Mobile-phone-based tracking of people can help fight pandemics, but privacy and security researchers stress that it needs to be done right. Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: Privacy & Digital-Rights Experts Worry Contact-Tracing Apps Lack Limits
SAIC to provide services including cybersecurity, analytics, and operations support in Texas
Science Applications International (SAIC) has been awarded a contract from the State of Texas Department of Information Resources to provide cybersecurity services protecting data center infrastructure and network systems. The contract has a projected value of $36 million over the…
Chinese APT Groups Targeted Enterprise Linux Systems in Decade-Long Data Theft Campaign
Organizations across multiple industries compromised in a systematic effort to steal IP and other sensitive business data, BlackBerry says. Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: Chinese APT Groups Targeted Enterprise Linux Systems in Decade-Long Data Theft…
Apple Music Launches $50 Million Advance Royalty Fund to Make Sure Independent Labels Can Pay Artists
Apple Music today told independent record labels that it is launching a $50 million advance royalty fund to make sure that artists get paid amid the ongoing pandemic. In letters sent out to record labels that were seen and shared…
Water Wars: Coronavirus Spreads Risk of Conflict around the South China Sea
Water Wars: Coronavirus Spreads Risk of Conflict around the South China Sea Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: Water Wars: Coronavirus Spreads Risk of Conflict around the South China Sea
Axiado appoints Gopi Sirineni as CEO
Axiado Corporation’s Board of Directors announced that it has named Gopi Sirineni as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective April 3, 2020. He will assume day-to-day leadership of the company and will also join Axiado’s Board of Directors. “As a…
Brother unveils its new Shift & Print Subscription Service for technology acquisition
Brother Mobile Solutions, a premier provider of mobile, desktop and industrial printers widely used in the retail, supply chain, field service, home healthcare, transportation and manufacturing industries, unveils its new ‘Shift & Print’ Subscription Service for technology acquisition. Among the…
Twitter warns users – Firefox might retain private messages
Whose fault was it – Twitter or Firefox? (It’s fixed now, to be clear.) Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: Twitter warns users – Firefox might retain private messages
Privitar raises $80M to accelerate development of its data privacy platform and fuel innovation
Privitar, the leading data privacy platform provider, announced that it has completed an $80 million Series C funding round led by Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, with participation from Accel, Partech, IQ Capital, Salesforce…
Army accelerates virtualization of training, recruitment
Army training and recruiting leaders said the service has been gradually digitizing recruiting and training, but has now shifted online amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: Army accelerates virtualization of training, recruitment
The Edge Names ‘Holy Cow’ Cartoon Caption Winners
What can cows possibly have to do with cybersecurity? Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: The Edge Names ‘Holy Cow’ Cartoon Caption Winners
Cybercriminals Hide Malware & Phishing Sites Under SSL Certificates
More than half of the top 1 million websites use HTTPS, researchers report, but not all encrypted traffic is safe. Advertise on IT Security News. Read the complete article: Cybercriminals Hide Malware & Phishing Sites Under SSL Certificates