A newly revealed flaw in camera apps used by Android devices allows other apps to spy on users. Even though both Google LLC and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. released patches to fix the issue, the vulnerability may also exist in devices made by other manufacturers. Detailed today by security researchers at Checkmarx Ltd., the vulnerability was ...

Salesforce.com Inc. today announced a variety of new features and services at its Dreamforce conference in San Francisco aimed at helping companies improve interactions with customers. Leading the announcements are new declarative tools that are designed to allow any developer or administrator to build customized voice assistants for employees across any role or industry. Called ...

Criminals in the San Francisco Bay Area are using Bluetooth to identify valuables in cars. Wired reported today that criminals are using Bluetooth scanners to identify vehicles with phones, laptops and other devices with Bluetooth turned on. Having detected those devices, the criminals then break into the vehicles to steal them. In a twist, the very same ...

A week after launching, Disney+, the online subscription streaming service from the Walt Disney Company has been hacked and thousands of users found their account details compromised. The compromised accounts are being sold for between $3 and $11 each on the dark web, ZDNet reported Saturday, but the how they were compromised remains officially unknown. Disney+ users started ...

Apple Inc. today announced a press event for Dec. 2 in New York City “honoring our favorite apps and games of 2019” at which it could reveal a new product. Or not. The best guess at this stage — and guessing is where the tech press is at as the announcement was completely unexpected — is that ...

Google LLC’s acquisition of smart watch maker Fitbit Inc. for $2.1 billion Nov. 1 has not been received well by all FitBit fans, as some claim to be ditching their devices over data privacy concerns. For a story published today, CNBC interviewed several Fitbit users who are claiming to have abandoned their Fitbit devices in favor ...

Updated: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.’s current license extension to access U.S. technology is set to expire Monday amid rumors previously circulating that it would be granted another 90-day extension — but in a surprise twist, a new report claims the extension will be for only two weeks. Reuters, quoting two sources familiar with the matter ...

Microsoft Corp. is killing off its standalone Cortana smart assistant apps for Android and iOS four years after their launch, but support may remain in the U.S. at least for some time longer. The announcement was made in a Nov. 14 Microsoft support notice that gives Jan. 31 next year as the end of support for ...

Cybersecurity firm Venafi Inc. is warning about an explosion in scam sites using lookalike domains to target shoppers in the lead-up to this year’s holiday shopping season. Security researchers at the firm said Tuesday they found more than 100,000 lookalike domains, sites that use a domain name very similar to legitimate sites, in an attempt to ...

The extraordinarily long-running saga over Hewlett-Packard Co.’s acquisition of Autonomy Corp. PLC for $10.3 billion in 2011 has taken a new twist as U.S. authorities reportedly are preparing an extradition order for Autonomy founder and former Chief Executive Officer Michael Lynch. Lynch, a U.K. citizen, was charged a year ago with wire fraud and conspiracy in ...