A new report has found that more than 600 million users installed apps from the Google Play store that are designed to make charges to a user’s account after a trial period even if they’ve uninstalled the app. Dubbed “fleeceware” by security researchers at Sophos Group plc, which reported on the Tuesday, the apps exploit users ...

Google LLC today extended its log-in authentication service to iOS, allowing iPhone and iPad users to sign into accounts using Google security keys for two-factor authentication. The service was first rolled out to Android devices in April and negates the need for either a physical security key or 2FA via SMS. The Advanced Protection Program ...

The long-running saga that followed the historic 2017 hack of credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. is nearing its end as a court in Georgia ruled Monday that the company will pay $380.5 million to resolve all outstanding claims. The upfront figure, a partial discount on the up to $700 million figure the company agreed to pay ...

Passwordless security startup Trusona Inc. said today it has raised $20 million in new funding to support ongoing technology development. The Series C round was led by Georgian Partners and included Kleiner Perkins, M12, OurCrowd, Seven Peaks Ventures and Akamai. Founded in 2015, Trusona launched out of stealth mode in 2016 with a cloud-based digital identity authentication ...

Microsoft Corp. has patched a major security flaw in Windows that was discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency, arguably making its first “Patch Tuesday” of the year one of the most exciting to date. The flaw, officially called CVE-2020-0601, affects Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server version 1803. Described as ...

Venture capital investments in the U.S. may be slowing a bit, and so are startup “exits” such as initial public stock offerings and acquisitions, but both remain near record highs as investors keep betting on continued growth in the tech sector. That’s the upshot of two different reports on the VC and startup funding business ...

A Texas school district is out $2.3 million after a targeted phishing campaign led to money being transferred to accounts controlled by those behind the scam. Details are a little slim, but it’s believed that the money was stolen over three transactions and involved an employee from the Manor Independent School District being deceived into altering ...

NortonLifeLock Inc. today said it has sold its ID Analytics business to LexisNexis Risk Solutions for $375 million as the company divests itself of unwanted business units following its separation from the now Broadcom Inc.-owned Symantec enterprise security business. ID Analytics became part of NortonLifeLock after being acquired by LifeLock Inc. in 2012 for an undisclosed sum. Symantec Inc. then acquired LifeLock for ...

The end of Windows 7 support is nigh as Microsoft Corp. will drop support for the operating system Tuesday for consumers. Business customers can pay for ongoing support, chiefly for security updates, but the decision to pull it for consumers was a long time coming. Windows 7 was launched in 2009 and was later replaced ...

Visa Inc. today announced it has signed a deal to acquire financial technology startup Plaid Financial Inc. for $5.3 billion in an all-cash deal. It’s one of largest tech acquisitions in recent times, beating PayPal Inc.’s acquisition of Honey Science Inc. for $4 billion in November. Founded in 2013, Plaid offers a financial application programming ...