A severe security vulnerability in Android devices powered by MediaTek chips is being actively exploited in the wild — but even though Google LLC has issued a patch, many devices are unlikely ever to receive it. The vulnerability allows hackers to gain root access to a targeted device, giving them the ability to install their ...

Two Chinese nationals who are alleged to have laundered around $100 million in cryptocurrency on behalf of the infamous North Korean hackers Lazarus Group have been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice. Tian Yinyin and Li Jiadong are accused of laundering cryptocurrency stolen from the hack of two unnamed cryptocurrency exchanges. The U.S. Department of ...

Apple Inc. will be breathing a sigh of relief with the news today that its main manufacturing partner Foxconn will resume normal production by the end of March — in time to manufacture a reported updated range of computers and iPads. Foxconn also produces hardware for Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Dell Inc., Google LLC, Hewlett ...

Facebook Inc. is reportedly changing its plans for its proposed Libra cryptocurrency, a claim the company itself has denied. The Information, quoting three people familiar with the matter, said Facebook has decided not to support Libra in its own products but will instead offer users the ability to make payments using digital versions of existing ...

Updated with Google I/O and other cancellations: Airbnb Inc.’s initial public offering may be the latest victim of the coronavirus amid reports that the company is considering pushing back its public debut, possibly into 2021. The company would logically be hard-hit by the spread of the virus given the massive downturn in the travel industry, ...

Popular online stock trading app Robinhood Market Inc. was down today on a day when markets rallied following their coronavirus-inspired plunge last week. Why the app was offline is unknown, but it affected all Robinhood users, including iOS, Android and web apps starting Monday morning and extending through the entire trading day. Of all the days for ...

Waymo LLC, the self-driving car division of Alphabet Inc. today said it has raised $2.25 billion in its first external fundraising round to develop out its self -driving technology. The round, which came just shy of a year after it was reported that Alphabet was looking for outside investors, was led Silver Lake, Canada Pension ...

Despite claims that the price of bitcoin would continue to rise this year as a “safe haven” asset at a time equities markets are concerned about the spread of coronavirus, the opposite has instead occurred. After breaking through $10,000 Feb. 9 and then peaking at $10,474.20 Feb. 18, bitcoin has plummeted, returning to levels last seen ...

Railroad construction and maintenance firm Railworks Corp. has disclosed a ransomware attack that may have also resulted in the breach of personally identifiable information. The attack took place on Jan. 27 and email notifications were sent to those affected by the attack between Jan. 30 and Feb. 7. Data potentially stolen in the attack included names, addresses, ...

Updated: More tech conferences have been canceled and major tech companies have restricted employee travel as the coronavirus continues to spread across the globe. The last major conference to be postponed or canceled because of COVID-19 is the Game Developers Conference scheduled to begin in San Francisco on March 16. Questions around whether the event would go ahead ...