Two U.S. data brokers have agreed not to collect private location data on Americans as part of a pair of settlements with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which accused the companies of unlawfully tracking millions…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a new rule that would block data brokers from selling personal and financial information on Americans, including their Social Security numbers and phone numbers, under the Fair Credit…
ENGlobal Corporation, a provider of engineering and automation services to the U.S. energy sector and federal government, says it has restricted access to its IT systems following a cyberattack, limiting the company to essential business…
Signzy, a popular vendor offering online “know your customer” ID verification and customer onboarding services to several top financial institutions, commercial banks, and fintech companies, has confirmed a security incident, TechCrunch can exclusively report. The…
The Russian government has confirmed the indictment of a 32-year-old resident, who authorities accuse of creating and launching ransomware attacks. Russian prosecutors said last week that they charged the unnamed hacker, who lives in the…
Former NBA athlete Omri Casspi has raised $60 million for his latest venture fund, Swish Ventures, which will invest in early-stage cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and AI startups. The fund plans to back 10 companies, and…
A ransomware attack on supply chain software giant Blue Yonder continues to cause disruption to the company’s customers, almost two weeks after the outage first began. In a brief update to its cybersecurity incident page…
Companies often struggle with how to respond to cybersecurity incidents. According to one recent poll, only three out of five organizations have an incident response plan in place, and only around a third do regular…
A venture capitalist, a recruiter from a big company, and a newly hired remote IT worker might not seem to have much in common, but all have been caught as imposters secretly working for the…
U.S. phone giant T-Mobile said Wednesday that hackers had “no access” to its customers’ calls, text messages, and voicemails during an ongoing industry-wide cyberattack targeting internet and phone companies. T-Mobile’s chief security officer, Jeff Simon,…