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Xbox users's private conversations eavesdropped by Microsoft contractors
Microsoft contractors listened-in on Xbox users - often picking up private conversations when users hadn't even 'hailed' the console
Security researcher Vasily Kravets warns of second zero-day Steam vulnerability
Valve banned Kravets from its security notification programme after he was forced to go public on a rejected security flaw
Splunk acquires monitoring and analytics firm SignalFx for $1.05 billion
Splunk claims SignalFX acquisition will enable it to offer application performance management from cloud-based apps to on-premise applications
Russian hacking group Silence APT now aggressively targeting banks across Asia-Pacific
Financial damage linked to Silence APT has increased about five times over the past year
VMware buys security start-up Intrinsic to boost cloud expansion
Intrinsic acquisition will enable software developers to securely tap serverless computing
Intel unveils 'Spring Hill' - its first artificial intelligence chip
Facebook has already started using Intel's new 'Spring Hill' AI chip, according to Intel
Apple slammed by developers over 'anti-competitive' privacy changes to iOS 13
App makers claim that Apple's tightened privacy permissions won't apply to Apple apps
Visa adds new payment security services to combat emerging frauds
New payment fraud services from Visa includes a tool to probe websites for card-data skimmer malware
Vulnerabilities in Google Nest Cam IQ Indoor camera could allow attackers to take over a device
Denial of service, code execution and information disclosure bugs found in Google's Nest Cam IQ indoor camera system
Facebook awards $100,000 to German researchers for their work on the ERIM security idea
The Internet Defence Prize is a partnership between Facebook and the USENIX security conference
Second-gen AMD Epyc CPUs have broken 11 performance world records, claims Gigabyte
New AMD Epyc benchmarks indicates that Intel has a big fight on its hands in the data centre
Botched Apple iOS 12.4 update leaves iPhones and iPads open to 'jailbreak'
Security flaw fixed in iOS 12.3 accidentally unpatched in iOS 12.4
Twitter and Facebook suspend hundreds of accounts linked to China spreading 'disinformation' about Hong Kong protests
Twitter suspended 936 accounts, while Facebook deleted multiple pages and groups
Microsoft acquires jClarity to boost performance of Java workloads on Azure
Microsoft is already participating in the open source AdoptOpenJDK project to help build OpenJDK binaries
Three switches on its 5G network in London - prompting advert complaint from EE
EE complains that Three's adverts, claiming that "If it's not Three, it's not real 5G", are misleading.
Shortlist announced for UK IT Industry Awards 2019
We've spent almost half a year gathering entries and winnowing them down to the absolute cream of UK IT
Blockchain latest news: Agoric's plans for smart contracts that span multiple blockchains
CTO Dean Tribble on how interoperable blockchains could kickstart a new economy
Trump: US won't do business with Huawei on security grounds - regardless of any trade deal
Some parts of Huawei's business could be exempted from wider US sanctions - but most of the company's business will remain banned
Cyber Security Live: Predict, protect and survive
Strategy and tactics to fend off evolving threats
US Cyber Command releases malware samples linked to North Korean hackers
One sample appears to be the same piece of malware which the US agencies warned about in May
Capital One management was alerted by staff of multiple security issues prior to data breach
Employees were unhappy that routine cybersecurity measures were being neglected
Microsoft admits recording Skype and Cortana voice conversations
But it's purely to help improve the service for our dear customers, Microsoft claims
APIs are 'rich targets' for hackers, warn security researchers
Researchers at F5 Labs claim that APIs have become an easy target for hackers.
Capital One hacker may have hacked more than 30 other companies, claim prosecutors
Paige Thompson could face up to five years in prison if found guilty
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