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Staples notifies customers of data breach. The retailer emailed some customers about unauthorized access of information related to online orders, Bleeping Computer reports. Data compromised could include names, addresses and the last four digits of credit card numbers, among other information, the notification said.
Hackers linked to China have exploited flaws in Microsoft, Citrix products, U.S. officials said. Cyberattacks in recent months linked to Chinese intelligence services used phishing emails as a first step in penetrating the networks of U.S. organizations, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in an alert Monday. Attackers then sought vulnerabilities in networking equipment and software from F5 Networks Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Pulse Secure and Microsoft Corp., CyberScoop reports. The firms have
issued patches, in some cases months ago. User organizations should conduct "a rigorous configuration and patch management program," the alert said.
Google's YouTube accused of misusing children's data in the U.K. Privacy advocates filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google that claims YouTube violates Europe's privacy laws by collecting data about kids under age 13, Bloomberg reports. A YouTube representative declined to comment to the news site about the lawsuit and said the video service isn't intended for children under 13. A specialized app called YouTube Kids is targeted to young children, the representative said.
Microsoft to offer Abnormal Security's email protection products. Under the deal, the email-security startup will move its software onto the tech giant’s Azure cloud. Microsoft, in return, promises to sell Abnormal’s services to its large enterprise clients, The Wall Street Journal reports. In the two years since its founding, Abnormal used Amazon Web Services, spending several million dollars annually on the cloud service. Abnormal’s chief executive, Evan Reiser, said that selling its security service to huge enterprise customers with ties to Microsoft was so attractive it outweighed the downside of making the switch in cloud providers.
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