The price of bitcoin hit another new high today as the cryptocurrency continues its record rally in December. Bitcoin, which surged through $20,000 Dec. 16, then $24,000 Dec. 20, hit $28,221.92 at 6:30 a.m. EST before profit-takers entered the market. Bitcoin was trading $26,721.61 as of 7:30 p.m., still above the $26,000 it passed on ...

IT management software solutions company HelpSystems LLC has acquired data security platform startup Vera Security Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2014, Vera offers a platform that enables organizations to secure, track and revoke access to confidential data across any platform or device. Offering services to customers in financial services, manufacturing, media and entertainment, and other ...

Transform Hospital Group Ltd., a U.K. provider of cosmetic and weight loss surgery, has been hit by ransomware, resulting in the theft of customer data including intimate pictures. Exactly when the attack took place is not clear. Transform, best known in the U.K. for breast enhancement surgery, described it only as a data security breach. ...

Citrix Systems Inc. has issued a threat advisory over a distributed denial-of-service attack that’s actively targeting Citrix Application Delivery Controllers. The campaign involves overwhelming the Citrix ADB Datagram Transport Layer Security network throughput to cause outbound bandwidth exhaustion that can result in potential outages. The effect of the attack is said to be more prominent on ...

21 Buttons La Plataforma APP S.L., a Spain-based technology startup that offers a fashion social network and clothing shop, has suffered a data breach with the records of its users found exposed online. Discovered and publicized today by researchers led by Noam Rotem at vpnMentor, the data was found on an unsecured Amazon Web Services ...

Amazon Web Services Inc.’s Wavelength edge computing service today launched in South Korea on SK Telecom Co. Ltd.’s 5G network, its first deployment in Asia. Wavelength, first rolled out in August, is designed to give latency-sensitive applications a speed boost by placing them physically closer to the data they process. The service allows developers to deploy ...

Cybersecurity startup White Ops Inc. has been acquired by Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Merchant Banking Division in partnership with venture capital firms ClearSky Security Fund and NightDragon. The price of the acquisition, announced today, was not disclosed. Prior to the deal, White Ops had raised $31 million, according to Crunchbase. The acquisition included the purchase of ...

U.K.-registered cryptocurrency exchange EXMO Exchange Ltd. has been hacked and the equivalent of about $10 million in customer cryptocurrency was stolen. The hack on the exchange, which is popular in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan was detected Monday and primarily involved the theft of bitcoin but also XRP, Zcash, USDT, Ethereum Classic and Ethereum from customer ...

A joint law enforcement operation involving the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and various national police forces has taken down three virtual private network services and associated web hosting operations used by cybercriminals. The takedown, dubbed “Operation Nova,” resulted in the seizure of domain names and server ...

Ouster Inc., a startup building lidar sensors out of laser-emitting chips, today announced it’s going public through a special-purpose acquisition company called Colonnade Acquisition Corp. in a deal that values the company at $1.9 billion. SPACs are entities that are created for the sole purpose of buying another firm and taking it public. They’re becoming ...