computer crime

Hacker Jailed For Stealing £88,000 In Gold Bullion

The hacker used data from a bullion trading company's systems to intercept packages

8 years ago

Government Plans ‘Active’ Cyber Security Approach

Government plans to show more cyber-security initiative, says head of new National Cyber Security Centre, as NAO describes cabinet IT…

8 years ago

Russian Hackers Release US Athletes’ Doping Data

Anti-doping officials confirm hackers accessed sensitive medical records related to Rio 2016

8 years ago

Hackers Breach US Government, Sell Attack Source Code

Two linked hackers are selling tools used to breach US government and military networks along with a trove of 33,000…

8 years ago

DDoS Website ‘Ringleaders’ Arrested In Israel

The two teenagers were arrested after DDoS giant vDOS was hacked and its internal records exposed last week

8 years ago

Ransomware ‘Nearly Half Of All Cloud Malware’

Nearly half of all malware found in enterprise cloud applications is now ransomware, according to new figures

8 years ago

Obama Warns Of Cyber ‘Wild West’

Nation-states with advanced cyber-weapons risk entering into a new 'arms race', warns US president

8 years ago

Hacker Group Releases ‘NSA Spy Tools’

The code appears to be that used by the NSA to carry out spy operations

8 years ago

Linux Bug ‘Lets Attackers Target Billions Of Android Devices’

About 80 percent of all Android gadgets are vulnerable, say experts

8 years ago

More Hotels Hit By Latest Payment Systems Breach

Hundreds of thousands of transactions may have been compromised in the latest hack

8 years ago

Ransomware Spammers Turn To Ads For Cash

This year's biggest Trojan malware has turned from spreading ransomware to spreading an ad-clicking backdoor

8 years ago

Spy Attacks ‘Went Unnoticed For Five Years’

'Project Sauron' has been stealing data from groups in 30 countries since at least 2011, experts say

8 years ago

GhostMail Ends Services ‘To Prevent Misuse’

GhostMail said it doesn't want its encrypted email service used by 'the wrong people'

8 years ago

IT Worker Jailed For Disabling Citibank Network

The Citibank employee admitted to intentionally taking down 90 percent of the company's network across North America

8 years ago

Security Firms And Police Fight Back Against Ransomware

No More Ransom offers decryption keys to encourage ransomware victims not to pay

8 years ago

Hackers Collect £15,000 For Pornhub Exploit

The attack provided complete access to Pornhub's database and exposed two PHP flaws

8 years ago

FCC Urges Telco Action On Nuisance Calls

US telephone companies are still allowing unwanted mass calls and texts in spite of regulatory changes, the FCC says

8 years ago

ONS Figures Show UK Cybercrime Doubled In Past Year

Office for National Statistic report shows that one in ten people are victims of fraud or cybercrime

8 years ago

Ransomware Gangs ‘Willing To Bargain’

Most ransomware groups now have responsive and friendly customer-service operations, finds a study

8 years ago

Criminals steal £9m From 1,400 Japan ATMs In Less Than Three Hours

More than 100 suspects were reportedly involved in a coordinated operation that used about 1,600 forged South African credit cards

9 years ago