Twistlock has raised $17 million in new Series B funding to fuel future growth, and it plans to make that money go as far as it can by searching for… Read More
The challenges of fighting for online privacy and data security are very real to Craig Spiezle, president and executive director of the Bellevue, Wash.-based Online Trust Alliance (OTA). Less than… Read More
New cybersecurity threats are challenging the ability of technology companies and traditional antivirus software companies to keep up, according to a new report from Seattle-based network security company WatchGuard Technologies. The… Read More
As many of the world’s biggest urban centers implement Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in a quest to become “smart cities” — making greater use of connected cameras, sensors and more —… Read More
The past few years have been big for the Internet of Things (IoT), and the future of the connected device industry looks even brighter. Research firm IHS forecasts that the… Read More
Giri Sreenivas and Dirk Sigurdson already launched and sold one security company. Now they’ve raised a sizable seed investment round from top venture firms for another security-related startup. The Seattle-area entrepreneurs… Read More
BOSTON – It’s always risky for geeks to give advice to geeks, but when security experts who have worked with organizations ranging from Facebook to DARPA to the FBI are the… Read More
With the cloud revolution underway, everyone wants to know what computing will look like — and where the biggest market opportunities will be — when the dust settles. Amazon Web… Read More
Last October, when a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks knocked out major websites like Amazon and Twitter, one financial firm was prepared. The company was an early tester… Read More
The public-cloud services offered by both Amazon and Microsoft have received new, higher levels of federal authorization to deal with sensitive data. Microsoft’s Azure Government got a “provisional authorization” for… Read More
A brief time ago in a theater close, close by … I saw a group of heroic rebel hackers infiltrate a protected perimeter to steal dangerous intellectual property from the… Read More
Google Cloud Platform is moving to improve its cloud security, beta testing a variety of encryption key-management services that would let end-users control their own security. Keys are text strings, such… Read More
Seattle startup OfferUp, the Seattle-based Craigslist competitor that last year become one of the pacific northwest’s few unicorns, is hiring for a unique position. The startup is looking for a… Read More
Yahoo’s sale to Verizon could be in jeopardy or severely discounted due to its recent disclosure about a 2013 data breach. This isn’t just a big company problem; smaller firms… Read More
NEW YORK CITY — It’s very hard to make privacy and security sexy. The folks at Mozilla and the Tactical Technology Collective have done just that this month with a… Read More
The majority of social media users don’t realize hackers can attack them simply using the power of observation. People share personal photos on social media platforms all the time. You… Read More
A little more than a month after a massive online assault took down Reddit, Netflix, Twitter and other major online properties, cloud giant Amazon Web Services this morning unveiled a new… Read More
A simple, decade-old hacker trick likely led to the hacking of critical Hillary Clinton staff members. If John Podesta can fall for it, with the Presidential election at stake, so can you.… Read More
The rivalry between Microsoft and Google might not match the one between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but it goes back many more years, and it’s surfacing again this week in a story… Read More
Editor’s Note: Corey Nachreiner, CTO at WatchGuard Technologies, is a regular GeekWire contributor. Over the past several years, hacking and information security have emerged from the shadows to sit center… Read More
Nearly 500,000 people in Washington were affected by data breaches in the past year, according to a new report from Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The vast majority resulted… Read More
The FCC today ruled that when it comes to your personal information, Internet service providers (IPS) are more like telephone companies and less like websites — and so it has… Read More
Some Amazon Web Services customers were affected by Friday’s massive DDoS internet attacks, AWS chief Andy Jassy acknowledged today during the Wall Street Journal’s WSJDLive2016 technology conference. The attacks targeted… Read More
DNS host Dyn is continuing to deal with issues caused by a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks Friday that knocked out service to major websites, including Amazon, Twitter,… Read More
Several major websites, including Amazon, Twitter, Spotify, Reddit, and more, were knocked out early Friday after apparent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Gizmodo reported that Dyn, a DNS host,… Read More
With U.S. officials openly blaming Russia for hacker attacks on state election computer systems, and the myriad possibilities for election chaos such attacks raise, it’s important to put them in… Read More
The U.S. intelligence community is formally accusing the Russian government of playing a role in email hacks aimed at casting the Democratic Party in an embarrassing light and influencing the… Read More
[Spoiler Alert] Don’t read further unless you’ve finished watching the Mr. Robot season 2 finale (eps2.9_pyth0n-pt2.p7z). This article reveals some of the technical and plot points and hidden secrets of… Read More
ATLANTA, GA. — Microsoft today unveiled what it calls the most secure browser for enterprise customers, along with expanded security features for Office 365 users. At its Ignite conference in… Read More
Yahoo revealed today that at least half a billion of its users were hacked in late 2014, probably by a state actor. The breach may have exposed users’ names, email… Read More