security

Facebook Parent Fined £75m Over Password Storage

Facebook parent Meta fined 91m euros over unencrypted storage of hundreds of millions of passwords dating back to 2012

6 months ago

TikTok Tells US Court Ban Would Have ‘Staggering’ Effects

TikTok, ByteDance, US creators argue against divest-or-ban law in US appeals court while government says national security at stake

7 months ago

Police Arrest Youth Over London Transport Hack

National Crime Agency arrests 17-year-old in Walsall over hack of Transport for London that compromised customer data

7 months ago

NCSC Calls Out Cyber-Attacks From Russia’s GRU

UK's NCSC and allies outline campaign of attacks from unit of Russia's military intelligence service targeting organisations worldwide

7 months ago

TfL Cuts Data Feeds Amidst Cyber-Attack Fallout

Transport for London cuts live data feeds to travel apps and restricts access to online services as it deals with…

7 months ago

Transport For London Dealing With ‘Ongoing’ Cyber-Attack

Transport for London hit by 'ongoing' cyber-attack, but customer data and transport services 'not affected'

7 months ago

RansomHub Gang Breaches More Than 200 Organisations

FBI warns RansomHub ransomware gang growing quickly, with affiliates breaching at least 210 organisations since February

7 months ago

Palo Alto Networks Forecasts Strong Security Demand

Shares in Palo Alto Networks rise after company forecasts fiscal 2025 revenues and profits exceeding analysts' estimates

8 months ago

FBI Investigates After Trump Campaign Hacked By Iranians

Hacking group linked to Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard steals documents from Donald Trump campaign ahead of elections

8 months ago

Ransomware Group BlackSuit Upgrades Capabilities

Ransomware group formerly known as Royal changes name to BlackSuit, adds capabilites to malware, say FBI and CISA

8 months ago

Russia Microsoft Hack Accessed Home Office Data

Russian attack on Microsoft systems in January led to breach of Home Office email data, report finds, amidst criticism of…

8 months ago

Delta Calls CrowdStrike Outage ‘Unacceptable’

Delta trades barbs with CrowdStrike, Microsoft over worldwide outage that led to 7,000 cancelled flights and $500m losses at airline

8 months ago

Hacked Blood Testing Provider Expects Autumn Recovery Date

Hacked blood testing provider Synnovis says more services are back online but full restoration not expected until early autumn

8 months ago

CrowdStrike Says ‘Significant Number’ Of Systems Back Online

CrowdStrike says 'significant number' of systems affected by global outage now back online, as Russia, China relatively unscathed

9 months ago

US Sanctions Russian Hackers Over Infrastructure Attacks

US Treasury sanctions two members of Russian hacking group over critical infrastructure attacks as hacktivists threaten Olympics

9 months ago

Pro-Russia Hacktivists Target Olympic Games

Pro-Russia hackers expected to pose major disruption threat to Paris Olympic Games against backdrop of ongoing conflict in Ukraine

9 months ago

Experts Expect Ransomware Surge After Police Disruption

Security firm predicts rise in ransomware activity in second half of year as gangs recover from LockBit takedown, AlphV scam

9 months ago

Hackers ‘Publish Walt Disney Internal Slack Data’

Hackers reportedly publish data from thousands of Disney internal Slack communications, including data on strategy and job candidates

9 months ago

AT&T ‘Paid Hacker $300,000’ To Delete Stolen Data

AT&T reportedly pays hacker $300,000 to delete cache of stolen data affecting 'nearly all' its customer base

9 months ago

AT&T Cloud Hack Part Of Ongoing Campaign, Experts Say

Hack of nearly all AT&T customers is part of campaign carried out by criminal gang targeting Snowflake cloud platform, say…

9 months ago

Booking.com Warns Of AI-Fuelled 900 Percent Scam Surge

Travel scams rose up to 900 percent in 18 months as generative AI makes phishing sites harder to detect, Booking.com…

10 months ago

NHS Calls For Blood Donations After Ransomware Attack

NHS calls for O-type blood donations after ransomware attack on supplier Synnovis affects ability to match patients' blood

10 months ago

Hackers Offer To Sell Hacked Data On Santander Customers, Staff

Hacking group posts advert to sell customer, staff data allegedly stolen from Santander after bank acknowledges hack in May

10 months ago

MGM Hackers Launch New Campaign Targeting Financial Sector

Aggressive hackers behind hacks on Las Vegas MGM and Caesars casinos launch new campaign as FBI says it is moving…

11 months ago

Synopsys Spins Off App Security Unit In $2.1bn Deal

Chip designer Synopsys to sell software integrity unit to private investors to create new independent security firm

11 months ago

Notorious Finnish Hacker Jailed Over Patient Records Hack

Finnish hacker Julius Kivimäki jailed for six years after blackmail attempts on 21,000 patients using stolen psychotherapy records

11 months ago

UK Law Aims To Boost Security For ‘Smart’ Devices

New UK rules bring in basic security requirements for millions of internet-connected devices, aiming to close notorious cyber loophole

11 months ago

Open Source Groups Warn Of Ongoing Attacks

Open source groups warn of sophisticated social engineering attacks targeting JavaScript and other critical projects

12 months ago

US, UK Impose Sanctions On China Over Spying, Infrastructure Hacks

US, UK impose sanctions on China over campaign to target critical infrastructure and place officials under surveillance

1 year ago

Russian Hackers Lure German Politicians With Fake Dinner Party Invite

Russian state-based hackers targeted German politicians with email posing as CDU dinner party invitation as spy activity intensifies

1 year ago