CyberCrime

German Facebook Users Eligible For Compensation Over Data Breach

Millions of German Facebook users eligible for financial compensation over data leak in 2018-2019, finds country's highest civil court

2 days ago

Serco Tracking Devices On Prison Vans Disabled After Cyberattack

Worrying development. Cyberattack on third party supplier disables tracking systems and panic alarms in Serco prisoner vans

2 weeks ago

Russia Carrying Out Targeted Attacks In UK, Microsoft Warns

Russian-backed hacking group impersonating Microsoft, AWS in 'highly targeted' social engineering attacks with UK in crosshairs

3 weeks ago

QR Codes Enable New Enterprise Phishing Threat

Enterprises increasingly targeted by scam QR codes embedded in PDF documents attached to emails, in latest twist to damaging attack…

3 weeks ago

Sophos Expands Cybersecurity With $860m Secureworks Purchase

Second time Secureworks is acquired, after UK's Sophos says it will buy the US cybersecurity firm for $859m (£662m) in…

4 weeks ago

US Lawmakers Seek Answers From Telcos Over China Hack

US Congressional Representatives ask for answers from AT&T, Verizon, Lumen Technologies after wiretap networks reportedly hacked by China

1 month ago

Marriott Agrees To Pay $52 Million To Settle Data Breaches

To settle US federal and state claims over multiple data breaches, Marriott International agrees $52 million settlement payment

1 month ago

Chinese Hackers Breach US Wiretap Systems – Report

AT&T and Verizon among US broadband providers reportedly hacked to target American government wiretapping platform

1 month ago

Largest US Water Utility Suffers Cyberattack

Hack of critical infrastructure in the US, as American Water admits “unauthorised activity” on computer network and systems

1 month ago

US, Microsoft Disrupts Russian FSB Hackers

Internet domains used by “Russian intelligence agents and their proxies” for cyberattacks, seized by the United States and Microsoft

2 months ago

Chinese Hackers Failed To Defeat FBI Botnet Takedown

FBI disrupts Chinese 'state-sponsored' hackers 'Flax Typhoon', who tried to resist takedown of 260,000-device botnet

2 months ago

Police Arrest Youth Over London Transport Hack

National Crime Agency arrests 17-year-old in Walsall over hack of Transport for London that compromised customer data

2 months ago

BT Identifies 2,000 Potential Cyberattacks Signals Every Second

Level of cyberthreats revealed, after BT says it spots 2,000 signals of potential cyberattacks every second

2 months ago

Government To Classify UK Data Centres As Critical Infrastructure

Data centres in the UK are to designated as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), alongside energy and water systems

2 months ago

NCSC Calls Out Cyber-Attacks From Russia’s GRU

UK's NCSC and allies outline campaign of attacks from unit of Russia's military intelligence service targeting organisations worldwide

2 months ago

TfL Cuts Data Feeds Amidst Cyber-Attack Fallout

Transport for London cuts live data feeds to travel apps and restricts access to online services as it deals with…

2 months ago

Transport For London Dealing With ‘Ongoing’ Cyber-Attack

Transport for London hit by 'ongoing' cyber-attack, but customer data and transport services 'not affected'

3 months ago

Iran Government-Backed Hackers ‘Making Cash From Ransomware’

Iran government-backed hackers working with ransomware gangs to exploit hacked organisations for share of profits, FBI warns

3 months ago

RansomHub Gang Breaches More Than 200 Organisations

FBI warns RansomHub ransomware gang growing quickly, with affiliates breaching at least 210 organisations since February

3 months ago

Meta Says Iranian Hackers Targeted Biden, Trump WhatsApp Accounts

Iranian hacking group APT42 was behind possible hacking attempt of senior US administration officials of Joe Biden, Donald Trump

3 months ago

Halliburton, Law Enforcement Investigates Cyberattack Impact

Impact of the cyberattack against US critical industry firm Halliburton is being investigated by law enforcement and firm

3 months ago

US Oilfield Firm Halliburton Hit By Cyberattack

Oilfield services firm Halliburton hit by cyberattack, despite previously warning against attacks on critical infrastructure

3 months ago

Google Confirms Iranian Hackers Behind US Presidential Hacks

Hackers linked to Iran's government conducted phishing campaigns against Israel and targetted U.S. presidential election accounts

3 months ago

FBI Investigates After Trump Campaign Hacked By Iranians

Hacking group linked to Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard steals documents from Donald Trump campaign ahead of elections

3 months ago

Ransomware Group BlackSuit Upgrades Capabilities

Ransomware group formerly known as Royal changes name to BlackSuit, adds capabilites to malware, say FBI and CISA

3 months ago

Russia Microsoft Hack Accessed Home Office Data

Russian attack on Microsoft systems in January led to breach of Home Office email data, report finds, amidst criticism of…

3 months ago

UK ICO Fines NHS Supplier For Medical Records Breach

NHS supplier Advanced Computer Software Group fined £6m for data breach that exposed medical records of 82,000 people

4 months ago

Hacked Blood Testing Provider Expects Autumn Recovery Date

Hacked blood testing provider Synnovis says more services are back online but full restoration not expected until early autumn

4 months ago

CrowdStrike Blames ‘Undetected Error’ For World’s Largest IT Outage

CrowdStrike CEO summoned to testify before US Congress, as firm provides update about update that crashed millions of computers last…

4 months ago

US Sanctions Russian Hackers Over Infrastructure Attacks

US Treasury sanctions two members of Russian hacking group over critical infrastructure attacks as hacktivists threaten Olympics

4 months ago