Security

Spain Court Agrees To Extradite British Man Over Twitter Hack

Spain's National Court agrees to extradite 23-year-old British man to US over 2020 hack of celebrity Twitter accounts

2 years ago

Oakland Declares State Of Emergency After Ransomware Attack

Californian city declares local state of emergency, after ransomware attack downed city systems earlier this month

2 years ago

ASML Data Theft By Ex China Staffer Violated Export Controls

ASML discovers its tech has been stolen by China employee, which resulted in violation of “certain export control regulations”

2 years ago

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Ordered Back To Court, After VPN Use

Federal judge unhappy that FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried used virtual private network (VPN) whilst under house arrest

2 years ago

UK Sanctions Seven Russian Ransomware Cyber Criminals

Seven Russian nationals sanctioned by the UK and United States, in the first wave of co-ordinated action against ransomware attacks

2 years ago

Scottish MP Admits Hack Of Personal Email, After NCSC Warning

SNP MP Stewart McDonald says he was hacked last month and his email system compromised, with suspicion pointed at Russia

2 years ago

LockBit Claims Responsibility For Royal Mail Attack

Russia-linked LockBit gang claims responsibility for Royal Mail attack last month, says it will publish data if ransom not paid

2 years ago

UK NCC Group To Cut Workforce By 7 Percent – Report

More tech cuts but closer to home. Manchester-based cybersecurity firm NCC Group will cut workforce by 7 percent

2 years ago

JD Sports Cyber-Attack Affects Data Of 10 Million Customers

JD Sports says hackers may have accessed the personal data of 10 million customers following a breach of its systems

2 years ago

US Seizes Servers Of Prolific Ransomware Gang Hive

FBI has hacked the hackers, after it “covertly infiltrated Hive Network, thwarting over $130m in ransom demands”

2 years ago

NCSC Warns State-Linked Hackers In Russia, Iran Are Targeting UK

Hacking groups linked to hostile states are conducting sophisticated campaigns against UK politicians and media, warns UK's cyber guardian

2 years ago

LastPass Owner GoTo Confirms Hackers Stole Customers’ Backups

It gets worse. Confirmation from LastPass owner GoTo that hackers stole encrypted backups and encryption key for portion of them

2 years ago

Crypto Exchange Bizlato ‘Laundered 1bn Euros’ In Crime Funds

Europol says little-known crypto exchange Bizlato laundered some 1 billion euros in crime-linked funds, after arrests of executive team

2 years ago

Hackers Access Thousands Of PayPal Accounts

PayPal says hackers accessed nearly 35,000 accounts in early December using valid passwords obtained from breaches of other websites

2 years ago

T-Mobile Confirms Hacker Stole Data Of 37 Million Customers

Not again. American mobile operator T-Mobile confirms customer data for 37 million users compromised by hacker

2 years ago

Safe Homes: Security Tech for Remote Workers

With remote mass working now the norm, and as the threat perimeter moves to wherever each employee chooses to work…

2 years ago

FTX Claims $415m Crypto Was Hacked

FTX has now identified roughly $5.5 billion worth of digital assets for recovery, but said $415m has been hacked

2 years ago

Twitter Says No Evidence Data Leak Originated From Its Servers

Data on 200 million Twitter users posted online by hacker did not come from a Twitter vulnerability, platform insists

2 years ago

Royal Mail Admits Disruption From ‘Cyber Incident’

UK's Royal Mail warns it is “temporarily unable to despatch items to overseas destinations”, after confirmation of 'cyber incident'

2 years ago

Wikimedia Denies ‘Infiltration’ By Saudi Spies

Wikimedia Foundation denies Wikipedia was infiltrated by Saudi agents after report by Middle East human rights groups

2 years ago

Hacker Posts Twitter Emails Of 200 Million Users Online

Researcher claims hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted the data on hacking…

2 years ago

Twitter Faces Probe After Data On 400m Users Offered For Sale

Ireland data commission to investigate after hacker offers information from 400 million Twitter accounts for sale

2 years ago

Biometric Devices Sold On eBay Contained US Military Data

Sensitive US military data has been found on the memory cards within biometric devices sold on eBay, researchers find

2 years ago

LastPass Admits Hackers Obtained Customer Password Vaults

Password manager's update on its August breach confirms customer password vault was stolen, as security experts slate the firm

2 years ago

Cyber-Attacks Set To Become ‘Uninsurable’, Warns Insurance Boss

Chief executive of Zurich Insurance warns that cyber-attacks, rather than natural disasters, will quickly become “uninsurable”

2 years ago

Guardian Newspaper Suffers Ransomware Attack

British newspaper, the Guardian, reveals that it has suffered a “serious IT incident” believed to be a ransomware attack

2 years ago

Apple Updates AirTag Firmware Amid Stalking Lawsuits

Tech giant Apple opens up about a number of firmware updates for AirTags that continue to restrict the device's principle…

2 years ago

More US States Ban TikTok As Federal Vote Looms

Louisiana, West Virginia latest to ban TikTok on government devices as US Congress prepares federal-level vote this week

2 years ago

Tech Trends in 2023

As the new year fast approaches, what tech trends should your business pay close attention to? How will the tech…

2 years ago

Telstra Apologises After Error Exposes Data Of 130,000 Customers

Not a malicious cyberattack. Telstra says sorry after database error results in names, addresses of unlisted customers being released

2 years ago