MoPub to AppLovin for $1.05 Billion
Twitter announced Wednesday that it is selling MoPub, the mobile ad platform it bought back in 2013, to mobile game and marketing software maker...
Twitch Confirms Data Breach
Game-streaming platform Twitch on Wednesday confirmed a data breach which reportedly divulged confidential company information and streamers' earnings.
In a statement, the company said that...
Qualcomm, SSW Partners to Purchase Veoneer in $4.5 Billion Deal
Chipmaker Qualcomm Incorporated and SSW Partners, a New York-based investment firm said Monday that they have reached a definitive agreement to acquire Veoneer, Inc....
Neiman Marcus Breach Compromises Data of 4.6 Million Customers
Luxury goods store Neiman Marcus said Friday that it was in the process of notifying 4.6 million online customers that some of their data...
House Passes Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act an overwhelming 410-15 margin. If approved by the Senate and...
CISA to Create Career Pathways for Young Women In Cybersecurity and Technology
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)on Thursday announced a new partnership with Girls Who Code (GWC) to develop pathways for young women to...
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Mandate Reporting of Cyber Attacks and Ransom Payments
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, the committee’s ranking member,...
CISA Releases New Tool to Help Organizations Protect Against Insider Threats
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday released an Insider Risk Mitigation Self-Assessment Tool aimed at assisting public and private sector organizations...
Twitter Suspends Fake Accounts It Verified by Mistake
Twitter said Tuesday it has permanently suspended a “small number” of fake accounts it mistakenly verified just weeks after re-launching its public verification program.
"We...
Biden Signs Executive Order to Promote Competition in The American Economy
President Biden on on July 9 signed an executive order to end anti-competitive practices. “The heart of American capitalism is a simple idea: open...
Mastercard and Verizon Business Collaborate to Implement Contactless Payments
Verizon Business and Mastercard Inc on Tuesday signed a deal to use 5G and wireless technology for contactless payments and provide an autonomous checkout...
Lawmakers Urge Energy Department to Prioritize Cybersecurity in Wake of SolarWinds Breach
A bipartisan group of senators have urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to prioritize cybersecurity and to keep the leadership of the Office of...
DOJ Indicts John McAfee for Tax Evasion
Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been arrested in Spain and faces extradition to the US where he has been charged with tax evasion.
The...
Cisco Ordered To Pay $1.9 Billion in Patent Infringement Suit, Plans Appeal
A U.S. judge on Monday ordered Cisco Systems Inc to pay $1.9 billion for infringing on four patents belonging to cybersecurity startup Centripetal Networks...
CISA Releases Cyber Essentials Toolkit
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday released the first in a series of six Cyber Essentials Toolkits.
According to the agency, this...
NIST Plans Guidance to Improve Cybsersecurity of Related Tech: Seeks Public Input on Use of GPS
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting information from the public about the broad use of positioning,...
NIST Researchers Develop Formula To Help 5G Networks Communicate 5000 Times More Efficiently
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) say they have developed a mathematical formula that, computer simulations suggest, could help 5G...
IBM Launches Free Platform Focused on Workplace Learning and Digital Skills
IBM announced on Tuesday the launch of Open P-TECH, a free digital education platform focused on workplace learning and digital skills. The platform equips...
U.S. Attorney’s Office Releases Tips For Protecting Children From Online Predators During COVID-19
United States Attorney Andrew Birge offered tips to help parents and guardians keep their children safe from on-line predators.
"With schools and entertainment facilities closed...
Eagle Eye Networks Deploys Over 13,000 Cameras In Mexico City in City-Wide Surveillance Project
Eagle Eye Networks, a provider of cloud video surveillance, announced on Thursday what it termed one of the fastest completions of a large scale,...
U.S. Issues Huawei New 90-day License Extension
The Trump Administration on Monday announced that the temporary license allowing U.S. companies to do business with Chinese telecommunications group Huawei had been extended...
Justice Department Indicts 80 in Substantial Email Scam and Money Laundering Scheme
The Justice Department on Thursday unsealed a 252-count federal indictment charging 80 defendants with involvement in a massive business email scam and money laundering...
Hackers Can Downgrade Tor Network Efficacy Through Costly DoS Attack: Research
A new study has revealed that a hacker or a nation-sponsored bad actor can degrade the performance of the Tor network for a few...
