Google Inc. has denied allegations by the U.S. Department of Labor that it discriminates against women by paying them less than men. The Department alleged Friday that it had found systemic compensation disparities against women across the entirety of Google’s workforce and that it had “received compelling evidence of very significant discrimination against women in the ...

Microsoft Corp. has issued a patch to its word processing software following the discovery of a new kind of attack that allowed hackers to install malware on a victim’s computer. The exploit, dubbed Dridex when it was discovered by McAfee LLC in late March, is distributed via a phishing email campaign that attempts to trick people into ...

The infamous Mirai Internet of Things botnet has changed course with a new version switching to mining bitcoin, at least temporarily. First spotted by researchers at IBM Corp.’s X-Force security arm, the new variant of the ELF Linux/Mirai malware was detected mining bitcoin for a few days in late March, before it then mysterious stopped doing ...

Tools revealed by Wikileaks’ Vault 7 release that are claimed to be used by the Central Intelligence Agency to hack computers have been linked to 40 spying operations in 16 countries, according to new research. Security firm Symantec Corp. made the claim based on its own analysis of “Longhorn,” a group that has been active ...

A Russian man arrested in Spain Monday on behalf of the United States government stands accused of running the notorious Kelihos botnet. Thirty-six-year-old Peter Yuryevich Levashov, who is also claimed to be using the name Peter Severa, was first thought to have been arrested in relation to the ongoing investigation into alleged hacking during the 2016 ...

A new Internet of Things startup launched today with what it claims is the world’s smallest, most functional smart lock. Called Teedoor, the device, which can be retrofitted to existing doors, enables hands-free access to door locks without the need to use a key or access a smartphone app to unlock the door. Teedoor does ...

Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex has filed a lawsuit against Well Fargo & Co. and Wells Fargo N.A. after the bank decided to block all incoming wire transfers from Bitfinex made on its behalf. Bitfinex (iFinex Inc.) is claiming that Wells Fargo, while allowing its customers to transfer money from their accounts to Bitfinex, is blocking transfers ...

A new form of malicious code that targets Internet of Things devices with a Permanent Denial-of-Service attack may be more harmful than the infamous Mirai botnet. First discovered by security company Radware Ltd., the PDoS attack bot, dubbed “BrickerBot,” scans the Internet for Linux-based routers, bridges and similar devices. When it finds a compatible device, one using the common BusyBox toolkit ...

The mysterious Shadow Brokers hacking group has released a range of previously top secret National Security Agency hacking tools, ostensibly in response to the Trump administration’s decision to bomb Syria. The group first gained attention in August after it claimed to have hacked the Equation Group, a hacking group believed to be linked to the NSA. ...

Residents of Dallas received an unwelcome scare Friday night after hackers managed to access the city’s emergency system and set off all of the city’s warning sirens. The hack saw all 156 of the city’s emergency sirens go off between 11:40 p.m. Friday and 1:20 a.m. Saturday, causing fear and confusion, not to mention keeping ...