Data stolen in the massive hack of U.S. consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. could be worth more than $32 million on the dark web, according to estimates made by one security company. The number comes from Intsights Inc., which tells SiliconANGLE that it has used its knowledge of the dark web, a shady part of the ...

Microsoft Corp. patched 85 security vulnerabilities in its monthly “Patch Tuesday” today, including a serious security flaw in its .NET framework that allows malicious attachments to hijack targeted personal computers. The September Patch Tuesday, numbered 15063.608, offers updates for all supported versions of Windows systems and other products and includes a patch for CVE-2017-8759, the .NET ...

The Trump administration has revised rules for self-driving cars introduced by President Obama, including simplifying safety standards and shifting from a regulation model to a voluntary one. The new guidelines, issued in a paper called “A Vision for Safety: 2.0,” detail a reduction of the 15 original safety guidelines introduced for self-driving car companies to ...

Billions of Bluetooth-enabled devices are exposed to a number of recently discovered vulnerabilities that allow a hacker to access and take control of devices, install malware and undertake other malicious activities, according to newly published research. Discovered by security firm Armis Labs Inc. and dubbed “BlueBorne,” the vulnerability affects major mobile, desktop, and IoT operating systems, including ...

U.S. consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. will soon be heading to court with multiple lawsuits being filed against the company following its disclosure of a massive hack last week. The lawsuits, which stand at least two dozen according to Reuters, come in a number of different flavors, including one suit that alleges that Equifax was ...

Because humanity doesn’t have enough things to worry about already, a cybersecurity expert has issued a warning that sex robots may kill people in the near future. Nick Patterson, from Deakin University in Australia, is behind the killer sex robot warning, telling The Daily Star that the robots could be hacked by those with nefarious intent, or ...

Mike Cagney, chief executive officer and co-founder of San Francisco-based financial technology startup Social Finance Inc., SoFi, is stepping down from his position following sexual harassment allegations. Cagney, 46, is accused of having “inappropriate relationships with SoFi employees” that apparently “helped foment a toxic workplace culture,” according to the New York Times. Translated into English, it ...

In the wake of the hacking last week of U.S. consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc., security experts bemoaning are calling for big changes, including big penalties for the data brokers that hold so much information critical to everyone’s financial life. “For far too long, businesses have under-invested in software integrity, relying on network-based defenses that ...

Expanding its recent crackdown on initial coin offerings, the Chinese central government has now decreed a ban on bitcoin exchanges. In an unexpected move, the Central Bank of China ruled that all companies dealing in cryptocurrencies, not only bitcoin, will no longer be legal. The move has been described as a ban on “virtual currency trading services.” Chinese news ...

A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday would introduce a capital gains tax exemption for bitcoin and other cryptocurrency users who use their coins and tokens for small purchases. The Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act Of 2017, introduced to the house by Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., and Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., both members of the ...