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Cellebrite DI Ltd., which announced plans April 8 to go public, is famed for its ability to hack phones such as the iPhone, but according to a new report, it wasn’t actually responsible for its most famous iPhone hack: unlocking the iPhone of the San …
FBI hacks compromised Exchange servers as more companies get targeted
In a possibly unprecedented move, the U.S. Federal Bureau Investigation has obtained a court order to allow it to hack compromised Microsoft Corp. Exchange Servers to remove vulnerabilities as more stories of Exchange servers being targeted continue to emerge. The court order …
Blockchain software technology startup ConsenSys raises $65M
Blockchain software technology startup ConsenSys Software Inc. today announced it has raised $65 million in new funding to accelerate the convergence of decentralized finance and Web3 applications on Ethereum with enterprise blockchain infrastructure. The round included funding from J.P. Morgan, Mastercard, UBS, Protocol Labs, the …
Shares of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase close 31% over reference price
Updated: Reflecting intensifying interest in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, crypto exchange provider Coinbase Global Inc. today saw its shares soar in their market debut. Coinbase shares began trading at $381 a share, more than 50% higher than the $250 reference price set …
New Microsoft Surface laptop offers choice of AMD or Intel chips across all models
Microsoft Corp. today announced its latest range of laptops, and as expected all the devices now offer a choice between both Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. processors. The Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 comes in a 13.5-inch and 15-inch model shipping with …
Account details of 1.3M Clubhouse users published on hacking forum
Clubhouse has seemingly suffered another data breach, with details of 1.3 million users published on a hacking forum but the audio-based social app provider claims it wasn’t hacked and that the data was pulled through their application programming interface. The data, which …
Intel’s Mobileye signs deal with Udelv for driveless delivery trucks
Intel Corp.’s Mobileye division today announced plans to launch driverless delivery trucks by 2023 in partnership with autonomous vehicle delivery company Udelv Inc. Under the partnership, Mobileye’s self-driving system, known as Mobileye Drive will provide the autonomous driving technology for Udelv’s next-generation …
WhatsApp flaw allows an attacker to suspend an account using a phone number
A newly discovered flaw in the Facebook Inc.-owned messaging app Whatsapp can allow an attacker to suspend an account using only a user’s phone number. The proof of concept, developed by researchers Luis Márquez Carpintero and Ernesto Canales Pereña and first reported …
User and credit card data stolen from darknet marketplace Swarmshop
Hackers are targeting other hackers once again. This time, the details of user data and more than 600,000 credit cards from the darknet payment card marketplace Swarmshop were stolen and then posted on a rival underground forum. First reported by Threat Intelligence …
Israeli digital forensics startup Cellebrite to go public via SPAC in $2.4B deal
Israeli digital forensics startup Cellebrite DI Ltd. is the latest company set to go public via a special-purpose acquisition company through a merger with TWC Tech Holdings II Corp. in a deal that values the company at about $2.4 billion. The deal …