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John McAfee, founder of McAfee Corp, was found dead in a Barcelona jail cell by apparent suicide as he awaited extradition to the US over tax evasion charg...

Google Rolling Out End-to-End Encryption in Messages

At long last, Google is rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in its Android Messages app. Android messaging has lagged behind Apple iMessag...

AG Wants to Strengthen Policies for Obtaining Lawmaker Data

US Attorney General Merrick Garland wants to strengthen policies for obtaining lawmaker data and has vowed swift action regarding recent revelatio...

McDonald’s Impacted by Data Breach

McDonald’s now joins an ever-growing list of major companies impacted by data breaches. On the same day that VW...

Avaddon Ransomware Group Just Sent BleepingComputer All Its Decryption Keys

Avaddon ransomware group appears to be closing shop and has sent all its decryption keys to BleepingComputer. Avaddon had previously a...

Google Releases Chrome Update Addressing Zero-Day Exploit

Google has released a major updated for its Chrome web browser, addressing a number of security issues, including a zero-day exploit. Google Ch...

Data Breach Impacts 3.3 Million VW Customers in North America

Volkswagen has disclosed a data breach with one of its vendors, impacting some 3.3 million North American customers and prospective buyers. Vol...

JBS Paid $11 Million in Ransomware Attack

JBS Foods has said it paid roughly $11 million to resolve a ransomware attack that crippled the company. JBS Foods is the world’s largest meat...

TikTok and WeChat In the Clear as Biden Reverses Trump’s Ban Attempts

TikTok and WeChat’s battle to avoid being sold is finally over, as President Biden has signed an executive order undoing the previous administrati...

FBI Recovers Majority of Colonial Pipeline Ransom

The US Justice Department has recovered some $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin paid as part of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware. Ransomware shut do...

Cyberattack Cripples JBS, World’s Largest Meat Producer

A cyberattack has crippled JBS, the world’s largest meat producer, with plants in the US, Canada and Australia shutting down. JBS experienced a...

Huawei Founder Wants Company to Pivot to Software Amid Sanctions

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei is calling on the company to pivot to software as sanctions against its hardware business have crippled it. Huawei...

Securing Remote Work With Better Cybersecurity

When was the last time you set foot into your company headquarters? If you’re like many post-pandemic Americans, it’s possible it’s been quite a whil...

Huawei Sees Cloud Success Wooing Government Buyers

Huawei is seeing early success with its pivot to cloud computing, despite concerns about the potential security threat it poses. Huawei was one...

France Clears Microsoft and Google’s Cloud Technology for Sensitive Data

France has decided Google and Microsoft’s cloud technology can be used for sensitive data — with caveats. As cloud computing becomes more impor...

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