Microsoft Corp.’s 365 Defender Research Team today issued a warning in relation to a malware campaign that seeks to inject ads silently into search results in multiple browsers. Dubbed “Adrozek,” the persistent malware campaign, believed to have first emerged in May is designed to inject ads into search engine results pages. The malware affects multiple browsers, ...

Cloud hosting and information technology services provider Netgain Technology Inc. has been struck by a ransomware attack that has forced the company to take some of its data centers offline. According to Bleeping Computer Wednesday, the ransomware attack was first reported by Netgain to its customers on Nov. 24. An email Dec. 4 warned customers of ...

Israeli cloud security startup Wiz Inc. has emerged out of stealth with the announcement of $100 million in new funding to allow it to scale up to meet customer demand. The Series A round included Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners and Cyberstarts. Under the deal, Doug Leone, global managing partner at Sequoia Capital, Shardul Shah, partner at Index ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, with the support of 46 states, the District of Columbia and Guam, have finally filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook Inc. alleging that the social media giant undertook a multiyear course of unlawful conduct. The lawsuit, more than a year in the making, specifically targets Facebook over its 2012 acquisition of ...

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., better known as Foxconn, has been struck by a ransomware attack that briefly caused issues at its production facilities in Mexico and resulted in data stolen. First reported Monday by Bleeping Computer, the ransomware attack occurred over the Thanksgiving weekend and involved the infamous DoppelPaymer gang. The attack, which targeted the Foxconn plant ...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is planning to announce its latest range of flagship smartphones in the new year as a teaser trailer for the devices leaked online. The date hasn’t been officially announced, but Android Police, referencing unnamed sources, said the next Samsung Unpacked event that will debut the new S series range will be held ...

Security researchers have discovered 33 vulnerabilities in four open-source libraries used by millions of connected devices that make them vulnerable to hacking. Detailed today by researchers at Forescout Technologies Inc., the vulnerabilities, dubbed “Amnesia:33,” affect source TCP-IP stacks uIP, FNET, picoTCP and Nut/Net. The vulnerabilities primarily cause memory corruption, allowing attackers to compromise devices, execute malicious code, ...

Cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. has been hacked, as security testing tools were stolen by what the company believes were state-sponsored attackers. Those behind the attack, who are also described as “a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities,” are said to be “highly trained in operational security and executed with discipline and focus” and “operated clandestinely, using methods that ...

Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup Orca Security Ltd. announced today it has raised $55 million in new funding to expand its cloud security and compliance capabilities, hire more people open new sales offices in the U.K. and Australia. The Series B round was led by ICONIQ Growth and included previous investors GGV Capital, YL Ventures and Silicon Valley CISO Investments. Founded ...

Shares of Coupa Software Inc. rose in after-hours trading today after the payments software firm beat expectations in its quarterly earnings report. For the quarter ending Oct. 31, Coupa reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of revenue of $11.6 million, or 18 cents a share, on a revenue rise of 31%, to $133 million, from a ...