Its quarterly report says that a state-sponsored actor had access to the company’s network in late 2014

Russian Hackers Launch Targeted Cyberattacks Hours After Trump's Win
Hours after Donald Trump won the Presidential Election, a group of hackers that is widely believed to be Russian and was involved in the breach of the Democratic National Committee launched a wave of attacks against dozens of people working…

Google Says There Are Now 2 Billion Active Chrome Installs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google is hosting its Chrome Dev Summit today. There hasn’t been a lot of news out of the event, but one number that stood out in today’s keynote by Chrome Engineering VP…

Instagram Brings Mentions, Links, and Boomerang To Stories
Instagram Stories will soon be receiving several big new features that will help users build “deeper connections” and “tell a richer story.” An update rolling out Thursday will bring mentions, links and Boomerang support to Stories. Mashable reports: With the…

How President Trump Could Destroy Net Neutrality
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Donald Trump’s presidential election victory could have dire consequences for U.S. internet freedom and openness, according to several tech policy experts and public interest advocates surveyed by Motherboard on Wednesday. The Republican…

Browser Use On Mobile Devices Exceeds PC Browsing Worldwide: StatCounter
Google is only expected to push the mobile web further now that there are 2 billion active Chrome installs. At the Chrome Dev Summit, Google’s vice president of Chrome engineering and the conference’s opening speaker said, “We have over 2…

OAuth 2.0 Hack Exposes 1 Billion Mobile Apps to Account Hijacking
Mobile app developers need to be aware of improper OAuth 2.0 implementations that have put one billion mobile apps at risk to takeover.

Yahoo Tells SEC It Knew About Data Breach in 2014
Yahoo’s latest SEC filing includes confirmation that it knew attackers were on its network in 2014 and stole information on 500 million accounts.

Siemens Discloses Local Privilege Escalation Bug in SCADA Gear
Siemens is warning customers of a local privilege escalation vulnerability that leaves over a dozen models of its SCADA equipment open to attack.

Signal Audit Reveals Protocol Cryptographically Sound
Academics audited the popular end-to-end encryption app Signal and their findings are encouraging.