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Warner Music Warns Of Three-Month Payment Card Hack
Attackers made off with full payment card details from Warner Music Group e-commerce sites from April to August of this year, company tells customers
Npm Removes Data Theft Code
Popular JavaScript developer tool removes malicious package that tried to steal data, in latest attack on software supply chain
New Zealand Calls In Spy Agency To Deal With Exchange Attacks
New Zealand has called in its GCSB intelligence agency to work with the country's stock exchange after denial-of-service attacks continued for a fourth day in a row
Bognor Regis Man Arrested Over Major Twitter Hack
Man arrested in Bognor Regis along with two others in Florida over hack that compromised dozens of prominent Twitter accounts to spread Bitcoin scam
Hackers Nearly Stole £1 Million From Premiership Football Club
NCSC report reveals how defences of UK sport sector are being tested by cyber attackers, as one football club nearly loses £1 million
UK Top Cyber Target For Russian Hackers
Russia has been conducting a long-running cyber and interference campaign against the UK, and Government is still playing catch up, report warns
Popular Maths Site Investigates ‘Potential Data Compromise’
Students and children at risk as more than 25 million account credentials allegedly stolen from Mathway offered for sale online
Is Home Your Business’s New Network Security Perimeter?
Post COVID-19 could see many businesses permanently using home-based working as the norm for their enterprises. With annual reports stating lax security protocols and behaviours are still the norms (nearly 40% of workers never change t ...
Celebrity Law Firm Hackers Double Ransom Demand
Hackers demand $42m from New York law firm that represents Lady Gaga, U2, Jessica Simpson and others – and promises to leak information on Donald Trump
FBI Accuses China-linked Hackers Of Attacking Coronavirus Researchers
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security say China-linked hackers are attacking US firms carrying out Covid-19 research
Number Of ‘Hacked’ UK Networks Soars As Staff Work From Home
Coronavirus lockdown sees malicious activity on organisational networks triple in the UK and double in the US as staff move outside the corporate firewall
Coronavirus: Cyber Experts Team Up To Battle Covid-19 Related Hacking
Taking on the criminals using the Coronavirus pandemic to carry out hacking, group of 400 cyber-security experts is established
Hackers Use Coronavirus Scare To Attack Government Systems
Attack groups make use of chaos around coronavirus to target organisations in Mongolia, South Korea, Ukraine, Vietnam and elsewhere
Virgin Media Breach ‘Disclosed Sensitive Data’
Exposed Virgin Media database links user details to requests to unblock pornographic and gambling sites, exposing customers to extortion attempts
IOTA Cryptocurrency Still Offline Following Heists
IOTA fixes bug in desktop cryptocurrency wallet after crooks make off with more than $1m, but network has remained offline since last week
Officials Blame Turkey For Cyber-Attacks
Turkish government likely to be behind ongoing campaign of DNS hijacking incidents targeting rival countries, Western officials say
Two Arrested Over Site Offering 12 Billion Hacked User Records
Arrests in Netherlands and Northern Ireland as FBI seizes WeLeakInfo.com, which offered index of 10,000 data breaches for as little as £1.50 per day
Austrian Foreign Ministry Hit By ‘Serious’ Cyber-Attack
Ongoing incident could last several days, experts warn, following European Union measures to crack down on state-sponsored cyber-disruption
Amazon Hit By Potential Class-Action Lawsuit Over Ring Security Issues
Lawsuit accuses Amazon and Ring of failing to provide adequate protection against cyber-attacks amidst rash of security incidents
Transport For London Locks Oyster, Contactless Accounts As ‘Precaution’
Users must reset online passwords after Oyster accounts maliciously accessed over the summer, but in the meantime cards can still be used for travel
OnePlus Hit By Fresh Cyber-Attack
Hackers make off with customers' personal details in second online attack to affect Chinese smartphone maker in two years
Labour Party Claims It Was Hit By Large-Scale Cyberattack
Weeks before the general election, the Labour Party claims its systems have been subjected to a cyberattack
Russian Cyber-Spies ‘Hijacked Iranian Attack Infrastructure’
Turla hacking group carried out at least 20 successful cyber-raids around the world using Iranian attack tools, NCSC says
Kolkata Police Shut Down Scam Call Centres
Fraudsters convinced Devon man his computer had been taken over by a Russian criminal involved in trafficking guns, ammunition and hand grenades
Programmer Hacks Ransomware Crooks, Releases Decryption Keys
German developer releases thousands of decryption keys for Muhstik ransomware after being forced to pay out £600 to decrypt his files
Police Auction £240,000 Of TalkTalk Hacker’s Cryptocurrency
Police sell off cryptocurrency seized from TalkTalk hacker Elliott Gunton, in a case that is the first of its kind for a UK police force
Targeted Cyber-Attacks Hit Transportation Firms
Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 finds previously unknown tools used in attacks on transportation and shipping firms in Kuwait
Hacker Group Looks To Gain Control Over Vulnerable WordPress Sites
Attack that began in July takes on new form as hackers begin creating rogue administrator accounts on unpatched sites
Hackers Take Over Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Account
The account was used to broadcast offensive messages to more than four million followers following a hack of Dorsey's mobile phone number