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Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson steps down
British cyber-security firm Darktrace said CEO Poppy Gustafsson would step down on Friday and be succeeded by Chief Operating Officer Jill Popelka ahead of the completion of its ac...
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Leaked Disney data reveals financial and strategy secrets, WSJ reports
Data from Walt Disney that was leaked online this summer included financial and strategy information, as well as personally identifiable information of some staff and customers, th...
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Colombia's Petro calls for investigation into Pegasus software purchase
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday asked the attorney general's office to investigate the $11 million purchase of Pegasus spy software, which he said could have been u...
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Cybersecurity firm Zscaler's shares fall on dour annual forecasts
Zscaler shares tumbled 15.2% in premarket trading on Wednesday following the cybersecurity firm's downbeat annual forecasts.
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Zscaler forecasts annual results below estimates on weak cybersecurity spending
Zscaler forecast fiscal 2025 revenue and profit below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as it grapples with weak spending on its cybersecurity products, sending its shares down mor...
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Halliburton says expenses incurred in response to August cyber attack
U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton said on Tuesday it has incurred and is likely to continue to incur expenses related to its response to a cyber attack in August.
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Iran operated fake human-resources firm to root out unfriendly spies, researchers say
An Iranian hacking group ran a fake professional recruiting business to lure national security officials across Iran, Syria and Lebanon into a cyber espionage trap, according to ne...
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Dick's Sporting Goods discloses unauthorized third-party access to information
Dick's Sporting Goods said on Wednesday it discovered last week that an unauthorized third party had access to its information systems, including certain confidential data.
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Cybercrime and sabotage cost German firms $300 bln in past year
Cybercrime and other acts of sabotage have cost German companies around 267 billion euros ($298 billion) in the past year, up 29% on the year before, according to a survey publishe...
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Chinese hackers exploited bug to compromise internet companies, cybersecurity firm says
A Chinese hacking group exploited a software bug to compromise several internet companies in the U.S. and abroad, a cybersecurity firm said on Tuesday.
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Uber fined in Netherlands for sending drivers' data to the US
Ride-hailing platform Uber has been fined 290 million euros ($324 million) in the Netherlands for sending the personal data of European taxi drivers to the United States in violati...
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Meta says Iranian group tried to target Trump, Biden officials' WhatsApp accounts
Meta said on Friday it had identified possible hacking attempts on the WhatsApp accounts of U.S. officials from the administrations of both President Joe Biden and former President...
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Microsoft to host cybersecurity summit after CrowdStrike-induced IT outage
Microsoft said on Friday it would hold a summit in September to discuss steps to improve cybersecurity systems, after a faulty update from CrowdStrike caused a global IT outage las...
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Halliburton confirms cyber attack on certain systems
Oilfield services firm Halliburton said on Friday that an unauthorized third party had gained access to certain of its systems.
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Google to help build cyber protection for Australian infrastructure
Google and Australia's national science agency said they will work together to develop software that automatically detects and fixes network vulnerabilities for operators of critic...
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Top US oilfield firm Halliburton hit by cyberattack, source says
U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton on Wednesday was hit by a cyberattack, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Neutral Swiss to join two EU security cooperation projects
Switzerland said on Wednesday it would participate in two European Union security initiatives aimed at strengthening cooperation between armed forces in a bid to boost the neutral ...
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U.S. says Iran cyber operations targeted Trump, Harris campaigns
The United States on Monday accused Iran of launching cyber operations against the campaigns of both U.S. presidential candidates and targeting the American public with influence o...
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