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10 Sep 2019, 18:30

Startup Snyk raises $70 in new funding to push forward its 'fanatical focus' on developers and unique approach to cybersecurity in open source software

Snyk Assaf Hefetz (co-founder and CTO of Snyk), Guy Podjarny (co-founder and pr...

06 Sep 2019, 23:18

Apple just put Google on blast for trying to stoke 'fear among all iPhone users that their devices had been compromised'

Getty Apple CEO Tim Cook. Last week, researchers at Project Zero, Google's cybersecurity division, published ...

21 Aug 2019, 19:40

Big data company Palantir renews its controversial contract with ICE that is worth nearly $50 million

Francois Mori/AP Palantir CEO Alex Karp Big data company Palantir has renewed its controversial contract with ICE, governmen...

16 Aug 2019, 02:39

Cloudflare's China business hinges on a partnership that's threatened by the trade war. And it could all blow up in September, the same month Cloudflare wants to IPO.

Reuters CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince $3.2 billion cybersecurity company Cloudf...

09 Aug 2019, 01:37

How to change your Instagram password on desktop or mobile, or reset it if you've forgotten it

Thomas White/Reuters You should change your Instagram password periodically to protect your privacy. You can change your Ins...

30 Jul 2019, 20:17

Capital One was hacked and people on social media are slamming the bank's response

Roman Tiraspolsky/Shutterstock Capital One suffered a data breach that affected millions of its customers. In a press releas...

29 Jul 2019, 22:52

Microsoft is acquiring a startup that will help its cloud customers control how their data is being used

Sean Gallup/Getty Images Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Microsoft announced it acquired the data privacy and governance startup...

25 Jul 2019, 21:48

Millions of people signed up to storm Area 51 in September - here's a look at what the invaders will find when they hit the small Nevada town

David Becker/Getty Images Just over 80 miles outside of Las Vegas, a United States Air Force base known collo...

19 Jul 2019, 20:40

Passwords are incredibly insecure, so websites and apps are quietly tracking your mouse movements and smartphone swipes without you knowing to make sure it's really you

Thomson Reuters Passwords and other more traditional security measures are actu...

18 Jul 2019, 20:18

Since going viral again for making people look old, FaceApp has been downloaded by 12.7 million new users

FaceApp FaceApp has been around since 2017, but has been going viral in the last week as people use the app to see how they ...

16 Jul 2019, 23:42

Some Logitech wireless mice and keyboards are vulnerable to a significant security flaw that the company first fixed three years ago

Logitech An old security flaw in Logitech's wireless mice and keyboards that was patched three years ago is s...

13 Jul 2019, 05:21

Why Facebook's stock jumped despite facing a record-breaking $5 billion FTC penalty: 'A slap on the wrist'

AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Investors aren't worried about the $5 billion fine the Federal Trade Commission reportedly plans t...

13 Jul 2019, 05:05

The FTC's $5 billion fine for Facebook is so meaningless, it will likely leave Mark Zuckerberg wondering what he can't get away with

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik The Federal Trade Commission's reported settlement with Facebook would do little to af...

13 Jul 2019, 02:42

Heart-pounding video shows a badass Coast Guardsman running down a narco-sub loaded with cocaine and pounding on the hatch

On June 18, 2019, the US Coast Guard intercepted a drug-smuggling vessel in the Pacific Ocean. The submarine ...

03 Jul 2019, 02:59

Kim Jong Un's elite bodyguards run beside his car because of a Clint Eastwood movie

Kim Kyung-Hoon/REUTERS Bodyguards of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wait for his arrival at Dong Dang railway station in Vi...

02 Jul 2019, 02:11

Facebook had to invent a totally new programming language, Move, for its Libra cryptocurrency project because no other language was up to the task

Reuters FILE PHOTO: Representations of virtual currency and Libra logo illustra...

29 Jun 2019, 00:20

The tech lead of Facebook's new cryptocurrency subsidiary explains Move, the programming language it designed specifically for Libra

Reuters Representations of virtual currency and Libra logo illustration picture When Facebook introduced its ...

19 Jun 2019, 22:40

The US government has leaked the names of child abuse victims by failing to hide Facebook account IDs in court documents

Reuters Forbes was able to take the ID numbers and plug each one into a web address after "facebook.com/". Fa...

11 Jun 2019, 04:30

Hackers stole photos of travelers' faces and license plates collected by the US Customs and Border Protection agency

Joe Penney/Reuters Hackers have compromised a database of Customers and Border Protection images, including t...

06 Jun 2019, 01:00

A scary new hack created by researchers can accurately guess your password by listening to the sound of your fingers tapping the phone screen

Shutterstock/ImYanis Academic researchers have found a new way to determine the passcodes used on smartphones...

18 May 2019, 02:17

The president and first lady travel in an 'imperial bubble', where the US government books entire floors of hotels, closes down airports, and shuts down highways. Here's what it's like.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images President Donald Trump waves from his motorcade vehi...

13 May 2019, 19:18

How to change your Apple ID and device passwords on an iPhone, and better protect your device

Hollis Johnson You can change all of your iPhone's passwords via the Settings app. Your iPhone identity can be protected wit...

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