Another week, another data breach in healthcare. This time, Massachusetts General Hospital had data stolen in a sector that continues to provide inadequate protection for patient data. First disclosed on Thursday, the hack involved the records of some 9,900 research patients at the hospital by an “unauthorized third-party” on two computers used by Neurology researchers at ...

Local governments in Texas continue to struggle to restore services after a coordinated ransomware attack last week, highlighting the vulnerability of government bodies to cyber attacks. The ransomware attack, which started on Friday, was initially believed to involve 23 different local governments, now revised to 22. Specific details relating to the attack have not been ...

Overstock.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Patrick M. Byrne today resigned from the company he led for 20 years after comments he made about his alleged role in assisting the “deep state” caused the e-retailer’s share price to plummet. The controversy started with an article published by investigative reporter Sara Carter Aug. 12 in which she ...

Google LLC said today it has decided to abandon its “dessert” naming scheme for new versions of its Android operating system, calling the next version simply Android 10. The so-called dessert naming scheme dates back to Android 1.1 in February 2009, known as Petit Four. Android 1.5, released in April 2009, was known as Cupcake starting ...

A new report from external threat intelligence firm IntSights Inc. details the rise of a “dark web” forum specializing in a digital identities market that offers stolen “digital fingerprints” of a user’s web browsing history. The dark web is a part of the internet reachable with special software, where people can buy and sell illicit products ...

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” ...