FBI Wants US Businesses to Help as Cyber Extortion Gains Urgency
The FBI is asking businesses and software security experts for emergency assistance in its investigation into a pernicious new type of "ransomware" virus used by hackers for extortion. "We need…
Microsoft Reportedly Meets With Private Equity Over Yahoo Deal
Microsoft Corp executives are in early talks with potential Yahoo Inc investors about contributing to financing to buy the troubled Internet company, a person familiar with the situation said. The…
Bangladesh Asks New York Fed, Philippines to Help Retrieve Stolen Money
The new governor of Bangladesh's central bank has sent formal letters to the New York Fed, as well as central bank and money laundering chiefs in the Philippines, asking them…
For First Time, Drone Delivers Package to US Residential Area
A drone has successfully delivered a package to a residential location in a small Nevada town in what its maker and the governor of the state said Friday was the…