A retired brigadier general has been appointed as the first chief information security officer (CISO) for the US federal government. The appointment was announced yesterday as part of Barack Obama's...
Intel has sold the Intel Security business for $4.2bn to private equity firm TPG, despite paying $7.7bn for the business in 2010 when it was called McAfee. The chip firm will receive $3.1bn in cash...
Google will start to downgrade HTTP sites on its Chrome browser from January 2017 by marking them out as less secure in a bid to stop people visiting sites run by crooks and scammers. The move means...
The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are now out for pre-order, although buyers are likely to face a wait for the device as shipping times have slipped already. Orders opened at 8am UK time on Friday. The...
The finance department is most at risk from insider threats, according to the results of research carried out by V3's sister site Computing. Respondents were asked to rank corporate departments in order...
Gumtree has announced that the site now has over 15 million mobile visitors a week, almost twice the number of desktop visitors. The company said that the 15 million figure is an 18 per cent increase...
Google has announced plans to acquire API management firm Apigee in a deal worth $625m. Shares in Apigee rose seven per cent on the news. APIs are becoming more integral to businesses' digital operations...