Unknown hackers have launched a new campaign that’s actively scanning for vulnerable Docker application container instances to inject cryptomining code. Discovered by cybersecurity firm Bad Packets LLC, the group is actively scanning for vulnerable Docker instances that have application programming interface endpoints exposed to the internet. Although efforts by hackers to find and hijack servers ...

In a quick backflip, Twitter Inc. today paused a plan to delete inactive accounts after concerns were raised about accounts belonging to deceased users. Twitter made the initial announcement yesterday that it would be deleting inactive accounts, those that have not been used in six months or longer, starting Dec. 11 to free up usernames for other users. ...

Smartphone sales contracted slightly in the third quarter, revealing that as some companies such as Apple Inc. continue to lose market share, both Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. managed to increase both sales and market share. That’s according to new figures released today by Gartner. The research firm said 387.4 million smart ...

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab is alleged to have vulnerabilities in its software that expose its application programming interface to abuse by websites. First documented Monday by cybersecurity researcher Wladimir Palant, the vulnerabilities were found in software including Kaspersky Internet Security 2019. Palant says that he first uncovered the vulnerabilities and security issues in December last year. ...

Spanish cybersecurity startup Bugaroo Offensive Security S.L. today said it has raised $11 million in new funding to help accelerate new product development and expand sales and marketing efforts. The Series A round was led by Ten Eleven Ventures and Seaya Ventures and included Conexo Ventures and Inveready Technology Investment Group. Founded in 2015, Bugaroo offers a deep ...

Cloud storage company Box Inc. beat analysts’ expectations thanks to strong sales growth in its third quarter reported today. In the quarter ended Oct. 31, Box reported record revenue of $177.2 million, up 14% over the same quarter in 2018. While revenue was strong, the company is still losing money. The operating loss for the third ...

Security firm Palo Alto Networks Inc. has uncovered a serious Server-Side vulnerability in Atlassian Corp. PLC’s Jira issue tracking product that exposes data stored using the product. The Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability involves a web application redirecting an attacker’s request to the internal network or localhost behind a set firewall. Posing a particular threat to cloud services because of the ...

The first conviction has been handed down in the investigation into OneCoin, a dubious Ponzi scheme that was pitched as a legitimate cryptocurrency and blockchain. The outfit raised an estimated $4 billion before eventually being shut down in 2017. Mark Scott, an attorney who worked with the company in 2016, was convicted by the federal court in the ...

Online printing service Vistaprint is the latest company to expose customer data online in what seems like a never-ending stream of companies exposing data to all and sundry. The database, which contained more than 51,000 customer service interactions, was found by security researcher Oliver Hough via the Shodan security search engine, and it was not protected ...

Uber Technologies Inc. has lost its license to operate on London, one of its biggest markets outside of the U.S., after the local transport regulator ruled once again that it was not a “fit and proper” operator. The decision, made by Transport for London, dates back September 2017 when the regulator first banned Uber. It ruled ...