The U.K. government is not ruling out further beefing up of existing online safety rules by adding an Australian-style ban on social media for kids under 16 technology secretary Peter Kyle has said. Back in the summer, the government warned it may toughen laws for tech platforms in the wake of riots that were perceived […]
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Apple released security updates on Tuesday that it says are “recommended for all users,” after fixing a pair of security bugs used in active cyberattacks targeting Mac users. In a security advisory on its website, Apple said it was aware of two vulnerabilities that “may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems.” The bugs
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The open source funding problem is very real, but a slew of initiatives have emerged of late, with startups, corporations, and venture capitalists launching various programs to support some of the most critical projects via equity-free financing. Today it’s GitHub’s turn, launching the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund with an initial commitment of $1.25 million
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The U.S. government has secured the extradition of an alleged Russian hacker who allegedly served as a key administrator of the prolific Phobos ransomware operation. Prosecutors said Monday that Evgenii Ptitsyn, 42, was recently extradited from South Korea to appear in a Maryland federal court on November 4. Ptitsyn is accused of administering the sale,
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Microsoft on Tuesday revealed new custom chips aimed at powering workloads on its Azure cloud and bolstering security, particularly a new hardware accelerator that can manage data processing, networking and storage-related tasks. The Azure Boost DPU is Microsoft’s first data processing unit, designed for “data-centric workloads with high efficiency and low power,” the company said.
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Jen Easterly, the director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), will depart the government agency after more than three years at the helm. Both Easterly and the agency’s deputy director Nitin Natarajan will depart CISA on January 20 as the new Trump administration begins, according to NextGov, which first reported the departures,
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U.S.-based iLearningEngines, a provider of AI training software for enterprises, has alerted regulators to a cyberattack that allowed hackers to break into its network and steal $250,000 worth of company funds. In an 8-K regulatory filing on Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, iLearningEngines said it had experienced a “cybersecurity incident” that saw
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U.S. space technology and satellite giant Maxar has confirmed a data breach involving the personal information of its employees, according to a filing with state regulators. The Colorado-headquartered Maxar operates imaging satellites and manufactures spacecraft, and claims to operate one of the largest commercial satellite constellations on orbit. Maxar has long been a significant provider
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U.S. phone giant T-Mobile said it was hacked as part of a broad “industry-wide attack” on U.S. and international phone and internet companies in recent months. T-Mobile said it was “closely monitoring this industry-wide attack, and at this time, T-Mobile systems and data have not been impacted in any significant way, and we have no
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U.S. phone giant T-Mobile was hacked as part of a broad cyberattack on U.S. and international phone and internet companies in recent months, according to the Wall Street Journal. T-Mobile said it was “closely monitoring this industry-wide attack, and at this time, T-Mobile systems and data have not been impacted in any significant way, and
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