To advance a privacy class action against Facebook, Android users must explain precisely what permissions they granted before the tech giant started harvesting their phone call and text data, a federal judge said in court Thursday.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit endorsed a ban Friday that was adopted in response to Kremlin subterfuge, finding nothing unduly punitive about keeping Russian-made software out of U.S. government offices.
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Cybersecurity provider Symantec Corp. manipulated the company’s financial results and made false statements to investors until news of an Securities
Read moreA congressional advisory panel says the purchase of internet-linked devices manufactured in China leaves the United States vulnerable to security breaches that could put critical infrastructure at risk.
Read moreAn unprecedented federal and state collaboration to defend election systems against Russian interference ended with no obvious voting system compromises, although it’s not entirely clear why.
Read moreUber has agreed to pay $148 million in a multistate settlement over its coverup of a 2016 data breach that resulted in the theft of personal information from 57 million riders and drivers, California’s attorney general said Wednesday.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence warned Tuesday that China is carrying out nefarious cyber activities on an “unprecedented scale” and targeting state, federal and local government entities.
Read moreA federal judge has upheld a U.S. government ban on the use of Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity products in government networks, dismissing two lawsuits the Moscow-based antivirus company brought challenging the constitutionality of the ban.
Read moreMicrosoft and Google are among the tech giants who are urging Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to veto a proposed state law that would make unauthorized computer access a crime punishable by up to a year in prison.
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Intel shareholders claim in a federal class action that CEO Brian Krzanich knew of the cybersecurity flaws with Intel’s microprocessor chips before the public was informed and sold $39 million in stock at an inflated price.
Read moreA major hacking operation tied to one of the most powerful security and intelligence agencies in Lebanon has been exposed after careless spies left hundreds of gigabytes of intercepted data exposed to the open internet, according to a report published Thursday.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Apple of selling computers with the same Meltdown and Spectre security flaws found in Intel chips.
Read moreComputer chipmaker Intel faces a major class action filed Wednesday night in what could be the opening salvo in a flood of litigation over two recently discovered security flaws that make most of the world’s computers vulnerable to hacking.
Read moreA Russian cybersecurity firm banned by the U.S. government over its alleged ties to the Kremlin claims in a federal complaint that the move lacked due process.
Read moreRide-hail giant Uber paid hackers to keep quiet about a data breach that compromised the personal information of 57 million drivers and riders, the company’s CEO revealed in a company blog post Tuesday.
Read moreMoscow-based cybersecurity firm Kasperksy Lab is releasing new details about how its software uploaded classified U.S. documents several years ago. The incident is at the center of a controversy over whether the company’s popular anti-virus really works as described.
Read moreA law banning the use of virtual private networks, or VPNs, and other internet proxy services has come into effect in Russia.
Read moreDeliberate cooperation between Moscow-based anti-virus product firm Kaspersky Lab and Russian intelligence is not necessary for cybersecurity threats to manifest, a witness told a House committee Wednesday.
Read moreA Greek court ruled Wednesday to extradite Russian cybercrime suspect Alexander Vinnik to the United States, where he is wanted in connection with a $4 billion bitcoin fraud case.
Read moreA federal judge has allowed the central claims against TurboTax parent Intuit over lax cybersecurity to proceed.
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