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Twitter alternative Parler surges in popularity but it’s buggy
In the culture wars in the U.S., Twitter Inc. has often been targeted thanks to limiting content and also not limiting content, the latter specifically tweets from President Donald Trump. Some accuse Twitter of having a left-wing bias in banning accounts from those on the right of politics, most recently Carpe Donktum, a conservative who is ...
Report: Apple will ship the iPhone 12 without earbuds – or a power adapter
With Apple Inc.’s first exclusively online Worldwide Developers Conference completed last week, the rumor mill has turned to what Apple may announce with the next iteration of its iPhone line. For a long time, Ming-Chi Kuo has been the most accurate analyst when it comes to Apple rumors of any sort. Kuo today released a new ...
Researchers find Docker Hub images being used to distribute cryptomining software
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks Inc. today detailed a malicious Docker Hub account that was hosting six malicious images used to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The malicious account is believed to have been active since October 2019. The code used in the malicious images was designed to evade network detection by using network anonymizing tools such ...
Domestic violence app supported by Dr. Phil suffers data breach
Aspire News, an app designed to assist domestic violence victims, has suffered a data breach with recordings from victims found on unsecured cloud storage. The breach was discovered by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar at vpnMentor, which revealed it today. The data on the misconfigured Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 bucket included more than 4,000 voice recordings ...
Telegram and SEC agree to settlement over $1.7B TON blockchain token offering
Messaging startup Telegram Group Inc. is close to settling its case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its sale of Gram cryptocurrency for its TON blockchain network in 2018. Under the terms of a proposed settlement made public today, Telegram has agreed to pay a penalty of $18.5 million to the SEC as well ...
Virtual events startup Hopin raises $40M to scale up its platform during pandemic
Virtual events platform startup Hopin Ltd. said today it has raised $40 million in new funding to scale up its platform to meet soaring demand driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Series A round was led by IVP and included Salesforce Ventures, Accel, Northzone, Seedcamp and Slack Fund. Founded in 2019, Hopin offers an all-in-one live ...
Akamai mitigates new record high packet-per-second DDoS attack
As computing power continues to grow at the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century, it allows hackers and other bad actors to reach new records when it comes to cyberattacks. Last week, Amazon Web Services Inc. detailed how it mitigated the largest ever record distributed denial-of-service attack. Today, Akamai Technologies Inc. detailed how it ...
Data stolen from Silicon Valley consulting firm offered for sale on hacker forum
Business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan Inc. has suffered a data breach and data stolen from the firm appeared for sale on a hacker forum. The Mountain View, California-based company has a global presence with 40 offices across six continents. It offers services such as market research, analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training. The data ...
Amazon launches counterfeit crime unit to take on counterfeit product sellers
Amazon.com Inc. has established a new Counterfeit Crimes Unit to investigate sellers who sell fake products on its platform. The unit, which includes former federal prosecutors, experienced investigators and data analysts, has as its primary goal preventing counterfeit products from being listed on Amazon.com. The secondary goal of the unit is to file civil lawsuits and ...
Mobile enterprise collaboration startup Librestream raises $24M
Mobile enterprise collaboration startup Librestream Technologies Inc. announced today it has raised $24 million in new funding to accelerate customer acquisition, hire more people and expand its global reach. The Series D round was led by the Canadian Business Growth Fund and included Pender Fund, Emerald Technology Ventures, Volvo Group, Export Development Canada and a number of existing ...









