The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has issued an advisory relating to critical vulnerabilities in CodeMeter, software used in industrial control systems. The vulnerabilities, six in total affecting all versions of CodeMeter from 6.90 through 7.10, have been given a collective Common Vulnerability Scoring System score of 10.0, the highest level ...

Penetration testing platform startup Pcysys Ltd. today said it has raised $25 million in new funding to expand the company’s sales and delivery teams and further develop its technology. The Series B round was led by Insight Partners and included existing investors Awz Ventures and the Blackstone Group. Founded in 2015, Pcysys — an acronym for “proactive cyber systems” ...

Software platform startup Unity Software Inc. is planning to raise as much as $1.05 billion in an initial public offering that will value the company at $11.06 billion. The IPO was announced Aug. 24, with further details coming to light today via a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Along with saying that ...

Schools in Hartford, Connecticut, have been delayed from reopening following a ransomware attack that shut down critical information technology systems. Details of the attack are a little vague. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said the attack started on Thursday and then on Saturday as well, with the outage described as “the most extensive and significant attack ...

The empire struck back today, as Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit against Epic Games Ltd. for breach of contract in the latest battle between the two companies. The battle between the two companies started with Epic filing a lawsuit against Apple Aug. 13 alleging that the App Store is an illegal monopoly after Fortnite, the world’s most popular ...

Google LLC today released Android 11, the latest release of its operating system, roughly on time despite earlier delays in its beta releases because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 11th incarnation of the Android operating system delivers a variety of new features, with a focus on making usability easier more than on new features. Pitched ...

A new report from network security company Untangle Inc. finds that small to medium-sized businesses face unique security challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting boom in remote working. The third annual SMB IT Security report, released today, polled more than 500 information technology professionals at SMBs and found that a growing number are doing more with ...

A trove of data relating to 186,000 customers of an Australian state government agency has been stolen in an attack that targeted employee email accounts. The attack, reported today, involved Service NSW, an arm of the New South Wales government that providers one-stop access to government services. The theft of data took place in April and ...

Raids on dark web and piracy site operators are a dime a dozen and very few make a huge difference in the overall crime picture. But now, it appears at least one operation has made a temporary difference. A joint global law enforcement operation targeting members of the Sparks group in late August has caused a ...

Epic Games Ltd. dropped the latest filing in its battle against Apple Inc. late Friday night as the games maker once again requested an injunction to have Fortnite restored to the iPhone maker’s App Store. The dispute between the two companies began Epic filed a lawsuit against Apple Aug. 13 alleging that the App Store is an ...