Texas Hit With Ransomware Targeted Against 23 Organizations Connected to Local Government Departments
A cybersecurity incident on August 2019 in the U.S. state of Texas in which about 23 entities connected to smaller local governments where hit...
Lawmakers Introduce Cyber Ready Workforce Act to Boost Cybersecurity Workforce
Lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation on Wednesday to address the shortage in the cybersecurity workforce.
The Cyber Ready Workforce Act would establish...
Trump Issues Executive Order to Address Foreign Espionage to US Networks
President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an executive order declaring a national emergency to deal with outside threat to US networks – a measure...
Justice Department Announces Efforts to Disrupt Joanap Botnet Used By North Korean Hackers
The Justice Department on Wednesday announced what it called “an extensive effort” to map and further disrupt, through victim notifications, the Joanap botnet –...
Legislators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Boost Cyber Workforce and Expand Apprenticeship Programs
Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) on Thursday unveiled a bipartisan bill to establish a grant program within the Department of Labor to support the creation,...
British Airways Investigates Theft of Customer Data From Website and Mobile App
British Airways said on Thursday that it is investigating the theft of customer data from its website, ba.com and the airline’s mobile app.
According to...
EU Commission Proposes Storing Facial Images, Fingerprints on Chips in ID Cards
The European Commission on Tuesday proposed the addition of what it called "security features" on EU citizens’ identity cards, and non-EU family members’ residence...
Russia Begins Ban on Telegram For Refusing to Reveal Encryption Keys
The Russian state telecommunication regulator is blocking access to Telegram messenger app, following the refusal of the company to provide access to encrypted messages...
FTC Issues Alert on Tax Identity Theft
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Tuesday issued an alert to let consumers know there is a new...
Tech Companies Urged to Sign User Data Security Pledge
Several privacy groups, including Fight for the Future, ACLU and Color of Change have called on technology firms to invest more in the protection...
Sessions Creates New Cybersecurity Task Force to Combat Global Cyber Threat
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that he has ordered the creation of the Justice Department’s Cyber-Digital Task Force, which will canvass the many...
House Passes Bill Aimed at Boosting Cybersecurity at U.S. Ports
The House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill meant to boost cybersecurity at the nation’s seaports.
H.R. 3101, the Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing...
Dell, Rackspace Collaborate to Sell ‘Cheaper’ Private Cloud
Cloud hosting company Rackspace said Monday it has partnered with Dell EMC to offer what it termed an “easy-to-consume private cloud as-a-service offering” service...
Verizon, Corning Collaborate on $1.05B Fiber Optic Deal
Verizon Communications Inc. said Tuesday it has committed to a three-year minimum purchase agreement with Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) to provide fiber optic cable...
Qualcomm Peeved it Must Refund $814.9 Million to BlackBerry
Chipmaker Qualcomm Incorporated announced Wednesday a binding interim arbitration award requiring the company to refund a sum of $814.9 million, plus interest and attorneys’...
Annual Cap on H-1B Visa For High-Skilled Workers Maxes Out in Only Five Days
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said Friday it has attained a cap of 85,000 H1-B visa applications for the fiscal year, only five...
Twitter Unveils Lite Version for Data-Challenged Users
Twitter said Thursday it is rolling out Twitter Lite, which it says minimizes data usage, loads quickly on slower connections, is resilient on unreliable...
BITAG Proposes Plan to Secure Internet-Connected Devices
The Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG), made up of several major tech and communications firms, has proposed a plan to secure internet-connected devices.
BITAG,...
NIST Debuts Online Tool to Connect Cybersecurity Job Seekers With Employers
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Tuesday introduced CyberSeek, an interactive online tool which it says is designed...
Every Nation-State Has an Offensive, Defensive Cyber Capability: It’s the New War Protocol – Context CEO
Context provides technical support to clients, mainly from the finance, defense and heavy engineering sectors. Other customers include Formula One companies, accountants, lawyers and...
Microsoft Introduces Cloud Services Due Diligence Checklist
Microsoft has launched a cloud services due diligence checklist which it said is targeted at creating a more standardized procedure for organizations considering a...
FinTech Playbook: ABA Unveils Standards for Banks to Facilitate Adoption of New Tech
The American Bankers Association (ABA) on Monday released its FinTech playbook, standards designed to help banks adopt new technologies to expand their services, and...
Company Appoints Artificial Intelligence as Member of Leadership Team
Tieto, an IT software and service company and provider of IT and product engineering services with headquarters in Uusimaa, Finland, said Monday that it...
