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A French court ruled Tuesday that Ikea had set up an elaborate system to illegally spy on hundreds of employees and job applicants over several years, using private detectives as well as police sources.

Poland's parliament said it will hold a closed-door session Wednesday to discuss a wave of cyber attacks against the EU member that the government called "unprecedented"."We'll listen to explanations and information from the prime minister (Mateusz Morawiecki)," Deputy Speaker Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska told reporters on Tuesday.

John Lambert, General Manager  of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center, discusses how it’s more important than ever for defenders and organizations to come together and better share information that can help the entire ecosystem protect against emerging threats.

Identity management provider Elisity on Tuesday announced that it secured $26 million in Series A funding, bringing the total raised by the company to $33.5 million.The new funding round was co-led by Two Bear Capital and AllegisCyber Capital, with participation from previous investor Atlantic Bridge.

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A researcher says he has earned $30,000 through Facebook’s bug bounty program for reporting an Instagram vulnerability that exposed private posts.

Japanese multinational corporation Fujifilm on Monday reported that it has restored operations following a recent ransomware attack.Founded in 1934 and headquartered in Tokyo, the company operates in a broad range of areas, including photography, office and medical electronics, optics, biotechnology, and chemicals.

A former government contractor who was given the longest federal prison sentence imposed for leaks to the news media has been released from prison to home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Monday.

Google this week announced the introduction of client-side encryption in Google Workspace, which is meant to provide users with control over the encryption keys used to keep their data safe.

Technology research company Comparitech on Monday said its researchers discovered that a cybersecurity firm had exposed a database containing more than 5 billion user records.

A cyberespionage campaign blamed on China was more sweeping than previously known, with suspected state-backed hackers exploiting a device meant to boost internet security to penetrate the computers of critical U.S. entities.

Financial institutions have always been at the forefront of battling cybercrime. As one of the most targeted industries, they face multiple threats, such as phishing, spear phishing and banking malware.

Apple late Monday shipped an out-of-band iOS update for older iPhones and iPads alongside a warning that a pair of WebKit security vulnerabilities may have been actively exploited.

Following a major software supply chain compromise that exposed data for several major companies, developer tools startup CodeCov plans to kill off the Bash Uploader tool that was responsible for the breach.

A cyberattack targeting Air India was orchestrated by a Chinese nation-state threat actor tracked as APT41, according to cybersecurity firm Group-IB.

Microsoft today announced it disrupted a large-scale business email compromise (BEC) campaign in which the attackers used forwarding rules to access messages related to financial transactions.

Following the devastating attack on Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a fact sheet focusing on the threat posed by ransomware to operational technology (OT) assets and industrial control systems (ICS).

Edge security and content delivery giant Akamai Technologies has tapped Boaz Gelbord to lead its cybersecurity program.

At the latest Group of Seven (G7) summit, held June 11-13 in the UK, Western leaders called on Russia to take action against those who conduct ransomware attacks and other cybercrimes from within its borders.

Cyber skills development platform provider Immersive Labs today announced that it raised $75 million in Series C funding. The round brings the total raised by the company to $123 million.