CyberCrime

Sowbug Hacking Group Targets South America & Asian Governments

Previously unknown hacking group found targeting foreign policy and diplomatic targets

7 years ago

Silence Trojan Actively Targets Banks & Financial Institutions

Financial institutions facing targetted threat from Silence trojan which infiltrates internal banking networks

7 years ago

Australian Cloud Breach Exposes Government Staff Data

The personal details of tens of thousands of Australian government and banking staff exposed in latest breach

7 years ago

News Of NYC Terror Attack Changes Focus Of Senate Social Media Hearing

ANALYSIS: Experts on international terrorism turn from describing how terrorists use social media to reporting the level of chatter on…

7 years ago

North Korea Slams UK Claims It’s To Blame For WannaCry

The nation dismisses Britain's security minister's claims as "groundless speculation"

7 years ago

Bug Found In Google Bug Tracker Database

Discovery of bug in Google's bug tracking database lands researcher $15,600 in bug bounties

7 years ago

Britain Blames North Korea For WannaCry Attack, Says Security Minister

North Korea is yet again the suspected culprit behind WannaCry

7 years ago

Financial Impact of NotPetya Ransomware Continues to Grow

Pharmaceutical vendor Merck is the latest multi-national firm to report financial loses from the NotPetya ransomware attack in June 2017

7 years ago

Equifax Was Warned Months Before Attack, Researcher Claims

Oh dear. Firm was apparently warned about website vulnerability, months before devastating data breach

7 years ago

The NHS Could Have Avoided WannaCry Attack, Says NAO Report

WannaCry ransomware attack made worse as NHS did not follow basic security recommendations

7 years ago

NHS Lanarkshire Blames Missing Patch For WannaCry Impact

Oops. Health board in Scotland admits WannaCry ransomware attack was down to vital patch not being rolled out

7 years ago

Kaspersky Lab Obtained NSA Code From PC Also Infected With Backdoor

Kaspersky's security software had stumbled across NSA code in 2014, but the PC in question was also infected with a…

7 years ago

Appleby Data Breach Could Expose Secrets Of Super Rich

Data from law firm in Bermuda could potentially reveal sensitive financial data about high profile individuals

7 years ago

Bad Rabbit Ransomware Hits Russia And Ukraine

The ransomware appears to be a variant of the Petya ransomware

7 years ago

Kaspersky Opens Source Code For Independent Probing To Combat Spying Allegations

The cyber security firm is looking to win back trust in its products

7 years ago

Pizza Hut Admits Data Breach That Led To Customer Credit Card Fraud

Customers left cheesed-off after the pizza firm oozed credit card details

7 years ago

Hyatt Hotels Suffers Another Card Breach

Not again. Second data breach in two years as hotel chain admits hackers 'checked out' with payment card data

7 years ago

Equifax Denies It Suffered Fresh Cyber Attack

Nothing to see here. Troubled firm denies it has been attacked again as it removes web page after malware issue

7 years ago

MPs To Question Equifax Over Delay In Data Breach Report

MP demands to know why it took so long for Equifax to report breach and why it has not contacted…

7 years ago

Airbus Security Boss Talks Tackling Today’s And Tomorrow’s Cyber Threats

INTERVIEW: Ian Goslin, head of UK cyber security at Airbus discusses how to protect critical infrastructure and being ready for…

7 years ago

F35 Fighter Data Stolen In Hack On Australian Contractor

30GB of data on next generation joint strike fighter jet stolen in damaging hacking operation down under

7 years ago

Symantec Halts Government Reviews Of Source Code

Symantec CEO claims government source code reviews pose 'unacceptable risk' to security software

7 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes Exploit Found In Wild

No rest for system admins as Patch Tuesday tackles 62 vulnerabilities; 28 of which are rated as critical

7 years ago

Equifax Data Breach: Investigation Shows 15.2m UK Records Targeted

Equifax will contact 694,000 UK customers at high risk following huge data breach last month

7 years ago

Government Demands Social Networks Remove Abusive Content

Government announces plans to tackle cyber bullying and improve Internet safety education

7 years ago

Uber Says It’s Removing Secret Screen-Viewing Access To iOS Devices

ANALYSIS: Undisclosed entitlement allowed Uber to access to an iOS device’s frame buffer, which in turn could let the company…

7 years ago

HMRC Stops Phone Scammers Reaching 1m People

HMRC takes control of scam websites promoting misleading and expensive phone services

7 years ago

Is The Current Cybersecurity Model Sustainable In The World Of AI, AR & IoT?

IP EXPO 2017: Cybersecurity heavyweights discuss the future of the industry, noting that the answers may be in its past

7 years ago