Hackers are targeting Office 365 users in a multistage phishing campaign that attempts to gain access to accounts that can then be used to cause further damage within a targeted enterprise. Uncovered in a report from Barracuda Networks Inc., the campaign starts by targeting Office 365 users with a typical phishing message that claims that ...

Hackers have taken advantage of a security flaw in Instagram’s application program interface to gain access to the accounts of high-profile users, the Facebook Inc.-owned app provider confirmed Wednesday. The attack involved the hackers gaining access to user accounts through Instagram’s API, giving them the ability to steal telephone numbers and email addresses and control content on the ...

In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a voluntary recall notice for 465,000 pacemakers sold by Abbott Laboratories Inc., the medical device maker previously known as St. Jude Medical Inc. Because swapping a pacemaker isn’t as simple as visiting a store and obtaining a new device over the counter, the recall ...

Incoming Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi rallied the troops at his first attendance at a staff meeting on Wednesday, committing the ride-hailing giant to an initial public offering in 18 to 36 months. Introduced by former CEO Travis Kalanick (pictured, left center), Khosrowshahi (right center), wearing an Uber t-shirt, first explained how he was ...

Ford Motor Co. is teaming up with Domino’s Pizza Inc. to bring the future closer to reality in the form of autonomous vehicles delivering pizzas. Starting in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the self-driving cars delivering pizzas are part of a trial by Ford to test how people respond to and interact with autonomous vehicles. Given that autonomous vehicles ...

For those who have ever wondered how spam still manages to be delivered in the age of Gmail and serious spam filtering, a staggering discovery by a security researcher has uncovered a spambot that had the user credentials for hundred of millions of legitimate email accounts that it uses to send junk email from. The ...

Fresh from getting into trouble over an ice cream giveaway, Uber Technologies Inc. has added to its nearly uninterrupted run of bad news with a new scandal that allegedly involves bribing foreign officials. It may be easy to make fun of the seemingly never–ending stream of negative publicity, but this time around Uber may be in serious legal ...

Artificial intelligence data startup Appier Inc. Tuesday said it has raised $33 million in a Series C round that was funded by SoftBank Group, Line Corp., Naver Corp., EDBI of Singapore and AMTD Group of Hong Kong. Founded in 2012, Appier employs artificial intelligence to “help enterprises solve their most challenging business problems” by allowing them to make sense ...

A newly discovered form of ransomware called Defray has been discovered that targets healthcare and education. Discovered by the security firm Proofpoint Inc., the ransomware uses a Microsoft Word document containing an embedded executable that causes a victim’s personal computer to be infected once the document is opened. Those behind Defray attempt to spread it via ...

Trend Micro Inc. is adding its backing to VMware Inc.’s announcement of general availability for VMware Cloud on AWS by announcing that its Deep Security service will support the newly available platform. The service, previously available to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services customers, provides seamless visibility and security for virtualized workloads across VMware’s software-defined data center, whether ...