A new architecture for computer processors, unveiled by Microsoft this morning under the name “Pluton,” will take security technologies that currently exist in a separate hardware component in Windows PCs… Read More
Microsoft announced Monday that it used a court order and technical collaboration with telecommunications providers to disrupt Trickbot, a ransomware distributor that could pose a threat to the upcoming elections.… Read More
Seattle startup Strike Graph raised a $3.9 million seed round led by Madrona Venture Group. The company, founded less than a year ago and spun out of Madrona Venture Labs, helps… Read More
Portland, Ore.-based startup Eclypsium raised $13 million to help expand its enterprise hardware security technology. Founded in 2017, the company helps detect, analyze, and prevent security threats at the firmware… Read More
Mårten Mickos is the CEO of HackerOne, a San Francisco-based venture that is hired by other companies to deploy squadrons of hackers to uncover vulnerabilities in their technologies. A native… Read More
A new spinout from Seattle-based startup studio Madrona Venture Labs wants to help companies protect data flowing through their various cloud apps. Simplata Technologies is led by co-founders Steve Banfield,… Read More
Avast’s new secure, private mobile web browser for Android traces its roots to the company’s previously unreported acquisition of Seattle startup Tenta last year. The antivirus and security technology company,… Read More
Microsoft purchased the Corp.com domain to help protect PC customers from potential hacking. Security researcher Brian Krebs first reported the news. Corp.com is dangerous because “hundreds of thousands of confused… Read More
Auth0 is using its first acquisition to roll out a new product that combats cyberattacks such as credential stuffing and phishing. The Bellevue, Wash.-based startup acquired Apility.io, an “anti-abuse API”… Read More
As Seattle and Silicon Valley grapple with the impact of the novel coronavirus, Microsoft fixed a large batch of vulnerabilities Tuesday, as part of its regular monthly software updates. According… Read More
Microsoft worked with partners across 35 countries to disrupt Necurs, one of “the world’s most prolific botnets” that infected more than nine million computers worldwide, according to the company. The… Read More
The first U.S. election to make mobile voting available to all eligible voters went off without a hitch — at least according to the organizers of the pilot. An audit… Read More
Seattle-based Watchguard Technologies announced Monday that it will acquire Panda Security, a 30-year-old Madrid-based company that sells endpoint protection software. “In the short term, the acquisition of Panda Security makes… Read More
Federal lawmakers are asking Amazon to provide details on Ring’s partnerships with local police dating back to 2013. The U.S. House subcommittee on economic and consumer policy sent Amazon a… Read More
Concerns about international intellectual property theft are feeding into the formulation of new guidelines for auditing federal research funding. And the White House’s science adviser, Kelvin Droegemeier, says he’s trying… Read More
Just two weeks after the meltdown of the Iowa Democratic Party’s caucuses because of a mobile app, mobile apps and election security are in the news again, this time with… Read More
The technical difficulties in Iowa’s Democratic caucuses Monday are being closely watched by companies developing new app-based election technologies, including a pilot slated to be rolled out in a Seattle-area… Read More
Did the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia really hack into Jeff Bezos’ phone? It sure looks that way, based on a forensic analysis of what happened after a video was… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ smartphone is back in the news. After days of second-hand reports that the Amazon founder and Washington Post owner’s phone was hacked by none other than Saudi Crown… Read More
Microsoft is poised to test a new millimeter-wave body scanner at four locations, according to two filings made with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the past weeks. The device… Read More
Cyber attacks against companies are becoming increasingly common and more expensive. Those troubling stats help explain the rapid growth of companies such as Seattle’s ExtraHop that focus on protecting enterprises… Read More
Today is the final day for public security updates for Windows 7. It is also the day when, as security writer Brian Krebs reports, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)… Read More
Amazon confirmed Thursday that its subsidiary Ring fired employees for attempting to access customer video data beyond the scope of their jobs. Amazon public policy lead Brian Huseman disclosed the… Read More
Microsoft released a new tool Thursday that scans online chats for people seeking to sexually exploit children. It’s part of a broader push by the technology industry to crack down… Read More
Jamie Siminoff won’t be deterred. The Ring CEO told GeekWire as much at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Siminoff said he is determined to “stay the… Read More
An 8-year-old in Mississippi, a Georgia woman lying in bed, a Michigan family watching TV, and dozens of other Ring users were harassed by hackers via their home security cameras… Read More
Ring, the Amazon-owned home security and video doorbell company, will update its app to let customers opt out of receiving requests for videos on behalf of police investigating neighborhood crimes.… Read More
Zonar Systems, a Seattle-based company that provides electronic fleet inspection and tracking systems for public and private fleets, experienced a firmware glitch on Thursday affecting a significant number of its… Read More
What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn, and as I was editing GeekWire contributing writer Christopher Budd’s… Read More
Post updated at 6 p.m. on Dec. 29. Seattle-area startup Wyze, a provider of home video cameras and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices, announced on Dec. 26 that it… Read More