Former Amazon worker turned Capital One hacker is alleged to have also stolen data from 30 other businesses
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NHS Needs Urgent Investment In Cybersecurity
Outdated computers, lack of investment, and sparsity of skills means the NHS remains vulnerable to hackers
Florida City Agrees To Pay Ransomware Demand
No, no, no! Riviera Beach City pays hackers $600,000 after ransomware attack three weeks ago
TalkTalk Hacker Gets Four Year Sentence
One of the youngsters behind TalkTalk detained for four years, despite depression and Asperger claim
US Government Identifies North Korean Hacking Tool
New malware from North Korea used to raise much needed funds has been identified by FBI and DHS
Chinese Citizens Charged For Infamous Anthem Hack
US Justice Department has indicted Chinese citizens for Anthem hack and other attacks on US businesses
Israel Hits Back At Hamas Cyber Attack With Airstrike
Ultimate cyber defence? Israeli warplanes stop attempted Hamas cyber attack, with airstrike that 'removed' its HQ
Pharma Giant Bayer ‘Contains’ Cyber Attack
German firm detected hacker code and covertly monitored it for over a year, before clearing it from network
Singapore Health Hackers Identified By Symantec
Hacking group that inflicted Singapore with its worst ever cyber attack, has been identified by Symantec
Russian Hackers Hitting European Democratic Institutions, Warns Microsoft
Russian hacker group Fancy Bear behind attacks on Germany, Poland, Romania and Serbia
US Ballistic Missile System Riddled With Cyber Vulnerabilities
Hackable ICBMs? America's ballistic missile system is poor secured and includes an unpatched vulnerability from 1990
Facebook Hack May Result In GDPR Penalty
Irish regulator says 10 percent of the hacked 50 million Facebook accounts are based in Europe
Superdrug Admits Disclosure Of Personal Data
But pharmacy chain adamant its systems were not compromised as hacker attempted to extort money
Russian Political Hack Halted By Microsoft
Attack by 'Fancy Bear' hacking group to steal steal data from American think tank organisations foiled by Redmond boffins
Apple Network Hacked By Australian Teenager
Trouble from the land down under for iPhone maker, as Aussie fanboy breaks into Apple's main network
IBM DeepLocker Turns AI Into Hacking Weapon
Artificial intelligence can power a new generation of malware that can bypass top tier cyber defences
Singapore Health Hack Carried Out By State-linked Group
Government says hack of Singapore health records has the hallmarks of a state-linked group
Reddit Confirms ‘Serious’ Hack Of User Data
Reddit knew of 'security incident' since 19 June but only alerted users more than a month later
Hacker Selling US Military Secrets On Dark Web
Reaper drone data and operation manual for M1 ABRAMS battle tank for sale on dark web after Netgear router exploit
Canadian Banks Rocked By Data Theft Of 90,000 Customers
Significant data breach affects two large Canadian banks after hackers threaten to go public with customer data
WannaCry ‘Hero’ Marcus Hutchins Admits Writing Trojan Code – Report
British hacker who stopped ransomware attack, tries to prevent phone call transcript being used against him in US courtroom
Kaspersky Lab Discovers Russian Hacker Infrastructure
Compromised servers used by Crouching Yeti/Energetic Bear hacker group found by Kaspersky Lab
Germany Blames Russia For Foreign Ministry Cyber Attack
Russia has to change its behaviour after unacceptable actions, including cyber attack on German foreign ministry
MyFitnessPal Confirms Hackers Stole 150m User Details
Huge data breach. Personal details of 150 million MyFitnessPal app users stolen by hackers
TalkTalk Slated For Tardy Response To Website Flaw
How long? TalkTalk failed to fix cross-site scripting error until this week, despite being informed two years ago
Certain Sonos, Bose Speakers Vulnerable To Hack
Did Santa deliver you a Sonos or Bose smart speaker? Better check hackers have not compromised it
Insider Threat ‘Contributes’ To Growing Number Of Critical Infrastructure Attacks
IBM X-Force researchers find hackers are increasingly exploiting insiders for attacks on industrial control systems
Hackers Hijack Cardiff Billboard To Display Offensive Images
US President Donald Trump depicted as a lizard was one of the more amusing images to be shown
UniCredit Data Breach Hits 400,000 Customers
Italian bank admits what could be Europe's largest ever data breach, and offers no apology
Ashley Madison Offers £8.5m To Data Breach Victims
The fund will be available for anyone with a "valid claim" for being affected by the 2015 breach