‘Cyber plague’: Experts warn of growing infostealer threat after billions of login details exposed

“Someone, somewhere is having data exfiltrated from their machines as we speak,” says Volodymyr Diachenko, co-founder of the cybersecurity consultancy SecurityDiscovery. Sarayut Thaneerat | Moment | Getty Images Cybercriminals have intensified their efforts to steal and sell online passwords, experts warn. The alarm comes after the discovery of online datasets containing billions of exposed account…

Bitcoin rises, NYSE battles for Trump ETF, and crypto may be coming to mortgage next

The price of bitcoin rose again on Wednesday, reaching above $108,000 at an intraday high, as investors looked past the recent tensions in the Middle East and the stock market hovered near an all-time record. But the trading in cryptocurrencies was uneven, with ether and solana both slipping modestly in afternoon trading. Washington, D.C., figured…

Nvidia CEO Huang sells $15 million worth of stock, first sale of $873 million plan

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a round table discussion at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025. Sarah Meyssonnier | Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sold 100,000 shares of the chipmaker’s stock on Friday and Monday, according to a filing with…

After Zuckerberg spent billions on an AI ‘dream team,’ he has to deliver for Meta shareholders

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Mark Zuckerberg feels the heat, he opens his wallet. The 41-year-old Facebook founder and Meta CEO is on a spending spree like never before in an effort to position…

Meta CTO Bosworth says OpenAI countered lucrative job offers to AI startup’s employees

Andrew Bosworth, chief technology officer of Meta Platforms Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses – devices that show a combined view of the digital and…

16 billion login credentials from Google and other sites leaked online, report says

Sixteen billion login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving criminals “unprecedented access” to accounts consumers use each day, according to researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews. According to a report published this week, Cybernews researchers have recently discovered 30 exposed datasets that each contain a vast amount of login information — amounting to a…