Travel services company Sabre Corp. said in a SEC filing that its investigating a data breach in its Hospitality Solutions reservation system.
Google Shuts Down Docs Phishing Spree
Google has removed offending accounts involved in a widespread phishing attack today impersonating Google Docs.
Netflix declines to pay Orange is the New Black ransom to hacker
It’s never great when a company has a data breach and IP is stolen – but perhaps this one isn’t so bad for Netflix after all
Fraudsters draining accounts with ‘SIM swaps’ – what to do
If crooks can get a new SIM issued in your name, they take over your phone number and your text messages… and your phone goes dead.
News in brief: China plans its own Wikipedia; social media firms face huge fines; TalkTalk duo plead guilty
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Want to get your Android phone purring? Don’t install Full Optimizer
Full Optimizer and its little brother, Full Optimizer Lite, don’t optimize your phone – instead they aggressively deliver ads. Here’s what SophosLabs has learned about these apps
Tinder orders researcher to remove dataset of 40,000 profile pictures
Faces scraped from Tinder were being used to train artificial intelligence, according to the researcher
Etsy Announces Its CEO Is Stepping Down; Plans To Cut 8% of Workforce
Etsy is saying goodbye to CEO Chad Dickerson and CTO John Allspaw, and hello to former Skype and Evite CEO Josh Silverman and VP of Engineering Mike Brittain. “The Board decided that it was time for new leadership to take…
Microsoft Is Bringing Office to the Windows Store
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: At its Microsoft EDU event in New York City today, the company announced it is bringing Microsoft Office to the Windows Store. We’re talking about the full Win32 version of Office —…
Tesla Executives Linked To Investment In a Startup That Focuses On 'Materials Recycling'
According to CNBC, “Two Tesla executives have been named as directors of a company called Redwood Materials, which appears to focus on technology to recycle and reuse manufacturing materials.” From the report: Jeffrey Straubel, chief technical officer, and Andrew Stevenson,…