Private equity firm Thoma Bravo said today it plans to buy UK-based cyber-security giant Sophos for $7.40 per share, for a total value of $3.9 billion, both companies announced today. From a report: The sale price represents a 37% premium on the Sophos market trading price, as recorded on Friday, at the end of the…

A great way to start the week. …read more Source:: CNet

Firm admits it has considered a bricks-as-a-service biz model Beloved brick maker Lego is considering a rental service as part of a drive to improve sustainability in a world where hatred of plastic is threatening their attractiveness as a toy.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Over the weekend, reports emerged that claimed that Apple was sending users’ browsing details to Tencent to run it against Chinese company’s safe browsing feature. In a statement on Monday, an Apple spokesperson has offered a clarification: Apple protects user privacy and safeguards your data with Safari Fraudulent Website Warning, a security feature that flags…

Tamper Protection prevents malware from disabling Windows Defender features. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The latest version of the second-factor security key is compatible with Android, Chrome OS, macOS, and Windows devices …read more Source:: ZDNet

Journalists are increasingly concerned about what cloud providers may access or share with governments – and companies should worry as well. …read more Source:: DarkReading

You know, co-founder of the Belfast-based reseller Munich-based Cancom Group is paying £70m to acquire public-sector reseller Novosco.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

An anonymous reader shares a report: More than a year has passed since Bloomberg Businessweek grabbed the lapels of the cybersecurity world with a bombshell claim: that Supermicro motherboards in servers used by major tech firms, including Apple and Amazon, had been stealthily implanted with a chip the size of a rice grain that allowed…

For those who aren’t into spending four digits on a new phone. …read more Source:: CNet