A defense funding bill signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday included $3 billion in funding to help telecom firms remove and replace Chinese technology used in their businesses. The so-called “rip and replace” provision in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act targets equipment from companies such as Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and ZTE ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order requiring Marriott International Inc. and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide LLC to implement a comprehensive information security program to settle charges following multiple hacks of the hotel group that led to the theft of details of 344 million customers globally. In its complaint, the ...

North Korean hackers linked to the infamous Lazarus hacking group have been identified as being behind the theft of more than 4,500 bitcoins from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin earlier this year. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in conjunction with the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center and National Police Agency of Japan, has revealed ...

A new report out today from Fortinet Inc.’s FortiGuard Labs is warning of two newly discovered malicious Python packages that pose a high risk of credential theft, data exfiltration and unauthorized system access. The first vulnerability, Zebo-0.1.0, was found to demonstrate sophisticated malware behavior, including obfuscation techniques to hide its functionality and make it difficult ...

Honey, a browser extension and coupon site owned by PayPal Holdings Inc. since 2019, is being accused of deceptive practices that potentially harm both consumers and content creators. The accusations come from YouTube creator MegaLag, who claims in a recent 23-minute long YouTube video that the popular extension engages in unethical practices such as intercepting ...

Japan’s Fair Trade Commission is reportedly planning to or has already sent a cease-and-desist order to Google LLC’s Japan office, accusing Google of breaching Japan’s antimonopoly laws by forcing smartphone manufacturers to include the Google search app on their smartphones. The exact status of the order is unclear. The Japan Times said today that the Japanese ...

Observability startup Coralogix Ltd. announced today that it has acquired machine learning observability startup Aporia Technologies Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2019, Aporia offers a machine-learning observability platform that specializes in monitoring and controlling undetected defects and failures in machine learning models. The company offers tools for data scientists and machine learning teams to monitor, ...

Apple Inc. is reportedly developing a number of smart home devices, including a previously unreported smart doorbell that could allow users to unlock their homes by scanning their faces. The claims come from the usually reliable Apple analyst Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, who believes that Apple is planning a number of home-related announcements and updates ...

The enterprise technology market is set to undergo transformative changes in 2025, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence, crypto and vertical integration, according to the annual 2025 Enterprise Technology Outlook report from PitchBook Data Inc. To no one’s surprise, given the massive growth in the sector through 2024, the report leads with AI and machine learning. OpenAI ...

More than 3 million records and 1.29 terabytes of data belonging to a prominent artificial intelligence startup have been found exposed on a misconfigured cloud storage system. Discovered by security researcher Jeremiah Fowler and detailed by Website Planet, the unprotected database was allegedly found to belong to Builder.ai, an AI-powered software development platform provider that had ...