McAfee

British-born U.S. technology entrepreneur John McAfee died on June 23  by suicide in a Barcelona prison after the Spanish high court authorized his extradition to the United States on tax evasion charges, his lawyer told Reuters.

McAfee's lawyer, Javier Villalba, said the anti-virus software pioneer died by hanging as his nine months in prison brought him to despair.

Romania's biggest cybersecurity company Bitdefender said on Tuesday that it has acquired Dutch network security analytics company RedSocks, its first acquisition of a tech company in 17 years, in a move to boost its presence on the European market and expand its portfolio.

The purchase was concluded on October 11, said a press release sent to the media by Bitdefender.

A suspected North Korean cybercrime group, known as the “Hidden Cobra,” targeted Turkey’s financial industry earlier this month, U.S.-based cyber firm McAfee claimed on March 8 in a report published on its blog, securingtomorrow.mcafee.com.

The internet has made life easier in a whole lot of ways. Love that convenience? So do criminals, according to cnet.com

A report out Wednesday says cybercrime may now be costing businesses worldwide as much as 0 billion, and it points to the ease of digital crime as the reason.