CyberCrime

Police Must ‘Learn How To Support Cybercrime Victims’

'Sluggish' police are trying to catch today's criminals with yesterday's tactics, according to critics

10 years ago

How Much Will Cybercrime Cost Us In 2015?

Orlando Scott-Cowley, director of technology marketing at Mimecast, looks back on the Target and Home Depot cyber attacks, and asks…

10 years ago

Forget Your PC, It’s The Home Router That Could Be Opening You Up To Hackers, Says Avast

Router security currently similar to that of PCs in the 1990’s, Avast COO Ondrej Vlcek tells TechWeek Europe

10 years ago

Sony Hack Reveals Personal Details Of Film Stars

Sony Pictures hack exposes salary of Hollywood actor Seth Rogen and details of other Hollywood stars

10 years ago

BAE Systems Recruits Team of Young Cybercrime Fighters

Threat of cyber attacks drives BAE Systems' recruitment drive, with London alone facing 54,000 reports of cyber fraud every year

10 years ago

Kaspersky Lab Extends Real-time Data Protection To Hitachi NAS Platform Systems

Kaspersky Lab joins Hitachi Technology Alliance Program to anticipate tomorrow's security problems

10 years ago

Cybercriminals Easily Dupe Online Shoppers On Black Friday And Cyber Monday

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are apparently now a 'thing' in the UK, and criminals are all over it like…

10 years ago

Syrian Electronic Army Returns With Newspaper Hack

The pro-Assad hacker group SEA strikes back with a hack against a number of Western media websites

10 years ago

Hacker Pays To Avoid 440 Year Prison Sentence

No brainer of the day? A hacker in Texas pays $10,000 to avoid a possible 440-year prison sentence

10 years ago

Attention, Santa! – This Year’s Most ‘Risky Christmas Gift List’ Revealed

Shoppers need to watch out for iPhones, Playstation 4s and Ugg Boots if they want to stay safe this Christmas,…

10 years ago

Sony Pictures Suffers Blackmail Hack

Sony Pictures network breached just days after Sony’s PlayStation Network was allegedly penetrated

10 years ago

The Scary Truth About Credit Cards The Banks Don’t Want You To Know

And 5 top tips on how to use bank cards safely when shopping online this Christmas

10 years ago

E-Cigarette Malware Could Damage Your Computer’s Health

Chinese cybercriminals reportedly targeting 'Vapers' with malware spread through dodgy USB chargers

10 years ago

183 Million Accounts Compromised In Q3 2014

Large scale attacks against financial firms, retail companies, and consumers’ personal identities and online accounts are dominant trends

10 years ago

Sophisticated ‘State-sponsored’ Regin Spy Tool Discovered

The capabilities of Regin suggest it is one of the main cyber espionage tools used by a nation state

10 years ago

PlayStation, Windows Live Gamers Hit By New Passwords Leak

Derptrolling attack reveals thousands of usernames and passwords

10 years ago

Thousands Of Facebook Users Fall For ‘Free Audi R8’ Scam

Hackers luring in unwary Facebook users with promise of free sports cars

10 years ago

Hackers ‘Spying On British Webcams And Baby Monitors’

ICO warns on Russian-based website showing live feeds from around the world, and urges consumers to set up password protection

10 years ago

MIT Lands Major Cyber-Security Funding Injection

American academic centres land the largest ever private funding deal for cyber-security research

10 years ago

Only A Third Of UK Businesses Feel Able To Take On Cyber Attacks

British businesses were hit by more cyber attacks that ever before this year, McAfee study finds

10 years ago

8 Ways To Buy Gifts Safely Online This Christmas

TechWeek has teamed up with Trey Ford, global security strategist at IT security firm Rapid7, to bring you 8 top…

10 years ago

Eight Year Boy To Address Cyber Security Conference

Security becomes a young man's game as Indian prodigy prepares to speak at cyber security conference

10 years ago

Home Depot Confirms Theft Of 53 Million Email Addresses

Massive data breach at US retailer worse than first thought, with 53 million email addresses also compromised

10 years ago

Almost 1 Million Brits Attacked By Amazon Phishing Scam Emails

Security specialists warn email users to be be "extra cautious" this holiday shopping season

10 years ago

North Korea Still Chief Suspect In Cyber Attacks On South

Evidence points to an unsophisticated, uncoordinated campaign

12 years ago

The USA Needs CISPA

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is not as bad as the Internet community might think, says Wayne Rash

13 years ago

Hague Says UK Government Was Hit By Trojan

The UK government was infected by the Zeus information-stealing Trojan in December, William Hague has revealed

14 years ago

US Security Chiefs Address RSA Conference Europe

Heavyweight cyber-security gurus front a London RSA conference with a practical slant

14 years ago