1Million Project: Sprint, White House to Provide Internet Access to 1 Million Students
The White House is partnering with Sprint Corp. to provide 1 million high school students who lack home Internet access with a new device...
Baidu Launches Melody, Artificial Intelligence Bot for Healthcare
Baidu, Inc., China's leading search engine, on Tuesday introduced Melody, an AI-powered conversational bot the company says helps doctors gather information and respond to...
Department of Commerce to Lead Administration’s Expansion of Opportunity Project
The White House said Thursday it is expanding the Opportunity Project and the launch of twenty-nine new digital tools built by companies and non-profit...
White House Releases Memo Promoting Diversity in National Security Workforce
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a memo for the heads of executive departments and agencies to increase the diversity of the national security...
Microsoft Delves Deeper Into AI With Creation of New Research Group
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has formed a Microsoft AI and Research Group, bringing together Microsoft’s research organization with more than 5,000 computer scientists...
Four State AGs Sue to Stop Internet Name Control Handover by Obama Administration
Four Republic attorney generals announced Thursday that they filed a lawsuit Wednesday night to stop the proposed transfer of oversight of internet domain names...
Germany Orders Facebook to End Collection of WhatsApp User Data: Facebook to Appeal
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information on Tuesday issued an administrative order that prohibits Facebook from collecting and storing data...
Hyperloop, Super High-Speed Mode of Transportation Set for 2020
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and Hyperloop One, two main firms competing to bring Elon Musk’s concept of a Jetsons-like futuristic mode of transportation to market...
IBM, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ to Use Blockchain Technologies For Projects
IBM announced Friday that it has signed a contract with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) to examine the design, management and execution of...
Avnet to Sell Technology Solutions Business Unit to Tech Data for $2.6 Billion
Avnet, Inc., a global technology distributor, announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Technology Solutions operating group to Tech...
Uber, Twitter and Others Form ‘First-Ever’ Vendor Security Alliance
Tech companies, including Uber and Twitter on Friday launched what they called the “first-ever” Vendor Security Alliance (VSA), a coalition to enable businesses to...
Microsoft, Huawei Debut Cybersecurity Guide for Technology Buyers
The EastWest Institute on Wednesday released a cybersecurity guide for technology buyers, a resource created for all organizations interested in acquiring more secure information...
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Issues Official Recall for Galaxy Note 7
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Thursday officially waded into the Samsung exploding phone fiasco by issuing a recall for the Note 7.
According...
Guardtime Federal, Galois get $1.8M Federal Contract to Verify Blockchain-Based Integrity Monitoring System
Guardtime Federal and Galois announced Tuesday that they have jointly been awarded a $1.8 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)...
Congress Passes Blockchain Support Bill
A non-binding resolution calling for a national technology innovation policy that includes supportive language for digital currencies and blockchain technology has been passed by...
Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre Proposes National Firewall Against Hackers
Ciaran Martin, the director general of cyber at GCHQ said Plans are being made by the UK's surveillance agency, GCHQ, to create a national...
Coalition of Media and Technology Companies Seek to Filter ‘Fake’ News
Twitter, Facebook and 30 news and technology companies including the New York Times, Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Agence France-Presse, and CNN, have formed a coalition to...
U.S. Tech Firms Urge Congress to Allow Web Domain Changeover
Major technology companies, including Twitter, Facebook and Google, have released a letter in which they urge the United States Congress to support a plan...
Japan’s Renesas Electronics to Buy U.S. chipmaker Intersil for $3.22 billion
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Intersil Corporation, a provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, announced Monday...
FCC Commissioner Queries Metro Leadership’s Decision to Halt In-Train Wi-Fi
Republican FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly has questioned why the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) can’t continue a Wi-Fi pilot project at six Metro...
Warren Advocates for Comprehensive Corporate Tax Reform Following Apple Judgment
Congress should increase the share of government revenue generated from taxes on big corporations — permanently, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Thursday.
“Now that they...
LG Electronics to ‘Aggressively’ Invest in Robots, AI
LG Electronics Inc will aggressively invest in robots, with the aim of capitalizing on advancing artificial intelligence that may eventually lead to sophisticated machines...
Nokia to Pave Way for 5G With 4.5G Pro and 4.9G
Nokia said last week it plans to introduce 4.5G Pro, which it calls “an advanced mobile technology that will deliver the significant capacity and...