An ElasticSearch B.V. server has been found leaking the details of nearly 57 million U.S. citizens online in the latest case of a misconfigured online server. The server, discovered by security researcher Bob Diachenko at Hacken and reported today, was found via the Shodan search engine and contained 73 gigabytes of data consisting of nearly ...

Steemit Inc., a social media platform built on a decentralized database that rewards contributors with cryptocurrency payments, has laid off 70 percent of its workforce as the cryptocurrency downturn has affected its bottom line. Founded in 2016, Steemit is often described as a blogging platform built on top of its own blockchain, but it’s somewhat ...

The U.S. Department of Justice today said it has indicted two Iranian men they accuse of being behind ransomware attacks that among other targets crippled the City of Atlanta in March. Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, are accused of creating and deploying the SamSam ransomware over a 34-month international computer hacking and ...

Amazon.com Inc. today rolled out a new service for monitoring and prioritizing security issues for Amazon Web Services Inc. customers. Called the AWS Security Hub, the service has been designed to provide AWS users with a comprehensive view of their security state within AWS and to assist them in checking their compliance with security industry ...

In a novel offering, Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing company today launched 1/18th scale robotic self-driving cars along with a racing league to go with them as a way to encourage the development of reinforcement learning technology. Called the AWS DeepRacer, the car is being pitched as an “interesting and fun way to get started with reinforcement ...

The price of bitcoin has settled as the ongoing war between Bitcoin Cash factions has seemingly come to an end. Bitcoin started plunging in price around Nov. 14 as a hard fork in Bitcoin Cash, itself a fork of bitcoin, spooked investors and saw all cryptocurrencies heavily sold off. The Bitcoin Cash dispute saw Roger Ver, ...

Electric scooter hire startup Bird Rides Inc., a Sequoia Capital-backed competitor to companies owned and backed by ride-hailing companies Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc., Tuesday launched a “platform” that allows people to manage their own fleet of e-scooters. Called Bird Platform, the service is pitched as allowing “independent operators from around the globe to start their ...

Uber Technologies Inc. has been fined $1.2 million by two European countries over a large data breach in 2016 that it failed to disclose until late 2017. The data breach, revealed in November 2017, involved the theft of records, including the names and drivers license numbers of about 600,000 Uber drivers in the U.S. along with the ...

Adding to a flurry of new services announced at its re:Invent cloud conference this week in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services Inc. Tuesday launched a new service that allows healthcare providers to mine medical records for information that can be used to improve patient treatment and reduce costs. Called Amazon Comprehend Medical, the product uses ...

A new study from security firm PhishLabs Inc. has found that nearly half of all phishing sites now deploy Secure Sockets Layer protection complete with a padlock icon in the browser bar in an attempt to give people a false sense of protection. Detailed today by security research Brian Krebs, the report found that 49 ...