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Uber Technologies Inc. shares dropped slightly in after-hours trading after the ride-hailing giant delivered a mixed bag of third-quarter earnings results. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Uber reported overall gross bookings of $14.7 billion, down 10% year-over-year but significantly up from …
Billions of stolen credentials from defunct breach index site leaked online
More than 23,000 hacked databases covering billions of credentials have been leaked from a now-defunct breach index site and are being offered for download on hacking forums and Telegram. The data came from Cit0Day, a website that was offering the databases for sale …
Newly discovered ‘RegretLocker’ ransomware targets Windows virtual machines
A new sophisticated form of ransomware has been detected in the wild that uses advanced techniques to encrypt virtual machines. First detailed today by Bleeping Computer, “RegretLocker” was discovered in October. Specifically targeting Windows virtual machines, the ransomware uses an interesting technique of …
Barbie hacked: Toymaker Mattel targeted in ransomware attack
Toymaker Mattel Inc., the company behind Barbie dolls, disclosed that it was targeted in a ransomware attack, but it managed to fend it off. The ransomware attack was detected on July 28, according to a filing the company made today with the U.S. …
Hexagon acquires ICS cybersecurity company PAS Global
Hexagon AB today said it has acquired industrial control system cybersecurity company PAS Global LLC for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1993, PAS providers safety, cybersecurity and asset management reliability solutions for the energy, process and power industries worldwide. The company’s ICS cybersecurity, automation asset …
Marijuana growing social website GrowDiaries exposes data of 3.4M users
Marijuana growing social website GrowDiaries has suffered a data breach with the details of 3.4 million users being exposed online. First discovered by security researcher Bob Diachenko and detailed today on LinkedIn, the data exposure came on an unsecured database that had no password. …
Intel acquires data science startup Cnvrg.io
Intel Corp. reportedly has acquired Cnvrg.io, an Israeli data science startup that helps teams create and run machine learning models. TechCrunch made the claim, though neither Intel nor Cnvrg.io has publicly confirmed the news as of the time of writing. TechCrunch did say Intel …
Customer payment data stolen from precious metals trader JM Bullion
Customer payment data has been stolen from JM Bullion, a Texas-based online buyer and seller of precious metals, in a suspected Magecart attack. According to a notice sent to customers recently, suspicious activity on its website was first detected on July 6 …
Infamous Maze ransomware group announces it’s shutting down
The infamous Maze ransomware group has announced that it is shutting down operations, but how serious it is and for how long remains open to speculation. The announcement came via a statement on the dark web that claimed that “Maze Team Project …
Supply chain automation startup Apkudo raises $14M to accelerate global expansion
Supply chain automation startup Apkudo Inc. said today it has raised $14 million in new funding to accelerate the global expansion of its Hive Device Platform across emerging channels and industries The Series B round was led by Harbert Growth Partners and MissionOG and …