Hackers are already targeting the PyeongChang Winter Olympic games a month before they start, according to a newly published report. Security researchers at McAfee Inc. have found a campaign to target PyeongChang Olympics that began Dec. 22, with the most recent activity appearing Dec. 28. The campaign primary targeted the email account of icehockey@pyeongchang2018.com, but several ...

The New York Stock Exchange has more than doubled its ambitions to offer bitcoin-related securities with a new application to the Securities and Exchange Commission now seeking approval to list five exchange-traded funds. NYSE Acra, the exchange’s Chicago-based stocks and options market, applied for approval for two ETFs in December: the ProShares Bitcoin ETF and the ProShares Short ...

TCL Communication Technology Holding Ltd., the operator of the BlackBerry Mobile site, is the latest victim of cryptocurrency-loving hackers in the latest of a rash of cryptomining hijacking cases. The website for BlackBerry Mobile was discovered by a Reddit user last week to be serving up code to visitors from Coinhive, the notorious Monero mining script service. ...

Israeli startup Innoviz Technologies Inc. has commercially launched its first high-definition solid-state LiDAR product. The company today said its InnovizPro delivers superior performance at a significantly lower cost and smaller size than existing solutions through a platform designed for next-generation autonomous driving programs. Claimed to leapfrog other LiDAR systems in accuracy and reliability even in challenging environments such as ...

Ethereum broke through $1,000 for the first time in trading Thursday and Ripple XRP hit new highs as investor interest in alternative cryptocurrencies continues to grow in the new year. The surges came as 2017’s darling, bitcoin, continues to vacillate up and down. Ripple, which surpassed Ethereum to become the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization Dec. ...

The new year is scarcely four days old, but corporate enterprises already face one of the biggest security risks not only of recent times but possibly of the last decade: the “Meltdown” and “Spectre” critical vulnerabilities in central processing units that by all accounts affect chips from most major manufacturers. Those vulnerabilities, if exploited, give malicious actors ...

In a rather embarrassing confession from a department tasked with keeping the country safe, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been forced to admit that an employee stole data covering approximately 250,000 confidential records. The data included personally identifiable information pertaining to 247,167 employees along with data on subjects, witnesses and complaints associated with investigations ...

Data security startup AlgoSec Inc. has raised $36 million in new funding in a round sourced exclusively from technology investment firm Claridge IL. Founded in 2003 with offices in New Jersey and Israel, AlgoSec automates and orchestrates network security policy management and business applications while ensuring security compliance. The company’s platform automates security policy management across virtual, ...

Security firm Barracuda Networks Inc. said today it has acquired social engineering management platform provider PhishLine LLC for an undisclosed price. Founded in 1996, PhishLine offers a software-as-a-service platform for social engineering simulation and training that specializes in assisting enterprises with combating security threats. As the company’s name suggests, it particularly focuses on phishing risks. In addition to its monitoring ...

Baidu Inc. and BlackBerry Ltd. said today they’re joining forces with a new deal that will see the two companies collaborate on connected and autonomous vehicle technology. Under the pact, BlackBerry will provide its QNX self-driving car operating system to be used by Baidu’s Apollo autonomous driving platform. In return, BlackBerry will integrate Baidu’s CarLife ...