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People walk past a Microsoft office in New York. Microsoft (AP)

Microsoft warns thousands of cloud customers of exposed databases

2 min read . 27 Aug 2021

Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks: Report

4 min read . 13 Aug 2021

In the SolarWinds attack, the group altered code at that company to access SolarWinds customers, including nine U.S. federal agencies. (REUTERS)

Microsoft says new breach discovered in probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers

2 min read . 28 Jun 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner (REUTERS)

Intelligence agencies say Iran, Russia have tried to interfere in US election

1 min read . 22 Oct 2020

Facebook also cited ads that call an election fraudulent or corrupt because the result was unclear on election night or because ballots received afterward were still being counted. (REUTERS)

Facebook bans US ads that call voting fraud widespread or election invalid

1 min read . 01 Oct 2020

Apple previously offered rewards only to invited researchers who tried to find flaws in its phones and cloud backups. (Reuters)

Apple offers $1 million 'bounty' to researchers who find iPhone security flaws

1 min read . 09 Aug 2019

MArk Zuckerberg said many of the tools that are part of the EU law, such as the ability of users to delete all their data, are already available for people on Facebook. Photo: AP

Mark Zuckerberg stops short of extending European privacy on Facebook globally

3 min read . 04 Apr 2018

Microsoft tightened up security after the breach, the former employees said, walling the database off from the corporate network and requiring two authentications for access. Photo: Reuters

Microsoft responded quietly after detecting secret database hack in 2013

5 min read . 17 Oct 2017

About two dozen Facebook accounts were created to conduct surveillance on Emmanuel Macron campaign officials and others close to him, according to people, including a US congressman, briefed on the effort. Photo: Bloomberg

Russia said to have used Facebook to try to spy on Emmanuel Macron’s campaign

3 min read . 27 Jul 2017

File photo. Uber Technologies co-founder Travis Kalanick will remain on the board of directors. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns under investor pressure

5 min read . 21 Jun 2017

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has been spending time with his father in the Los Angeles area, where the board will meet, as per the WSJ report. Photo: Bloomberg

Uber board to discuss CEO Travis Kalanick absence, policy changes: report

4 min read . 12 Jun 2017

The CIA tools described by Wikileaks do not involve mass surveillance, and all of the targets were government entities or had legitimate national security value for other reasons. Photo: iStockphoto

Symantec attributes 40 cyber attacks to CIA-linked hacking tools

2 min read . 10 Apr 2017

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he possessed a lot more information about the CIA’s cyber arsenal that would be released soon. Photo: WikiLeaks via AP

WikiLeaks offering CIA hacking tools to tech companies: Julian Assange

4 min read . 10 Mar 2017

Greyball allowed Uber to show images of ‘ghost’ Uber cars on the app or show that no cars were available in order to deceive authorities. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Uber used secret tool ‘Greyball’ to evade authorities

4 min read . 04 Mar 2017

How much companies like Yahoo can be forced to do to comply with government orders for searching data on their networks is being debated in the courts. Photo: AFP

US pressed to disclose secret court’s order on Yahoo email search

3 min read . 08 Oct 2016

Intel, which bought McAfee for $7.7 billion in 2011, will retain a 49% stake in the business. Photo: Bloomberg

Intel to spin out security unit, sell stake in business to TPG

1 min read . 08 Sep 2016

Once infected, the iPhone 6 would have become a digital spy, capable of employing camera, microphone to snoop on activity in the vicinity of the device.

Apple fixes security flaw after UAE rights activist iPhone 6 targeted

3 min read . 26 Aug 2016

An Apple attorney said the company was disappointed but not surprised that the govt would continue to fight in New York after giving up in California. Photo: AFP

US to continue appeal of iPhone data case in New York

3 min read . 09 Apr 2016

A file photo shows demonstrators displaying iPads with messages on their screens outside an Apple store in Boston. Photo: AP

FBI trick for breaking into iPhone likely to leak, limiting its use

3 min read . 03 Apr 2016

Apple chief Tim Cook said the court’s demand threatened the security of Apple’s customers and had “implications far beyond the legal case at hand.” Photo: Reuters

Apple opposes order to help unlock California shooter’s phone

2 min read . 17 Feb 2016