Old-school web traffic analysis tool provider Statcounter Inc. has been hacked, exposing users of the service to malicious code that attempts to steal bitcoin. Statcounter, established in 1999, offers a visitor tracking service that involves users installing JavaScript code on their websites to track visitors. The use of JavaScript is where both Statcounter and its users ...

Microsoft Corp. is rolling out the Pro version of Kaizala, an app similar to WhatsApp, to Office365 subscribers for free in an apparent effort to take on the Facebook Inc.-owned messaging service. Kaizala, started as a Microsoft Garage project in India, is pitched as a simple and secure mobile app for which users can easily sign ...

Carmaker Hyundai Motor Company today said it has made a strategic investment in allegro.ai, an Israeli startup that is developing a deep learning computer vision platform, through its investment arm Hyundai CRADLE. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. As part of the deal, allegro.ai technology will be used to improve the quality of Hyundai’s ...

Vulnerabilities in the way security is applied to solid-state drives manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Crucial brand drives made by Micron Technology Inc. allow hackers to easy access the drives according to a report published today. The findings, detailed by researchers Carlo Meijer and Bernard van Gastel from Radboud University, relate to the way the ...

Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo LLC today said it has acquired application security firm Veracode Inc. for $950 million. The buy, part of a flurry of security-related acquisitions and initial public offerings in the past year or so, came as Broadcom Inc. finalized its $19 billion acquisition of CA Technologies Inc., the latter having ...

Startup ScienceLogic Inc., which offers artificial intelligence for information technology operations, a fast-growing field known as AIOps, today said it has raised $25 million in new funding to support a global expansion. The $25 million comes in the form of a credit facility from Square 1 Bank, a division of Pacific Western Bank. Founded in ...

Access to some 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts have been found for sale on the darknet, the shady part of the internet reachable with special software, at a surprisingly low price. The sale of the accounts, first reported by the BBC Russian Service Friday, primarily included accounts from Ukraine and Russia, although a small number were accounts from ...

A new variant of the infamous Stuxnet malicious computer worm is believed to have been used on an attack on network infrastructure in Iran earlier this week. First reported Wednesday by Israeli TV, the new attack is described as being similar to Stuxnet but “more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated.” The extent of the attack ...

Wi-Fi access points made by Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Meraki and Aruba Networks are vulnerable to being hacked via two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Low Energy Chips made by Texas Instruments Inc. and used in the devices. Discovered by security researchers at Armis Inc., the vulnerabilities, dubbed “BLEEDINGBIT,” affects the routers in different ways ...

Mapping and data management for self-driving cars startup DeepMap Inc. has raised new funding that values it at $450 million. Although the amount was not officially disclosed, Techcrunch reported that the company raised at least $60 million. The Series B round included Nvidia Corp., Generation Investment Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Accel Partners and GSR Ventures and Robert Bosch Venture Capital. Founded in ...