The Ziggy ransomware group has shut down and released a decryption key amid concern that it may be targeted by law enforcement, according to a report today from Bleeping Computer. The group reportedly announced on a Telegram group that it would be shutting down, with a message that included the phrase “we are very sad about what ...

Tens of thousands of patient records stolen from two hospital chains have been published on the dark web, the shady corner of the internet where illicit goods are sold. The records were stolen from Leon Medical Centers, which serves eight locations in Miami, Florida and Nocona General Hospital, which has three locations in Texas, according to a ...

A new botnet has been discovered in the wild that targets Android devices to facilitate distributed denial-of-service attacks. Discovered and detailed Tuesday by researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab, the botnet was first detected on Jan. 26. It was initially believed to be an outbreak of the infamous Mirai botnet, but further investigation found that the network traffic ...

Cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform startup DroneDeploy announced today it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand its products beyond aerial capture, accelerate its expansion into Europe and explore opportunities for strategic acquisitions. The Series E round was led by Energize Ventures and AirTree and included Bessemer Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Emergence, AngelPad, Uncork ...

Genetic testing company 23andMe Inc. today announced it will go public via a special-purpose acquisition company, the latest tech startup to take the SPAC route. Under the deal, valued at $3.5 billion, 23andMe will merge with VG Acquisition Corp., a SPAC founded by Virgin founder Richard Branson. As part of the deal, 23andMe will also raise $250 ...

A recently discovered root exploit vulnerability in Linux has been found to affect Apple Inc.’s macOS as well. The vulnerability allows for an attacker to trigger a so-called heap overflow in Sudo, a program for Unix-like computer operating systems. It allow users to run security privileges of another user in order to gain access to ...

A newly detected form of malware has been detected in the wild, targeting Kubernetes clusters for cryptocurrency mining. Detailed today by security researchers at Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s Unit 42, the malware, dubbed “Hildegard,” was first detected in January and is believed to have been designed by the TeamTNT threat group. Hildegard targets Kubernetes clusters via ...

Webcasting firm ON24 Inc. found strong support on its debut on the New York Stock Exchange today as its share price popped almost 42%. ON24 went into its IPO with its shares priced at $50 per share with an offering of 8.56 million shares of common stock. Its share price hit a high of $79.40 ...

Online financial services startup Payoneer Inc., a company often compared to PayPal Holdings Inc., today announced plans to go public via a special-purpose acquisition company in a $3.3 billion deal. Payoneer will merge with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp. and as a part of the deal will receive $300 million from investors that include Wellington Management, Dragoneer ...

Microsoft Corp. identified in December that a second suspected nation-state actor was involved in the now infamous hack of SolarWinds Worldwide LLC, but up until today the narrative in the mainstream media has been that it was just Russian hackers despite proof to the contrary. Although Russian hackers may well have been involved, finally it’s now ...