Broadcom sells part of Symantec to Accenture
Broadcom has announced the sale of Symantec's Cyber Security Services to consultancy giant Accenture. The chip manufacturer took over Symantec's entire business divisionin August last year and is now divesting part of it.
Broadcom paid 10.7 billion dollars (9,6 billion euros) for Symantec's bus... Read more
Firefox 72 blocks ‘fingerprint scripts’ by default
With Firefox 72, Mozilla focuses primarily on ensuring the privacy of browser users. The most important feature that the update brings is the standard blocking of fingerprint scripts that collect data without permission.
At the end of last year, Mozilla already announced that it wants to prohibi... Read more
Security company Mimecast acquires Segasec
Cybersecurity company Segasec, based in Tel Aviv, has a new owner since Wednesday. Mimecast, the company specialising in e-mail security, is taking over the Israeli operation for some forty million dollars.
With the purchase of Segasec, Mimecast adds the second Israeli cyrus security start-up to... Read more
Infoblox is committed to AI to further develop DNS security
Anyone
who follows the developments around the Domain Name System (DNS) knows that the
market is changing a lot. Not only have newer standards such as DNS over TLS
(DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH) been added to make DNS traffic safer, new
players have joined, and older players have left. For Infoblox... Read more
Google Play Apps found that exploit vulnerability to steal data
According to researchers, a vulnerability in Anroid's kernel is used by three apps from the Google Play Store to access a user's phone. According to the researchers, the hacking group SideWinder is behind the apps.
The now removed Camero app would make use of the vulnerability CVE-2019-2215, whi... Read more
Iranian cyber attack on US government website launched
A group of Iranian hackers has taken down an American government website and have left a message claiming that they work for the Iranian state. The tensions between the US and Iran are now shifting to the cyber world as well, as the hackers claim retaliation for the death of the Iranian general Sol... Read more
FBI wants to protect companies from hackers using obfuscated data
In an effort to better protect companies against actions by hackers or malicious own staff, the FBI changes its strategy to take action only after an attack has taken place. A more active attitude should improve security.
Not only does the FBI contact companies when information is gathered that ... Read more
Extension for management of crypto-keys steals data
According to researchers, an extension for Google Chrome that should make it easier for owners of multiple crypto-wallets to manage them, turns out to run off with those keys.
In a twitter post, Harry Denley, security director at MyCrypto, states that an app called Shitcoin Wallet can be dangero... Read more
Microsoft takes over domain names from hackers linked to North Korea
Microsoft has acquired fifty domain names linked to a North Korean hacker group. The action has been taken against the hacker group which is nicknamed Thallium.
The domain names, which were abused to facilitate phishing campaigns, resembled those of Microsoft. For example, there was the domain '... Read more
‘Dell contemplates full Secureworks acquisition’
According to sources, Dell Technologies is considering buying the remaining shares of cybersecurity company Secureworks, a report by Bloomberg shows.
Sources state that Dell is interested in buying the remaining 13.8 percent of Secureworks' shares. This would mean that the company would become f... Read more