The infamous WannaCry ransomware that was thrust into the public spotlight in May 2017 is not only still around but also still targeting more computers than ever. The finding comes today from a report from security firm Sophos Group plc, which have found that two years on, modified WannaCry variants are still causing headaches for information ...

Cybersecurity solutions startup Acronis International GmbH today became the latest tech unicorn. The company raised $147 million in new funding to allow it to expand its headcount, accelerate its business growth in North America, build additional data centers and to grow through acquisitions. The round was led by Goldman Sachs on a valuation of “over $1 billion,” the ...

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, California’s answer to the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, is set to take effect Jan. 1 as the law today finally passed a legislative review process with only a small number of amendments last week. The changes to the law include AB25, an amendment that protects employee ...

Users of Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa-powered devices will soon be able to make donations to presidential candidates through a new feature called Alexa Political Contributions. Open to all candidates currently running, the service does require a candidate to sign up to the service with Amazon noting that the onboarding “is simple and doesn’t require any technical ...

Well Fargo & Co. is the latest U.S. financial institution to jump on the stablecoin bandwagon, announcing today that it’s piloting a blockchain-based internal settlement service that will use its own digital currency. Dubbed “Wells Fargo Digital Cash,” the stablecoin will allow the bank to complete internal book transfers of cross-border payments within its global network ...

Another day, another case of publicly exposed data, and today’s tale of data woe involves 24 million medical records across a possibly record-high 590 online medical image archives systems. Discovered by German cybersecurity firm Greenbone Networks, the data, which includes X-rays, MRIs and CT scans are open to all and sundry online without password protection. The exposure comes ...

Facebook Inc. has teamed with global glasses maker Luxottica Group SpA to build augmented reality glasses, according to a report from CNBC. Luxottica may not quite be a household brand, but the company is the world’s largest maker of glasses and owns brands that include Ray-Ban, Oakley, Prada Eyewear, Versace and Chanel. The company not only makes ...

German fintech startup Neufund today launched its equity-linked tokenized public offering platform after gaining regulatory clearance to do so from Liechtenstein. Founded in 2016, Neufund has built a blockchain-based platform that allows companies to raises funds through equity-linked token issues. Equity token raises involve a company offering tokens or coins linked to equity in the company, in contrast ...

Password manager LastPass Inc. said it has patched a vulnerability identified by a Google LLC security researcher that allowed a malicious website to steal login credentials for the last account a user had accessed using the company’s Chrome or Opera extensions. Discovered last month by Google Project Zero’s Tavis Ormandy, the vulnerability allowed for a malicious website to trick the browser extension to ...

A database containing the details of nearly every citizen of Ecuador, including children, has been found exposed online in the latest case of a misconfigured Elasticsearch server. Discovered by security researchers at vpnMentor, the database contained data of over 20 million people, the majority being from Ecuador, a country of 16.7 million people. The database was ...