Security

More Arrests In Ongoing Campaign Against REvil Hacking Gang

Two more arrested by police in Romania, as global crackdown against Russia's Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware hackers continues

3 years ago

Trading App Robinhood Admits Data Breach

Email addresses of 5 million customers compromised by outside third party, after Robinhood admits 'data security incident'

3 years ago

Facebook Can Pursue NSO Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules

Pegasus fallout continues. Facebook granted permission to pursue a lawsuit, after US court rejects NSO's claim of immunity

3 years ago

Investors Sue SolarWinds Directors Over Security Breach

Group of investors sues SolarWinds directors over massive 2020 security breach, as Microsoft warns Russian hackers ramping up attacks on…

3 years ago

Supermarket Chain Investigates Fake Bitcoin Cash Press Release

US supermarket chain Kroger investigates publication of fake press release by PR Newswire saying it would accept Bitcoin Cash in…

3 years ago

US Government Offers $10m Bounty For Colonial Pipeline Hackers

DarkSide criminals who hacked Colonial Pipeline are firmly in American crosshairs, after $10 million bounty is offered for their ID…

3 years ago

Biden Administration Orders All Federal Agencies To Patch Systems

US President Joe Biden and CISA gives all US federal agencies six months to patch hundreds of known cybersecurity flaws…

3 years ago

Labour Party Member Data Compromised After Breach

'Cyber incident' for the UK's Labour Party sees 'significant quantity' of membership data, held by unidentified third party, being compromised

3 years ago

US Adds Israel’s NSO Group To Entity List

US hits Israeli surveillance specialist NSO Group with trade restrictions after adding it to its Entity List, citing the spyware…

3 years ago

Tech Giants Defend Record Against Online Scams

Amazon, eBay, Facebook and Google respond to MPs over their role in facilitating online scams, as fraud activity skyrockets during…

3 years ago

Know your Enemy: How to Deal with Cyber Extortion

Experts from Link11, Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (PCPI) and Berkeley Rowe International Lawyers, dive deep into the cyber threats that…

3 years ago

Iran Blames Nation State For Cyberattack on Petrol Stations

Petrol distribution network in Iran has reportedly been paralysed after a cyberattack, which some officials have alleged came from a…

3 years ago

Amazon Web Services Wins Contract From UK Intelligence Agencies

American cloud giant Amazon Web Services wins contract to host the UK's most sensitive national security data, but Labour wants…

3 years ago

Tesco Website Hack Attempt: What We Know So Far

Tesco website and app back online, after hackers apparently attempted to 'intefere' with the supermarket's website and app

3 years ago

REvil Hacking Gang Forced Offline In Multi-Country Operation

Law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the US and partner countries hack REvil's infrastructure and force notorious ransomware gang offline

3 years ago

Qubits Are Coming: Your Quantum Computing Future

As investment in the development of practical quantum computers and with key breakthroughs in this technology, are we poised to…

3 years ago

Hacker Steals Government Database Of All Argentine Citizens

Argentine government database containing ID card data of all citizens has been stolen by a hacker, and that data is…

3 years ago

Twitch Warns Over Source Code Breach

Gameplay streaming service Twitch says massive breach earlier this month mainly affected confidential source code, with 'minimal' effect on end-users

3 years ago

Sunderland University Seeks To Recover From ‘Extensive’ Cyber-Attack

IT and email systems at Sunderland University offline since last week following 'major cyber-attack' that caused 'extensive interruption'

3 years ago

BT Eagle-i Seeks To Predict, Prevent Cyberattacks

Proactive security approach. New security platform from BT Security, dubbed 'Eagle-i', seeks to predict and prevent cyberattacks

3 years ago

Sunderland University IT Systems Crippled By Cyberattack

University admits 'extensive IT issues' after a suspected cyberattack takes down website, telephones, and IT systems, and impacts onlines classes

3 years ago

Woman Hacks Flight School, Clears Broken Planes To Fly – Report

Worrying development. Flight training school in Florida hacked, and hacker allegedly cleared aeroplanes with maintenance issues to fly

3 years ago

NCSC Head Says Russia Remains UK’s Most Acute Cyber Threat

Russia remains the UK's most acute cyber threat and the source of most ransomware attacks, says head of National Cyber…

3 years ago

MoD Web Gaffe Exposes Special Forces Weapon Data

Secret data of enhanced weapons exposed in embarrassing cut-and-paste blunder, mirroring similar mistake in 2011 of data concerning nuclear submarines

3 years ago

Did Russia Hack UK’s AstraZenica Covid Vaccine?

Did they hack the UK's vaccine? Newspaper reports Russia stole blueprint for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in order to make Sputnik…

3 years ago

SolarWinds Hackers Stole US Sanctions Data – Report

SolarWinds hackers linked to Russia's SVR intelligence service sought information on US sanctions policies and American counter-intelligence operations

3 years ago

Twitch Confirms Huge Data Breach Of Confidential Data

Amazon's video streaming service Twitch admits it has suffered a huge data breach, after source code and earnings information is…

3 years ago

UAE Ruler Hacked Ex-Wife’s Phone Using NSO Pegasus

UAE's Sheikh Mohammed used spyware on his ex-wife Princess Haya and five associates, a senior High Court judge in London…

3 years ago

UK To Base Its ‘National Cyber Force’ In Lancashire

Cyber offensive operation of the UK government to be based somewhere in Lancashire, to tackle tackle hostile nation states and…

3 years ago

CTO 3.0: The Neo Chief Technology Officer

As businesses continue to transform, what has this meant for the development of the CTO? Tasked with managing new working…

3 years ago