Players of Fortnite, the world’s most popular computer game, are being targeted by ransomware pretending to be a hack that allows players to aim more accurately when playing the game. Detailed Tuesday by security researchers at Cyren Ltd., the Syrk ransomware was found to be masquerading as an “aimbot” that in addition to improving a player’s aim ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has fined a Russian firm for publishing positive initial coin offering pitches without disclosing it was taking payment for doing so. ICO Rating is alleged to have published reviews for payment between December 2017 and July 2018. The SEC’s issue with the site, which marketed itself as “a rating agency ...

Walmart Inc. filed a lawsuit against Tesla Inc. subsidiary Tesla Energy Operations Inc. Tuesday claiming that the company is responsible for fires that started via solar panels at seven locations. The multimillion-dollar suit accuses Tesla and SolarCity Corp., the solar panel company acquired by Tesla in 2016, of “widespread, systemic negligence” in the installation and maintenance of solar ...

Tens of thousands of customers of movie ticketing service MoviePass Inc. may have had their credit card and customer card details stolen as a database containing 161 million records was discovered unsecured online. The discovery, reported Tuesday by TechCrunch, involved a live database that recorded customer details as well as their transactions. Around half the records analyzed, ...

Huawei Chief Executive Officer Ren Zhengfei has written a new internal memo to staff in response to the latest U.S. exports curbs, describing the company as experiencing a “live-or-die moment.” The memo, a follow up to his internal memo earlier this month that called for a three- to five-year overhaul of Huawei to create an “iron army” ...

The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, is reportedly investigating Facebook Inc.’s Libra cryptocurrency project for anticompetitive behavior even before it has been launched. The claim came via Bloomberg, which cited an EC document that states that the investigation is the result of concerns that Libra may create “possible competition restrictions” on the information ...

An website for sharing adult content has exposed the details of nearly 1.2 million users on an unsecured Elasticsearch database. Discovered recently by security researchers at vpnMentor, the site goes by the name of Lucious and shares user-uploaded content, including hentai, or Japanese anime or manga pornography. A mix of a forum and image hosting site along ...

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. Monday launched a cryptocurrency exchange after plans were first reported in February. The exchange, launched under the company’s Rakuten Wallet Inc. division, launches with spot trading via mobile app for three cryptocurrencies: bitcoin, Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash. The service launches with an Android app only, but the company said it plans ...

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, is taking on Facebook Inc. with a stablecoin project to rival the social network’s announced Libra. Called “Venus,” the project has been designed to develop localized stablecoins and digital assets pegged to fiat currencies across the globe. Based on an open blockchain, Binance is seeking governments, corporations, technology companies and ...

The first jailbreak for iPhones available for years has been released after Apple Inc. unpatched a vulnerability it had previously fixed that allows the practice to occur. Jailbreaking is the process of hacking an iOS device to allow users to remove software restrictions put in place by Apple. A jailbroken phone delivers the ability to install third-party ...