A federal jury on Wednesday awarded plaintiffs suing Google $425 million in damages, holding that by collecting the data of users who had switched off an app activity tracking feature the tech giant invaded the privacy of millions. A class of 98 million people had alleged that Google for eight years collected, saved and used…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized four lightweight cryptographic algorithms designed to safeguard data generated and transmitted by the Internet of Things (IoT) and other small-scale technologies. Unlike larger computers, many connected devices—such as smart home systems, fitness trackers, and other IoT applications—lack the processing power and memory to run conventional…
Columbia University has been targeted in a cyberattack where hackers stole the personal information of students, applicants, and employees. The Ivy League school suffered an IT outage on June 24 and on July 1 it revealed that it was caused by hackers who may have stolen data from its network. In an update shared on August 5, Columbia University…
Google is the latest company to suffer a data breach in an ongoing wave of Salesforce CRM data theft attacks conducted by the ShinyHunters extortion group. In June, Google warned that a threat actor they classify as ‘UNC6040′ is targeting companies’ employees in voice phishing (vishing) social engineering attacks to breach Salesforce instances and download customer data….
Cloudera has announced its acquisition of Taikun to accelerates the deployment and delivery of the complete Cloudera platform. This include Data Services and AI anywhere from the public clouds to on-prem data centers to sovereign and air-gapped environments all through a unified control plane. As enterprise IT environments become more complex and distributed, the…
NTT DATA and Mistral AI to Shape Future of Sustainable and Secure Private AI for Enterprises NTT DATA and Mistral AI, a rising innovator in open-weight, high-performance generative AI (GenAI) models, announced plans to jointly sell and deploy safe and private enterprise-grade AI solutions that are able to foster strategic autonomy for clients. The companies…
Data broker LexisNexis Risk Solutions (LNRS) has confirmed a data breach that compromised the personal information of over 364,000 people. LexisNexis operates in 40 countries, has customers worldwide, and employs over 11,500 people. The subsidiary of the British data analytics conglomerate RELX works with 91% of Fortune 100 companies and 85% of Fortune 500 companies,…
Harmony SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) is a cloud-delivered security platform that integrates multiple network security functions into a unified system. Check Point Software Technologies has introduced an India-based data residency instance of its Harmony SASE platform. This is aimed at supporting local regulatory requirements and growing demand for secure cloud adoption. The move marks…
Cybercrime is predicted to cost the world $10.5 trillion USD in 2025, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. If it were measured as a country, then cybercrime would be the world’s third largest economy after the U.S. and China. This represents the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history, risks the incentives for innovation and investment, is exponentially…
Japanese telecommunication services provider NTT Communications Corporation (NTT) is warning almost 18,000 corporate customers that their information was compromised during a cybersecurity incident. The data breach was discovered in early February 2025, but the exact date when the hackers gained initial access to NTT’s systems hasn’t been determined. “NTT Communications Corporation discovered on February 5…
