Security News > 2019 > January

Lance Spitzner joins the Attivo Networks advisory board
2019-01-31 01:30

Attivo Networks welcomes Lance Spitzner, a pioneer for deception and cyber intelligence and advocate for cybersecurity awareness, as the newest member of its Advisory Board. He will accompany...

AI-platform Mimiro raises $30 million to tackle terrorist funding, money-laundering and fraud
2019-01-31 01:00

Mimiro (formerly ComplyAdvantage) has raised USD $30 million from investors to accelerate the global expansion of its machine-learning platform for analysing the risk of financial crime. By...

Huawei: How the Telecoms Giant is Seen Around the World
2019-01-30 21:56

US charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei have cranked up tensions between the world's two biggest economies, but the company is already facing obstructions around the world over alleged...

Firefox 65 Brings Improved Privacy Protections
2019-01-30 21:31

Mozilla this week released the stable version of Firefox 65 with privacy protection improvements, patches, and other security enhancements inside.  read more

Attackers Can Track Kids’ Locations via Connected Watches
2019-01-30 20:41

A severe flaw exposes sensitive information for 35,000 kids and 20,000 individual accounts.

Cryptocurrency Money Laundering: Alarming New Trends
2019-01-30 20:33

Despite the value of cryptocurrency plummeting since 2017, cybercriminals and rogue nations are still using it to launder funds. One recently discovered scheme designed to evade AML detection is...

Furious Apple revokes Facebook's enty app cert after Zuck's crew abused it to slurp private data
2019-01-30 20:09

Internal FB apps in chaos, lawmaker on warpath Facebook has yet again vowed to "do better" after it was caught secretly bypassing Apple's privacy rules to pay adults and teenagers to install a...

Furious Apple revokes Facebook's enty app cert after Zuck's crew used it for privacy slurping
2019-01-30 20:09

Internal FB apps in chaos, lawmakers on warpath Facebook has yet again vowed to "do better" after it was caught secretly bypassing Apple's privacy rules to pay teenagers to install a data-slurping...

A CISO on the Value of Endpoint Detection and Response
2019-01-30 19:33

Endpoint detection and response tools and other related security technologies are critical weapons for defending against cyberattacks, says Larry Whiteside, the new CISO at Greenway Health, an...

Yahoo Breach Settlement Rejected by Judge
2019-01-30 18:57

A U.S. judge has rejected the settlement between Yahoo and users impacted by the massive data breaches suffered by the company, citing, among other things, inadequate disclosure of the settlement...