(Getty Images / Scoop News Group) One private equity firm sells Checkmarx to another for $1 billion Private equity deals usually involve mature companies, and typically result in restructuring with an eye on another sale in the future. Mar 16, 2020 By Jeff Stone
the software pulls information from Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Line, an end-to-end encrypted messaging application that’s popular in Asia. (Flickr user StevenW / CC-BY-2.0) Google, Samsung patch voice assistant flaws that could have allowed access to device’s camera Both companies fixed the issues in July. Nov 19, 2019 By Jeff Stone
CheckMarx researchers were able to turn an Amazon Echo into a remote voice recorder. (Flickr user Rob Albright / CC-BY-2.0) Researchers found a semi-legit way to turn an Amazon Echo into a wiretap The research describes how an inherent design flaw could turn the Echo into a remote voice recorder. Apr 26, 2018 By Chris Bing