Security News

BlackBerry Offers Its Security Technology to IoT Device Makers
2019-01-07 15:03

BlackBerry on Monday announced that manufacturers of Internet of Things (IoT) devices can now use the company’s technology to improve the safety and security of their products. read more

BlackBerry absorbs Operation Cleaver beaver Cylance into threat detection unit
2018-11-16 13:47

$1.4bn match made in heaven BlackBerry has made its biggest acquisition ever, spending over half of its cash pile to bolster its threat detection unit.…

BlackBerry to Acquire Cylance for $1.4 Billion in Cash
2018-11-16 11:10

BlackBerry on Friday announced that it has agreed to acquire next-generation endpoint security firm Cylance for US $1.4 billion in cash. read more

BlackBerry's new blockchain tools could boost security for medical IoT
2018-10-04 18:39

Fresh off the announcement of its Spark platform, BlackBerry unveiled a host of tools aimed at improving data privacy in healthcare.

CEO pleads guilty of conspiring with drug cartels to sell them stealthy Blackberrys
2018-10-03 19:48

Phantom Secure's Vincent Ramos faces 20 years in clink The CEO of a company that took Blackberry phones, stripped them of their cameras, microphones and GPS and then installed encryption software...

BlackBerry's ambitious target: Protecting everything from smartphones to cities
2018-09-12 14:03

BlackBerry Security Summit London: CEO John Chen details how the company wants to harness machine learning and AI.

BlackBerry launches new ransomware recovery feature
2018-08-08 10:50

BlackBerry announced its BlackBerry Workspaces content collaboration platform, featuring a new ransomware recovery capability that allows organizations to recover from cyberattacks. Despite the...

BlackBerry claims it can do to ransomware what Apple did to its phones
2018-08-06 18:48

Workspaces' time machine promises to make quick work of extortionists Black Hat While ransomware continues to extort factories, hospitals, schools, businesses, and ordinary netizens, BlackBerry...

New BlackBerry Workspaces platform could help businesses quickly recover from ransomware
2018-08-06 15:23

Ransomware reigns supreme in cyberattack vectors, causing many businesses to lose important data with company-wide rollbacks.

US drug cops peddled pre-cracked Blackberry mobes to crooks – and that's just the start
2018-07-13 22:49

Same technique being used against ordinary US citizens? Back in 2013, Canadian John Darrel Krokos got 11.5 years in a US jail for leading a massive cocaine smuggling ring. Two years later, his...