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‘Dyre Wolf’ Bank Transfer Scam Nets Criminals $1bn To Date

Sophisticated bank transfer cyber scam uses 'advanced social engineering' to fleece US companies

10 years ago

Google Braced For Formal EU Antitrust Charges

European Competition Commissioner reportedly ready to slap Google with formal antitrust charges

10 years ago

US Sanctions To Tackle Cyber Hacker Scourge

Hackers outside US will be financially punished after United States launches a cyber sanctions program

10 years ago

Lebanese Hackers Behind Volatile Cedar Spy Campaign

Hackers linked to Lebanese political group are behind a 'well managed' espionage campaign, warns researcher

10 years ago

HP And Mike Lynch Sue Over Autonomy Accounts

HP fires back with its own lawsuit in London against Mike Lynch following suit against the company

10 years ago

Australia Passes Mandatory Data Retention Laws

Communications metadata can now be accessed by Australian government without need of a search warrant

10 years ago

Top European Court Mulls Over Facebook Data Sharing Case

June will see the decision by the top European court on the data sharing agreement between the US and Europe

10 years ago

Amazon Gains Federal Approval For Drone Tests

Chocks away! Amazon drone testing gets an official thumbs up from American aviation authorities

10 years ago

Man Arrested For Filming Football Matches With Drone

The ultimate cheap seat! Man charged after drone was used to film a number of English premiership football matches

10 years ago

Target To Settle Epic Data Breach Lawsuit With $10m Payoff

The stark reality of the financial cost of a data breach is revealed, as Target aims to settle lawsuit for…

10 years ago

GCHQ Licensed To Hack Phones And Computers

Licensed to spy. GCHQ permitted to hack into computers and phones, even with no national security concerns

10 years ago

North Korea Web Outage Was Revenge For Sony Hack

North Korea's December Internet blackout was in retaliation for the Sony hack, admits US cybersecurity official

10 years ago

Facebook Still Being Squeezed By Government Data Requests

Facebook reports global rise in government demands for user data, also updates community standards banning buttocks

10 years ago

Two Arrested After ‘Largest Ever’ Data Breach

Three charged in the United States following major data breach, authorities confirm

10 years ago

NCA Arrests 57 Suspects In Cybercrime Clampdown

National Crime Agency arrests dozens in cybercrime clampdown on suspected hackers and other online criminals

10 years ago

Teenager Hacks High School To Improve Grades

American student tests his cyberskills with hack of high school network to bolster exam results

10 years ago

How To Explain Net Neutrality To A Five-Year-Old

The definitive definition of net neutrality by the experts for the kids (and adults, too)

10 years ago

Ramnit Botnet Crime Ring Taken Down By Europol

Euro cops shut down botnet that infected 3.2 million computers in order to steal banking information

10 years ago

Lizard Squad Hacks Lenovo Website And Intercepts Emails

Lenovo's main corporate website compromised in apparent revenge for Superfish adware

10 years ago

LinkedIn Settles Password Theft Lawsuit

LinkedIn pays nearly £1m to settle legal fight after security breach compromised 6.5 million user passwords

10 years ago

FBI Offers Biggest Ever Reward For Admin Of Gameover Zeus Botnet

Russian hacker behind the Gameover Zeus botnet is hit with world's largest ever reward for his arrest

10 years ago

Gemalto Hack Probe Confirms US, UK Spy Link

Gemalto's 'thorough investigation' concludes GCHQ and the NSA was probably behind 'sophisticated intrusion'

10 years ago

£226m Mt Gox Bitcoin Theft ‘An Inside Job’

Report of Mt Gox bitcoin exchange collapse fuels speculation of inside job after bot discovery

10 years ago

NSA Analysis Of Sony Hack Identifies North Korea

The NSA backs FBI conclusion that North Korea was responsible for the damaging hack of Sony Pictures

10 years ago

Google: FBI Wants To Hack Every Device On The Planet

Google warns US government it will fight proposals to allow “remote access” to every computer and device

10 years ago

Darkleaks Offers Whistleblowers Black Market Trades For Bitcoins

Shady website offers an anonymous marketplace for potential whistleblowers ...and blackmailers

10 years ago

LG Executive Indicted For Washing Machine ‘Sabotage’

Is nothing sacred anymore? Brand rivalry reaches new tipping point

10 years ago

Confused ISIS Hackers Attack Non-League Football Club

Islamic State hackers fail to find back of the net with hack of a English non-league football club

10 years ago

Revenge Porn Outlawed In England And Wales

Posting 'revenge porn' images and film online is to become a criminal offence and may result in a prison sentence

10 years ago

Microsoft And Samsung Finally Settle Up On Android Royalties Spat

‘Confidential’ solution apparently benefits both parties after long-running dispute

10 years ago