by ray | Jan 2, 2023 | General News, Security, Tech News
Google has announced a massive $5.4 billion deal to acquire the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, Inc. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval, but Google says it expects the deal to close later this year. If it goes through, it would be Google’s...
by ray | Nov 14, 2022 | Security, Amazon, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Web, Wordpress
What Is a Web Application Firewall? Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) are software that monitor and filter traffic to a website with the goal of stopping anything harmful. WAFs look at web traffic before it gets to the website’s server, monitoring for potential...
by ray | Jul 4, 2022 | Tech News, Security
Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million to settle claims that it lied about offering end-to-end encryption and gave user data to Facebook and Google without the consent of users. The settlement between Zoom and the filers of a class-action lawsuit also covers security...
by ray | Jul 4, 2022 | Security, Tech News
NortonLifeLock Inc. is set to buy Avast Plc in a deal valued at as much as $8.6 billion, giving the U.S. cybersecurity company access to one of the biggest customer bases in the industry. Avast stockholders will receive cash and shares that value the deal at $8.1...
by ray | Jan 19, 2022 | Security, Tech News
Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration’s head of the Department of Homeland Security and members of the department’s cybersecurity staff whose jobs included hunting threats from foreign countries, The Associated...
by ray | Jan 19, 2022 | Security, Tech News
A cyberattack on Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT -2.43% Exchange email software is believed to have infected tens of thousands of businesses, government offices and schools in the U.S., according to people briefed on the matter. Many of those victims...
