Despite previous claims that many consumers aren’t aware of the risks presented by “internet of things” devices, a new survey has found the opposite, with 90 percent of consumers saying they don’t trust the security offered by now near omnipresent devices. The finding comes from digital security firm Gemalto NV in its new “State of ...

Information technology services company CorpInfo Inc. has raised $20 million in new funding and announced a strategic shift that includes a name change and new focus on Amazon Web Services consulting and managed services. The company has adopted the name of Onica Inc., taken from a service it started offering in 2013. It’s already a certified AWS Premier ...

Many enterprise security and network professionals deeply fear cyberattacks and breaches in their hybrid cloud environments, according to a new survey out today. Undertaken by security management firm AlgoSec Inc., they survey found that while 32 percent of those polled plan to increase their public cloud usage in the next 12 to 18 months, conversely many were ...

Israeli startup Innoviz Technologies Inc. has raised an additional $8 million in funding as an extension of its Series B round first announced in September. The additional funding for the round comes from Samsung Catalyst, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. early stage venture capital fund, and SoftBank Ventures Korea, the Korean VC arm of Japanese telecommunications giant ...

Vietnam is the latest country to restrict the use of cryptocurrencies, as the communist country’s central bank decreed that virtual currencies will be prohibited as a method of payment starting next year. The decree noted that the new policy, effective Jan. 1, was approved by the State Bank of Vietnam following the instructions of the Prime Minister. ...

The spread of hidden code that hijacks computing power to mine for cryptocurrencies is spreading even further, as security researchers have discovered hidden cryptomining code in Android apps listed on the Google Play store. Researchers at Trend Micro Inc. made the discovery, detailing in a blog post Monday that they had found apps “with malicious cryptocurrency ...

Search engine provider Sogou Inc. will be the latest Chinese tech firm to go public in the United States, as the company filed paperwork Friday to raise $540 million on the New York Stock Exchange. Sogou is being spun off as a standalone company from Sohu.com Inc., the Chinese internet portal that itself floated on the Nasdaq exchange ...

The Matrix — the ransomware, that is — has been reloaded as a security researcher discovered that a new form of the malware that first appeared in 2016 has once again been spotted in the wild. Jérôme Segura from Malwarebytes made the discovery, detailing that the new version was being distributed through the RIG exploit kit. ...

Bitcoin surged to a new record high of $6,306.58 in trading Sunday after rumors emerged that China may be reconsidering its ban on the trading of cryptocurrencies. The price, up more than $200 on the previous record high of $6,148.82 one week ago, came following a report published by Coin Telegraph. The report said that following the ...

Facebook Inc. has denied that it spies on what users are saying via their smartphone microphones to deliver targeted advertising, despite many users suggesting that it does just that. Rob Goldman, vice president of ads products at Facebook, defended the company in a response to a tweet by a tech podcast presenter calling for people’s stories on why ...