Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the world’s largest producers of aluminum, has had to partially cease operations after its networks were infected with the LockerGoga ransomware. The Norwegian company, with operations in 50 countries, first detected the ransomware attack early morning Tuesday Central European Time, but by that point, the infection had already spread across ...

Former Mt. Gox founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Karpeles is now a free man after a court in Japan dismissed all charges against him except a minor one related to record-keeping. Mt. Gox was a bitcoin exchange that shut down in 2014 after hackers allegedly stole all the funds in the exchange, worth around ...

A new phishing campaign targeting Instagram users is using fake copyright infringement notices to steal user credentials. Detailed by security researchers at Kaspersky Lab Friday, the campaign sees Instagram users targeted with an email that pretends to be from Instagram. The emails, usually with an address coming from an official-looking URL such as theinstagram.team read ...

Lyft Inc. is starting an investor roadshow Monday in an effort to persuade investors to buy into its initial public offering. That’s according to CNBC, which reported today that Lyft will meet with investors across the United States before pricing the IPO and listing on the Nasdaq at the end of the month. Separately, Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with ...

Microsoft Corp. has released test builds of new browser extensions that offer Windows Defender Application Guard support to both Chrome and Firefox browsers. Previously available in Microsoft’s little-used Edge browser, Windows Defender Application Guard is a security tool that isolates browser sessions from the desktop in a virtual machine to prevent any malicious activity from ...

When most people think of malware, South America doesn’t come to mind. But a new study by security firm Recorded Future in conjunction with the Insikt Group has found many trojan malware controllers are located south of the U.S. border. The research identified active malware controllers for 14 malware families that were communicating with corporate ...

Quantum computing and biotech star in a new report from Boston Consulting Group today that takes an in-depth look at the emerging “deep tech” ecosystem, new and emerging technologies quickly gaining attention from investors and consumers alike. “The Dawn of the Deep Tech Ecosystem” report spans four years, 10 countries, a survey of more than 2,000 ...

A study undertaken at the RSA security conference last week has found that security professionals are starting to switch to biometric authentication, but more needs to be done in the age of password hacking. Undertaken by security firm Veridium Ltd., the survey found that 56 percent of respondents rely on password managers to help them ...

Google LLC today released the first beta version of Android Q, the next generation of its Android mobile operating system. Available to owners of Google Pixel devices as well as developers, Android Q is pitched as “helping users take advantage of the latest innovations while making sure users’ security and privacy are always a top ...

Security researchers have discovered a new form of adware buried in more than 200 hundred Android apps listed in the Google Play Store that may have infected in excess of 100 million users. Detailed by researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the “SimBad” malware was discovered on 206 applications that had been downloaded nearly ...