In November, prosecutors in New York stated that a Lithuanian man named Vytautas Parfionovas and an unknown co-conspirator emptied the brokerage accounts of several victims, ultimately stealing …
Twitter is trying to build a new decentralized social media service that could transform its business — or present new kinds of headaches
An ambitious project was announced by the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, on Wednesday. Named "Bluesky," the initiative aims to transform how Twitter operates and present a new model for social media …
How Commercial Bug Hunting Changed the Boutique Security Consultancy Landscape
It's been almost 10 years since the first commercial for-profit bug bounty program was launched. Bug bounty programs have transformed the information security sector, and its negative impacts have …
How Congress wants to help sync military cyber
New cyber positions within the US military could be created in 2020 as a result of the government's annual defense policy bill, depending on the approval of President Donald Trump. The positions …
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New NYPD intelligence unit to tackle far-right extremist threats
The New York Police Department (NYPD) announced Wednesday that it has launched a new unit that will focus entirely on combating far-right extremists and neo-nazis named the Racially and Ethnically …
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The Great $50M African IP Address Heist
A three-year investigation conducted by a US-based researcher named Ron Guilmette found that a top executive at the nonprofit entity responsible for administering Internet addresses to businesses in …
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Snatch Team Steals Data and Hammers Orgs with Ransomware
Snatch, a ransomware variant, has been discovered in campaigns that force Windows machines to reboot into Safe Mode before beginning the encryption process. Snatch is one of multiple components of a …
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Amazon Leases New Manhattan Office Space, Less Than a Year After HQ2 Pullout
Amazon and Facebook are planning to expand into new office spaces in New York City, with the goal of fueling an expansion of tech companies in Manhattan just a year after Amazon denounced its plans to …
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Server market revenue declines 6.7% year over year
Research has concluded that vendor revenue in the worldwide server market has declined 6.7% in Q3 of 2019 when compared to Q3 of 2018. Worldwide server shipments declined as well, to just under 3.1 …
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Data Leak Week: Billions of Sensitive Files Exposed Online
Earlier this week, separate data exposure incidents left a total of 2.7 billion email addresses, 1 billion passwords, and nearly 800,000 applications for copies of birth certificates were found on …
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