Data belonging to 14 million users of the Key Ring digital wallet app has been discovered exposed on multiple Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 buckets. The breach was discovered and publicized today by security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar at vpnMentor. The app, which is primarily designed to upload scans and photos of loyalty cards, is also ...

In a stunning turn of events in what is already tech’s biggest soap opera, SoftBank Group Corp. has terminated an offer to acquire $3 billion in WeWork shares as part of its $8 billion bailout of the troubled workspace provider announced in October. SoftBank had agreed to buy the shares from former Chief Executive Officer Adam Neumann, ...

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, today said it has acquired CoinMarketCap, a service that tracks cryptocurrency prices and exchange trading volume. Although the price of the acquisition was not disclosed, it’s reported to be up to $400 million. Founded in 2013, CoinMarketCap is one of the most popular cryptocurrency tracking tools on the ...

Facebook Inc. launched a desktop version of Messenger for both Windows and macOS today as millions worldwide flood into videoconferencing services during the coronavirus pandemic. The Messenger app had been previously available only on Android and iOS and desktop users were restricted to accessing the service via their web browser. In its announcement, Facebook said ...

A newly reported hacking campaign that’s believed to date back to 2018 is targeting Microsoft-SQL servers with data-stealing malware and Monero cryptomining code. Discovered and publicized Wednesday by security researchers at Guardicore Labs, the hacking campaign, dubbed “Vollgar,” involves hackers using brute force password hacking to breach targeted MS-SQL hosts. Once access is gained, those behind the hacking ...

Cloud backup provider SOS Online Backup has exposed 135 million records online in the latest case of a company failing to secure its cloud storage. Discovered and reported today by security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar at vpnMentor, the data belonging to SOS Backup Data was exposed to all and sundry in November. The company was ...

Online workspace startup Notion Labs Inc. said today it has raised $50 million in new funding on a $2 billion valuation in a round led by Index Ventures, giving it a $2 billion valuation. Founded in 2016, Notion offers an all-in-one workspace that includes support for notes, tasks, wikis and databases. Pitched as blending everyday ...

Google LLC-owned YouTube is planning to launch a rival service to wildly popular short-form video app TikTok, according to a report today from The Information. YouTube’s rival, reportedly called Shorts, will be featured inside its existing mobile app. Shorts will include a feed of brief videos posted by users and will also take advantage of YouTube’s ...

Policy advisory and research firm Startup Genome today released a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the startup ecosystem — and though the short-term impact is unsurprisingly not good, there may be some light at the end of the tunnel. Starting with mainland China, the report notes that venture capital deals have contracted ...

Marriott International Inc. has suffered yet another data breach, this one involving the theft of personal information on 5.2 million guests. The new data breach was discovered in late February after those behind the data breach gained access to data from mid-January. The data is believed to have been accessed by an unknown third party using the ...