Russia is the latest on a growing list of nations that don’t like cryptocurrencies. The country has blocked access to cryptocurrency exchanges in a move that could result in an outright ban. The country’s central bank issued a decree Tuesday to block all cryptocurrency exchanges within its borders, prompting President Vladimir Putin to tell local press that ...

Microsoft Corp. has patched 62 vulnerabilities in its latest “Patch Tuesday” release, including one called CVE-2017-11826, a serious flaw that allows attackers to gain remote access to computers running the Windows operating system. Down from 81 security vulnerabilities patched in September, the new release also included patches for two other vulnerabilities that were disclosed for ...

Apple iOS users are being warned to be aware of malicious popups after a mobile app developer published a proof-of-concept phishing attack that mimics a login prompt using a website popup. The proof-of-concept was detailed by Felix Krause, founder of the open-source app-building tool fastlane. He wrote in a blog post that Apple’s reliance on asking users to regularly enter their ...

Customer identity and access management platform Gigya Inc., soon to be owned by SAP SE, has launched the Gigya Enterprise Preference Manager, a new product designed to assist organizations build customer trust and address newly emerging privacy regulations. Available starting today, Enterprise Preference Manager is said to offer a complete solution for centrally managing all aspects of consent settings ...

New York City-based database company MongoDB Inc. is moving forward with its initial public offering, but the company set a price range that values it significantly below the level of its last venture capital round. According to its newly updated filing, MongoDB will go public with shares priced between $18 and $20 apiece, which Business Insider reported means ...

Enterprise blockchain company Nuco Inc. has raised $22 million in an initial coin offering for its interoperable blockchain platform Aion. Described as a third-generation blockchain network, Aion is a multitier blockchain system designed to address unsolved questions of scalability, privacy and interoperability in blockchain networks. Put another way, it’s a blockchain to bridge other blockchains together, ...

Waymo Inc. is fighting back against negative public sentiment about self-driving cars with a new “public education” campaign that is intended to sell the benefits. The company, formerly known as Google LLC’s self-driving car project, has teamed with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the National Safety Council, the Foundation for Blind Children, the East Valley Partnership and ...

User data stolen from crowdfunding site Kickstarter and link shortening service Bitly Inc. has been indexed online three years after both sites were hacked. The new data, seemingly gathered from the dark web, a shady part of the internet accessible through special software, was indexed by data breach tracking site Have I Been Pwnd on Friday. ...

Raising new questions about how far law enforcement should go to catch criminals, police in Queensland, Australia, ran a child pornography site on the dark web for nearly a year as a “honey trap” to capture child pornographers and those who view the material. First exposed by a newspaper in Norway, then subsequently picked up ...

Alphabet Inc. and Tesla Inc. are both planning to provide support services to assist the people of Puerto Rico in their recovery post-Hurricane Maria. Alphabet, the parent company of Google LLC, has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to deploy a fleet of 30 Project Loon internet access balloons over both Puerto Rico and the ...