The number of websites injecting visitors’ computers with JavaScript code that is used to mine for cryptocurrency is rapidly growing, according to new research detecting nearly 1,000 sites now partaking in the practice. Security firm RiskIQ Inc. today said it made the discovery, finding 991 domains using code from Coin Hive. That company provides the service that ...

Upscale vacuum cleaner maker Dyson Ltd. wants to take the good fight to Tesla Inc., announcing that it plans to build an electric car that will go on sale in 2020. Company founder James Dyson revealed the plans in an email to staff on Tuesday, saying that some 400 employees had been working on the ...

Social networking giant Facebook Inc. has landed a huge client for its Workplace by Facebook enterprise collaboration platform in the form of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest private employer in the United States. Under the deal, Workplace will be rolled out to Wal-Mart’s 2.2 million employees in stages, with Sam’s Club employees already using the platform to ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is getting serious on cybercrime with a dedicated unit that will focus on targeting “cyber-related misconduct” when it comes to finance laws. Operating as a division of the SEC’s Enforcement Division, the “Cyber Unit” is tasked with monitoring a raft of bad behavior: market manipulation schemes, hacking to obtain nonpublic ...

The Pirate Bay made headlines earlier this month for hijacking the computing power of visitors to mine for cryptocurrency, but the trend may be spreading. Reports Monday indicate that websites run by Showtime, the CBS Corp.-owned premium cable network, are doing the same thing. Like with The Pirate Bay, two Showtime websites, Showtime.com and its instant-access ...

Tech companies are supporting a new Trump administration initiative to encourage disadvantaged and minority groups to study STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — along with computer science. Run by the U.S. Department of Education, the new program aims to “better equip America’s young people with the relevant knowledge and skills that will enable ...

Computer scientists at Microsoft Corp. have designed a computing language for quantum computers, despite the fact that quantum computers don’t actually exist yet. Microsoft describes the language as assisting it on its “path to building the first topological qubit, a robust type of quantum bit that … will serve as the basis for a scalable, general ...

Apple Inc. launched a new version of its macOS operating system Monday but in an interesting twist it has been revealed to have massive, gaping security hole. The epic fail was identified by Patrick Wardle, a former National Security Agency analyst and now head of research at security firm Synack Inc., who warned on Twitter ...

Malaysia may be the next country to legalize bitcoin and Amazon.com Inc. may be considering accepting bitcoin as a payment option, bringing positive news to a market still reeling from the decision by the Chinese central bank to ban all trading in the cryptocurrency Sept. 11. Tan Sri Muhammad, the governor of Malaysia’s central bank, known locally as ...

Amid the seemingly never-ending stream of bad news from ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc., there’s actually some good news for a change. A new report claims that UberEats, the companies food delivery service, is not only doing well but is actually producing noticeable profits. The numbers come via a report from The New York Times, ...