Some 24 million financial and banking documents have been exposed online by a financial company in yet another case of a misconfigured database. The leak involves Ascension, a data and analytics company for the financial industry based in Fort Worth, Texas, according to TechCrunch. Discovered by security researcher Bob Diachenko and published today, the misconfigured Elasticsearch database at ...

Anchorage Hold LLC, a new “crypto native” custodian, today emerged from stealth mode with $17 million in funding to expand operations and develop its platform. The Series A round was led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z and included Khosla Ventures and a number of individual investors. Based in San Francisco, Anchorage claims to be the first crypto-native ...

Speculation that various phone makers such as Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will introduce so-called “folding phones” has been rampant for years, but one Chinese company may be set to beat both to market with a superior product. Xiaomi Corp., often referred to as China’s Apple, has revealed a prototype smartphone that can be ...

A new report released today by cybersecurity firm Carbon Black Inc. predicts a change in the security landscape in 2019 based on the rise of cyberattacks fueled by geopolitical tension. The 2019 Global Threat Report analyzes data gathered from Carbon Black customer endpoints through 2018 to extrapolate where cyberthreats are heading. Across the company’s customers, approximately 1 ...

Security researchers at McAfee LLC today detailed the discovery of a new ransomware family that is targeting consumers across the globe. Dubbed “Anatova” based on the name of the ransom note, the ransomware was discovered in a private peer-to-peer network and targets consumers. In a report, the researchers said those behind the ransomware family aren’t your ...

The battle for classroom supremacy is heating up. Today Microsoft Corp. announced new products for the education market, while Google LLC is claiming record numbers for its Chromebooks thanks to success in schools as well. Ahead of the Bett educational show in London Wednesday, Microsoft announced a cheaper Surface Go pen, new educational software and a number ...

The Department of Homeland Security today issued an emergency directive ordering federal agencies to audit all Domain Name System records within 10 days. The directive comes in response to a known security threat, in this case attempts by hackers to hijack DNS records at U.S. government agencies. The DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said that it ...

A flaw in the highly popular MySQL database management system can allow malicious servers to steal files from clients. First reported by Security Boulevard Friday and then picked up in more detail today by Bleeping Computer, the design flaw was found in the file transfer interaction between a client host and a MySQL server. The flaw allows an attacker ...

In another case of an incorrectly configured online database, an online casino group has compromised the information of 108 million bets. The data was exposed via a misconfigured Elasticsearch database, according to a report today from ZDNet. The breach included data from sites such as kahunacasino.com, azur-casino.com, easybet.com and viproomcasino.net. The companies weren’t named, but a quick ...

As the price of bitcoin tested new monthly lows over the weekend, one investor was far more upbeat, predicting better days ahead for the cryptocurrency. Alistair Milne, chief investment officer at Atlanta Digital Currency Fund, made the forecast on social media of a return to form for bitcoin. Starting with an explanation of where bitcoin ...