Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, Washington, suffered through its third day of service disruptions today after a reported cyberattack disrupted services at the airport starting on Saturday. According to the Port of Seattle, which owns and operates the airport, the attack resulted in “internet web system outages,” which impacted some of the systems at the airport. A ...

A new report out today from business risk intelligence startup Flashpoint has found that new vulnerabilities that were discovered rose, though not by a lot, in the first half of this year and that cybercriminals are increasingly using info-stealing malware to steal personal information. The Flashpoint Cyber Threat Intelligence Index, based on data, trends and emerging ...

Pavel Durov, the co-founder and chief executive officer of encrypted-messaging app company Telegram Messenger Inc., was arrested by French authorities on Saturday evening local time on serious charges relating to abetting terrorism, fraud, money laundering and crimes against children. The charges do not allege that Durov himself undertook any such crimes. However, it’s alleged that he ...

Build acceleration startup Depot Technologies Inc. revealed today that it has raised $4.1 million in new funding to enhance its offerings by adding support for other build inputs that can benefit from Depot’s acceleration technology. Founded in 2022, Depot pitches itself as the fastest way to build Docker images and GitHub Actions workflows. Using the ...

Oil giant Halliburton Co. was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday that disrupted business operations at the company’s Houston, Texas campus, as well as some of its global networks. The exact form of the attack has not been disclosed. Halliburton said only that it was aware of an issue affecting certain systems at the company ...

A new report out today from managed detection and response company Critical Start Inc. reveals a significant uptick in cyberattacks across multiple industries, with healthcare and manufacturing emerging as primary targets in the first half of 2024. The biannual Critical Start Cyber Intelligence Report features the top threats observed in the first of 2024 and emerging ...

A new report out today from Intel Corp.-backed multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. details how Xeureka Inc., a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. Ltd., has leveraged Fortanix’s Confidential Computing technology to enhance artificial intelligence model accuracy and reduce drug discovery time and costs. Since rapidly taking off in 2022 with the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, AI has offered ...

The official Instagram account of McDonald’s Corp. was reportedly hacked today to promote a cryptocurrency scam named after the McDonald’s character Grimace. Those behind the hack changed the biography on the McDonald’s Instagram page and also made posts in relation to the cryptocurrency scam. The McDonald’s bio was charged to a message that included a ...

Shares in Zuora Inc. surged nearly 6% in late trading today after the cloud subscriptions services company beat earnings and revenue expectations in its fiscal 2025 second quarter and forecast a stronger-than-expected outlook. For the quarter that ended on July 31, Zuora reported adjusted earnings per share of 19 cents, up from seven cents in ...

Shares in Zoom Video Communications Inc. rose nearly 3% in late trading today after the online communications company impressed with beats in its fiscal 2025 second quarter and upbeat guidance. For the quarter ended July 31, Zoom reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.39, up from $1.34 in the same quarter of the previous fiscal ...