So much for good intentions: A new feature in Apple Inc.’s iPhone 14 calls 911 when users are on rollercoaster rides. Apple debuted a feature called Crash Detection in iPhone 14 models in September, a feature that uses a dual-core accelerometer and a high dynamic-range gyroscope to detect a severe car crash and automatically call emergency ...

Security researchers at application security testing firm Checkmarx Ltd. have detailed a range of attacks from a previously little-known attack group called “LofyGang” that target online accounts. LofyGang has been found to be linked to more than 200 malicious packages, with thousands of installations throughout 2022. The group, believed to have been operating for more than a ...

Hackers with ties to the Russian government have claimed credit for taking down websites in three U.S. states for politically motivated purposes. Killnet, which first emerged in January, claims to have taken down sites belonging to the states of Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi. The web portals for all three were functioning again as of the ...

French open-source cybersecurity platform startup CrowdSec announced today it has raised €14 million ($13.7 million) in new funding to expand its operations in the U.S. and increase its user network tenfold. Supernova Invest led the Series A round, with Breega also participating. Including the new funding, the company has raised €19.5 million ($19.1 million) to date, according to Crunchbase. Founded ...

A Delaware judge today granted Elon Musk a delay in his trial against Twitter Inc. over his on-again, off-again acquisition despite efforts by Twitter’s lawyers to have the trial proceed as scheduled. The trial, scheduled to start Oct. 17 after a previous attempt by Musk to have it delayed failed, came about after Twitter filed ...

The venture capital market continued to slow in the third quarter, but the number of deals was unexpectedly high, according to a first-look release early Thursday from PitchBook-NVCA ahead of its quarterly Venture Monitor report next week. Describing deal activity as showing “more signs of distress,” the number of VC deals fell for the third consecutive quarter, down ...

A former Amazon Web Services Inc. employee has been sentenced to time served and five years probation for stealing more than 100 million records belonging to Capital One Financial Corp. in 2019. Paige A. Thompson, who worked for AWS as an engineer until 2016, was found guilty in June of seven charges relating to the hack, including ...

Former Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan has been found guilty in a trial on charges that he covered up a security breach at Uber in 2016 that saw the theft of data relating to some 57 million Uber passengers and drivers. Sullivan (pictured) was charged in 2020 with obstruction of justice and “misprision” ...

Researchers at mobile security company Zimperium Inc.’s zLabs today detailed a newly discovered form of Android spyware that is being used to target enterprise devices in the Middle East. Dubbed “RatMilad,” the original variant of the spyware was found hidden behind a virtual private networking and phone number spoofing app called Text Me. After identifying the ...

Wide-area network company Aryaka Networks Inc. today announced the inclusion of Secure Web Gateway and Firewall-as-a-Service to its Zero Trust WAN offering to enable enterprises to enforce security policies across offices and remote users more easily. The additions offer a unified control panel for managing application performance and stability to assist chief information officers in modernizing their ...