Security firm Core Security SDI Corp. and its SecureAuth division today published an advisory warning that they’ve discovered a serious vulnerability in SoftNAS Inc.‘s cloud data management platform that allows unauthenticated remote code execution with elevated permissions. SoftNAS Cloud offers enterprise network-attached storage administration capabilities in cloud environments with support for leading providers, including Amazon ...

Satellite protection and mapping startup LeoLabs Inc. today said it has raised $10 million in new funding to expand its network of next-generation radars for tracking small debris and satellites in low Earth orbit. The Series B round, its latest funding since it raised $4 million in February 2017, was led by WERU Investment and Airbus Ventures ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Wednesday issued a warning to enterprises that hackers are actively targeting enterprise resource planning systems designed by Oracle Corp. and SAP SE. The risk of attacks were highlighted in an alert published by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team based on a report by Digital Shadows Ltd. and Onapsis Inc. The ...

Coinbase Inc. has cleared its employees of insider trading after concerns were raised about a rise in the price of Bitcoin Cash prior to its support by Coinbase in December. Bitcoin Cash, a fork of the better-known bitcoin that uses the original bitcoin blockchain ledger, debuted in August and was embraced by some as a ...

GlaxoSmithKline plc is the latest investor in genetic-testing company 23andme Inc., putting $300 million into the company in return for a four-year partnership that will use its genetic data to develop new drugs. Once a darling of Silicon Valley thanks to developing the genetic testing from home market, the company clashed with the Food & ...

Russian hackers have gained access to control rooms in U.S. utility companies where they could have caused blackouts, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Citing sources from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Journal claimed Russian hackers, who allegedly work for a state-sponsored group identified as both Dragonfly and Energetic Bear, broke into supposedly ...

Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving cars are returning to the road four months after one struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, but with a twist: The vehicles will be operated in “manual” mode, that is, manually driven by a driver. “We’re starting with cars in manual mode, with a Mission Specialist sitting behind the wheel ...

A newly discovered bug in Bluetooth implementations and operating system drivers allows hackers to gain unauthorized access to a device and steal data. The vulnerability was discovered by security researchers Lior Neumann and Eli Biham from the Israel Institute of Technology and since shared by Intel Corp. and CERT. It relates to a critical cryptographic flaw that ...

There’s no shortage of stories about employees stealing company secrets, but a new study has found that the biggest risk may come from the top, with chief executive officers often presenting a larger risk when it comes to enterprise intellectual property protection. The claim comes from Code42 Inc.‘s 2018 Data Exposure Report which surveyed 1,700 security, information ...

Google LLC is embracing blockchain technology announcing two partnerships that will deliver distributed digital ledger technology to Google Cloud. The first partnership with Digital Asset Holdings LLC will see the startup’s blockchain platform and developer tools made available on the Google Cloud Platform. Although Google Cloud has previously supported blockchain technologies, the deal will see developers now having access ...