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Microsoft is urging Windows users to immediately install an update after security researchers found a serious vulnerability in the operating system.

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Richard Branson will take a rocket-powered space plane on a 2,400 mile-per-hour ride to the edge of space this weekend. That’s if everything goes according to plan. And there’s plenty that could go wrong. The rocket motor could fail to light up. The cabin could lose pressure and threaten the

CNN’s Rachel Crane looks at the race between billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson to be the first in space.

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Microsoft is urging Windows users to immediately install an update after security researchers found a serious vulnerability in the operating system. The security flaw, known as PrintNightmare, affects the Windows Print Spooler service. Researchers at cybersecurity company Sangfor accidentally published a how-to guide for exploiting it. The researchers tweeted in

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Businesses and governments around the world are scrambling to understand yet another major ransomware attack that hit over the weekend, which could potentially cost tens of millions of dollars and affect more than 1,000 other companies. Hackers hit a range of IT management companies and compromised their corporate clients by

Software vendor Kaseya says that between 800 and 1,500 businesses have been compromised by the recent ransomware attack. CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports.

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Twitter is in uncharted waters in one of its largest markets. The social media company no longer has immunity over content posted on its platform by third parties in India, according to a court filing submitted Monday by the Indian government. The court has yet to weigh in on the

By Ellie Kaufman and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Department of Defense is canceling a controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract that had been awarded to Microsoft over Amazon under the Trump administration. The department announced Tuesday that it is canceling the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract that was previously awarded to Microsoft. It will

Andy Jassy takes over the role of Amazon CEO from Jeff Bezos as the company faces an antitrust push along with criticism over worker treatment. CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports.

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business A ransomware attack on a single software vendor may have impacted as many as 1,500 businesses around the world, in the latest example of cyber criminals crippling computer systems and demanding millions of dollars to restore them. The list of high-profile ransomware attacks grows longer and more alarming by the

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Changes to Hong Kong’s data protection laws could force some companies to stop providing services in the city, according to an industry group that represents some of the world’s top tech firms. The prospect of a retreat from Hong Kong was floated in a letter released publicly this week by

By Laura He, CNN Business Just one day after ride-hailing giant Didi was banned from app stores in China, authorities have started investigating three other major technology services, citing concerns about national data security. The companies under investigation recently went public in the US stock market, even though geopolitical tensions between the two countries remain

Ride-hailer Didi raised $4.4 billion in the IPO, giving it a valuation of more than $67 billion. CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports.

By Sam Fossum and Arlette Saenz, CNN Business The White House on Sunday urged companies who believe their systems were compromised in the ransomware attack that targeted software vendor Kaseya to immediately report it to the Internet Crime Complaint Center. “Since Friday, the United States Government has been working across the interagency to assess the

By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Didi, China’s largest ride-hailing service, continues to fall into deeper trouble with Chinese regulators. The Cyberspace Administration of China on Sunday banned Didi from app stores after saying it posed a cybersecurity risk for customers. “Didi Chuxing app is found to have severely violated the laws by illegally collecting and

During a trip to Michigan, President Joe Biden addressed the latest ransomware attack by the same group that hit meat supplier JBS Foods last spring, this time impacting a key software vendor known as Kaseya whose products are widely used by IT management companies. CNN’s Arlette Saenz has more.

by Brian Fung, CNN Business US cyber officials are tracking a major new ransomware attack by the same group that hit meat supplier JBS Foods this spring. This time, the REvil malware has hit a wide range of IT management companies and compromised hundreds of their corporate clients. The cybercriminal gang, which is believed to

FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia talks with CNN’s Julia Chatterley about the acceleration of cybercrime and the risks of paying ransoms.