Open source browser Pale Moon was breached, and hackers plugged malware into the browser. The hack which occurred in 2017 went undetected for nearly 18 months. It was by sheer accident that Pale Moon developers found the malware in...
A suspicious third-party app called "Updates for Samsung" had more than 10 million download attempts to trick Android-based Samsung phone users into paying for their firmware updates. According to a report from CSIS Security Group, the original Updates for...
Canonical, the maker of the Ubuntu operating system, recently revealed that it has suffered a hacker attack. In an official statement, the company stated that hackers have compromised its GitHub account, a code-sharing site, on July 6, 2019, and...
In what can be called as one of the largest tech acquisitions of all time, IBM acquired the cybersecurity company Red Hat in a cash deal of around $34 billion. The computer manufacturing giant stated the acquisition will help...
Cloud security provider Menlo Security recently secured $75 million in a Series D funding round led by JP Morgan Asset Management along with the participation from the existing investors General Catalyst, Sutter Hill Ventures, Osage University Partners, American Express...
NTT Security, an end-to-end cybersecurity solutions provider, recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of WhiteHat Security, an application security provider committed to securing applications that run enterprises’ businesses. The latest acquisition strengthens NTT Security’s ability to address...
By Chaitanya Peddi, Co-founder, Darwinbox
The implementation of GDPR norms in the past year has led to an industry-wide discussion regarding data privacy and the idea of data collection in public and private spaces. Among these spaces, organizational workplaces have...
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has imposed a £99,200,396 ($123,705,870) fine on Marriott International, a popular hospitality group, for the data breach reported in 2018. The ICO stated that Marriott has failed to protect its customers’ information, thus...
Seven & I Holdings Co, a popular convenience store chain in Japan, recently suffered a cyber-attack that resulted in a loss of ¥55 million ($510,000) from its 900 customers. According to the official statement, the attackers hijacked customer mobile...
After a decade long battle, ex-wife of Paul McCartney, Heather Mills and her sister Fiona Mills have won an apology and settlement from Rupert Murdoch's News of the World. The newsgroup was accused of hacking their phones in a...
