In a supreme bit of irony, Wikileaks has been hacked on the same day it dumped data on a number of Central Intelligence Agency hacking tools. The data dump, part of Wikileaks’ Vault7 release series of secret government hacking tools, unveiled a CIA program called Angelfire. It consists of a five-part framework that can be used ...

A new wave of Locky ransomware attacks has been discovered in what security researchers are describing as one of the largest ransomware-spreading spoofed email address campaigns this year. Initially detected by Comodo Threat Intelligence Lab Aug. 9, the attack ramped up this week. Security firm AppRiver claimed to have seen 23 million emails sent as part of the ...

Chinese regulators are considering a massive crackdown on initial coin offerings and may implement a complete ban until regulations are in place, according to reports from the country earlier this week. The state-controlled National Internet Finance Association of China issued a warning to investors on Wednesday, stating that some ICOs are using “misleading propaganda” to promote ...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will be the latest company to test self-driving vehicles on California roads as the South Korean-giant received permission to do so from the state Department of Motor Vehicles. The company was keen to differentiate itself from some others in the space, saying in a statement that “while we have no plans ...

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 ...