Users of popular cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex Inc. are being warned to be careful after the discovery on two password stealing apps targeting them in the Google Play Store. The apps, discovered by security researchers at ESET spol. s.r.o., were disguised as the legitimate Poloniex mobile app and also harvested Poloniex login credentials. In addition, the ...

Kaspersky Labs today said it obtained spying code used by the National Security Agency after it was scrapped when an NSA contractor installed malware on his computer. According to details published Monday by Kaspersky, an internal investigation found one instance in 2014 where its detection subsystem caught what appeared to be Equation malware source code files, ...

More details are becoming available about a new form of malware dubbed “Bad Rabbit” that was first reported Tuesday. The malware, said to be rapidly spreading through corporate networks in Russia, Germany, Ukraine and Turkey, is similar to the Petya family of ransomware in that it compromises targeted computers, encrypts data on them and then ...

A rather crafty Russian entrepreneur wants to spread the joy of cryptocurrencies in the form of vodka. Dmitry Troitsky, from the Russian city of Ekaterinburg in the Ural mountain range, has filed trademarks to use the names Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ethereum Classic as vodka brands. “I want to use the names of cryptocurrency when issuing goods ...

In news that surprises few people outside the company, Snap Inc. has been unable to sell its “Spectacles” video glasses, and it’s stuck with hundreds of thousands of unsold units, according to a report published Monday. The Information delivered the news, citing “two people close to the company” as saying that the company, formerly known as Snapchat, ...

A recently discovered form of botnet malware has been found rapidly spreading, with more than 2 million “internet of things” devices believed to have already been infected. Dubbed IoT_Reaper by security researchers at Chinese security company Qihoo 360, the malware is based on the infamous Mirai internet of things worm that first compromised millions of devices in ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have issued a rare joint statement warning that hackers are targeting firms in the energy, nuclear, water, aviation and critical manufacturing sectors. The warning, issued last Thursday through the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, said malicious actors had been targeting the sectors ...

Bitcoin hit new record highs over the weekend as both Australia and South Korea consider new regulations for the cryptocurrency sector. Following a rapid rise Oct. 13, The price of bitcoin surged through $6,000 for the first time Friday before hitting a peak of $6,148.82 Saturday. Traders decided to take profits at that point, with the ...

Intel Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday they’re teaming up to deliver a new development kit that allows developers to embed Amazon’s Alexa voice-control capabilities in third-party smart home devices. The Intel Speech Enabling Developer Kit provides an audio front-end solution for far-field voice control and is claimed to be the first audio front-end solution that combines far-field voice processing and the ...

Google LLC has launched a bug bounty program that will reward white hat hackers and other security professionals who detect vulnerabilities in Android applications. Called the Google Play Security Reward Program, the program, run in conjunction with bug hunting bounty startup Hackerone Inc., will give rewards of $1,000 and more to those who identify vulnerabilities ...