In something straight out of a Hollywood movie, the fingerprint scanners on Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s flagship Galaxy S10 devices can be easily tricked by a rubber finger. Detailed Friday a hacker by the name of Darkshark9, the hack of the fingerprint scanner requires some work and involves the use of the 3-D scanner. The in-screen fingerprint ...

Lyft Inc. is threatening to sue Morgan Stanley, accusing the merchant bank of promoting short-selling to investors who were subject to lock-up agreements. Short-selling is the sale of shares that the seller has borrowed in the expectation of being able to acquire them later at a lower price, the profit coming from the price difference between ...

German drugmaker Bayer AG has blamed an allegedly Chinese government-backed hacking group for a cyberattack against its network. The attack is said to have been detected first in Bayer’s network early last year. The company reportedly was silently monitoring its behavior for more than a year before deciding to cease the attack and call authorities. ...

A newly discovered scam is using the services of an otherwise legitimate third-party provider to collect ransom payments. Detailed Thursday by security researchers at Trustwave Inc., the latest variation of a so-called law enforcement sextortion scam has those behind it claiming to be contacting the victim on behalf of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Sextortion scams involve ...

Xiaomi Inc. has released a patch for a security vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to intercept data and insert malicious code on devices made by the company. Discovered by security researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. and revealed Thursday, the vulnerability, found somewhat ironically in “Guard Provider,” the standard security application Xiaomi installs ...

O(1) Labs Operating Corp., the parent company of the Coda Protocol, has raised $15 million in new funding to continue to build out its tiny blockchain. The Series A funding round included Accomplice, Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm and General Catalyst, along with previous investors MetaStable, PolyChain and Electric Capital. Founded in 2018, the Coda Protocol is attempting to ...

Co-working space provider WeWork Inc. Wednesday said it has acquired Managed by Q Inc., a subscription and on-demand office services company for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2013, Managed by Q offers a range of subscription and on-demand services that may be required in an office, ranging from cleaning and maintenance to supply replenishment and wellness services. “By removing ...

In two moves highly praised by those in the cryptocurrency and blockchain communities, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday issued guides for initial coin offerings while also issuing it’s first “no-action” letter for a company wanting to go down the ICO path. The guidelines, formally “Framework for ‘Investment Contract’ Analysis of Digital Assets” has ...

Data relating to more than 540 million Facebook users has been discovered publicly available on misconfigured Amazon Web Services Inc. instances. Discovered by security researchers at UpGuard Inc. and revealed Wednesday, the main data exposure came via a Mexico-based media company Cultura Colectiva and included Facebook user names, comments, likes, reactions, account names and more. ...

In its biggest price increase since 2017, bitcoin surged through $5,000 on Tuesday, much to the relief of long-term investors. The current bitcoin price bull market started at the end of March, with bitcoin breaking through $4,000 to hit its highest level in 2019. Sitting at $5,003.13 as of 11:20 p.m. EDT, bitcoin is now at its ...