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Cybersecurity is a huge field, but startups in the category are more likely to be acquired than to go public. Even Wiz, which for a time…
The University of Pennsylvania has confirmed that a hacker stole data during a cyber attack
The University of Pennsylvania confirmed Tuesday that a hacker stole university data as part of last week’s data breach in which alumni and other associates received…
Journalists in Europe found it was “easy” to spy on top European Union officials using commercially downloaded location histories sold by data brokers, despite the continent…
Peter Williams, the former managing director of Trenchant, a division of defense contractor L3Harris that develops surveillance and hacking tools for Western governments, pleaded guilty last…
Lawmakers have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Flock Safety, a company that operates license plate scanning cameras, for allegedly failing to implement cybersecurity protections…
US telecommunications giant Ribbon has confirmed that government-backed hackers accessed its network for nearly a year before they were caught, according to a public filing. The…
Hackers Threaten to Leak Data After University of Pennsylvania Hacked to Send Mass Emails
On Friday morning, University of Pennsylvania alumni, students, staff and community affiliates received multiple emails from hackers purporting to represent the university’s Graduate School of Education…
Tata Motors confirms it has fixed security flaws that exposed company and customer data
Indian auto giant Tata Motors has patched a series of security flaws that exposed sensitive internal data, including personal customer information, company reports and data related…
Former L3 boss Harris Trenchant pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker
Peter Williams, a former general manager at defense firm L3Harris, pleaded guilty to selling surveillance technology to a Russian broker buying “cyber tools,” the US Department…
Spyware maker Memento Labs’ CEO confirms one of its government clients was caught using malware
On Monday, researchers at cybersecurity giant Kaspersky published a report detecting a new spyware called Dante that they say was targeting Windows victims in Russia and…