Security News > 2019 > May

Identity Management Firm Auth0 Raises $103 Million
2019-05-21 14:05

Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) company Auth0 this week announced the close of a $103 million Series E funding round led by Sapphire Ventures, at a valuation of more than $1 billion. read more

WEBINAR: How to Get Enterprise Cyber Security for your Mid-Sized Organization
2019-05-21 13:48

High-quality cybersecurity posture is typically regarded as the exclusive domain of the large and heavy resourced enterprises – those who can afford a multi-product security stack and a skilled...

Database May Have Exposed Instagram Data for 49 Million
2019-05-21 13:48

Email Addresses, Phone Numbers Potentially ExposedThere's been a potential leak of personally identifiable information from Instagram, but it's not clear yet whether the data on 49 million users...

Deep Packet Inspection a threat to net neutrality, say campaigners
2019-05-21 13:28

Europe’s biggest ISPs and mobile operators are accused of undermining net neutrality rules and user privacy with their use of DPI.

Why post-quantum encryption will be critical to protect current classical computers
2019-05-21 12:50

Quantum computers are theorized to be capable of breaking RSA encryption. Experts disagree on when it could happen, but agree on a need for quantum-proof encryption.

Database May Have Exposed Instagram Personal Data
2019-05-21 12:18

Email Addresses, Phone Numbers for 49 Million People Potentially ExposedThere's been a potential leak of personally identifiable information from Instagram, but it's not clear yet whether the data...

Core Elastic Stack security features now available to all users
2019-05-21 11:52

Elastic, the company developing enterprise search engine Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, has decided to make core Elastic Stack security features accessible to all users (and not just those...

Amnesty sues maker of Pegasus, the spyware let in by WhatsApp zero day
2019-05-21 11:51

Amnesty International, which was sent the Pegasus spyware via a WhatsApp message, is seeking to stop NSO Group’s "web of surveillance."

Rats leave the sinking ship as hackers’ forum gets hacked
2019-05-21 11:36

The OGUsers forum, which trades in hijacked social accounts, has been hacked, its hard drives wiped, and its user database published online.

US Warns Chinese Drones May Steal Data: Report
2019-05-21 11:34

Washington has warned that Chinese-made drones could be giving spy agencies in Beijing "unfettered access" to stolen data, according to a report in American media. The Department of Homeland...