Up to 60,000 computer systems exposed in Germany to Microsoft flaw: BSI

As many as 60,000 computer systems in Germany were exposed to a flaw that allows unauthorized users to access systems in Microsoft Corp’s email software, the head of its cybersecurity watchdog said on Wednesday.

Science and Tech 11 Mar, 2021

After big hack of US government, Biden enlists 'world class' cybersecurity team

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO: President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the US government works to recover from one of the biggest hacks...

World 22 Jan, 2021

Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it found malicious software in its systems related to a massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week, adding a top technology target to a growing list of attacked government...

Science and Tech 18 Dec, 2020

Facebook faces US lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp

WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it used a “buy or bury” strategy to...

Science and Tech 10 Dec, 2020

Micosoft will buy video game maker ZeniMax for $7.5 billion

REDMOND: Microsoft is buying the company behind popular video games The Elder Scrolls, Doom and Fallout. The software giant said Monday that it is paying $7.5 billion for ZeniMax Media, the parent company of video game publisher Bethesda...

Science and Tech 22 Sep, 2020

China's ByteDance gets Trump nod to avoid TikTok shutdown

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States, even as it appeared to conflict with his earlier order for China's ByteDance to...

Business 20 Sep, 2020

TikTok says it has not received a bid from Centricus and Triller

NEW YORK: Investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd and social media app Triller Inc have not submitted an offer for the TikTok assets that China’s ByteDance is seeking to a divest, a spokesman for the short video app said on...

Science and Tech 29 Aug, 2020

TikTok to challenge Trump's executive order

TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance, confirming an earlier Reuters report. Reuters...

Science and Tech 23 Aug, 2020

Trump gets verified account on TikTok competitor Triller

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller, another sign of the White House’s disfavor toward the ByteDance-owned video-sharing app. Triller is one of several TikTok alternatives that have...

World 16 Aug, 2020

Twitter expressed interest in buying TikTok's US operations: sources

Twitter Inc has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the US operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as experts raised doubts over Twitter's ability to put...

World 09 Aug, 2020

Trump issues bans on China's TikTok, WeChat, stoking tension with Beijing

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on US transactions with China's ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of messenger app WeChat, in a major escalation of tensions with...

World 07 Aug, 2020

US steps up campaign to purge 'untrusted' Chinese apps

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration said on Wednesday it was stepping up efforts to purge "untrusted" Chinese apps from US digital networks and called the Chinese-owned short-video app TikTok and messenger app WeChat "significant threats." US...

Science and Tech 06 Aug, 2020