CyberCrime

Hilton Hotels Hit By Payment Malware

Cardholder details and payment information amongst data stolen, hotel firm confirms

8 years ago

Police Arrest Welsh Youth For TalkTalk Hack Blackmail

Arrests just keep coming as another youngster is arrested for last month’s damaging cyberattack

8 years ago

Dell Helps PC Owners Remove ‘Superfish-Like’ Rogue Certificate

Dell confirms it installed certificate but says it was to help customer service, nohing malicious

8 years ago

Superfish-Like Rogue Certificates ‘Found Pre-installed’ On Dell PCs

A number of Dell users say they found self-signed root certificates on their laptops and want to know why and…

8 years ago

University Denies Tor Accusation Of FBI Cash For Attacks

Carnegie Mellon denies Tor allegation the FBI outsourced cyber attack in return for cash payment

8 years ago

Telegram Closes Down Islamic State Propaganda Channels

German message service Telegram has begun deleting channels being used by terrorists Islamic State

8 years ago

New York DA Targets Smartphone Encryption

Manhattan District Attorney on collision course with tech giants after call for weaker encryption

8 years ago

EU Plans Cryptocurrency Clampdown Following Paris Attacks

Bitcoin could come under scrutiny following concerns about terrorism funding

8 years ago

Anonymous Offers ‘Noob Guide’ To Hack ISIS

Payback on ISIS. New guide offers ways to hack Islamic State following terrorist attacks in Paris

8 years ago

Government Urges Free Cyber Health Check For British Firms

Top UK businesses are being urged by the Government to take part in a free Cyber Health Check

8 years ago

Nadella: Microsoft Is Uniquely Positioned To Combat Cyber Threats

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says cloud-first Microsoft's scope means it can help make IT more secure, but industry collaboration is…

8 years ago

Spam Targets Lonely Hearts And Tourists, Warns Kaspersky

Lonely tonight? Or fancy jetting off somewhere for free? Then beware of being duped by spam says Kaspersky

9 years ago

UK, US Wargame Tests Financial Response To Cyber Attack

War games. British and American tests the responses of their financial centres to a major cyber attack

9 years ago

Avast Reveals How Criminals Could Hack Smart TVs To Gain Control Of Homes

Avast researchers exposed an IoT security flaw by hacking a Vizio Smart TV to gain access to a home WiFi…

9 years ago

Tor Accuses FBI Of Financing University Attack

Did the FBI really outsource a cyber attack on the dark net? Tor alleges the Feds paid a US university…

9 years ago

Why Online Retailers Must Prepare For Barrage Of Cybercrime This Christmas

E-tailers stopped 45 million attempted online attacks in the past three months, but more is on its way

9 years ago

InstaAgent Removed From iTunes, Google Play For Data Theft

Top ranking Instagram client removed from iTunes and Google Play after user data theft discovery

9 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Highlights Edge’s Security Credentials

Business as usual as Microsoft issues 12 bulletins after last month's modest security update

9 years ago

TalkTalk Offers Free ‘Upgrades’ After £35m Cyberattack

TalkTalk says it wants to recognise the uncertainty following last month's major cyberattack and has put a figure on the…

9 years ago

Anonymous Publishes Names Of Ku Klux Klan Members

Hacker collective names and shames 1,000 alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan

9 years ago

TalkTalk Admits 157,000 Customer Details Were Hacked

Hack compromised the details of 'only' 157,000 customers, not four million as originally thought

9 years ago

Symantec Offers Tailored Threat Intelligence For Businesses

Know thy enemy. Symantec service gives businesses answers to specific questions to improve cyber defences

9 years ago

British Spies Collected Phone Data For 14 Years

Theresa May admits British spooks have been bulk collecting phone data and email records since 2001

9 years ago

British Workers Fear Data Theft More Than Home Intruders

Citrix survey finds privacy becoming more important to younger workers in particular

9 years ago

DDoS Attacks ‘Keep Getting Stronger’

Kaspersky report includes one DDoS attack lasting 320 hours

9 years ago

Mobile Malware Risk Is Greater Than Ever

Report from Kaspersky finds huge explosion in malware targeting smartphones and tablets in last few months

9 years ago

‘Thousands’ Of Vodafone Customer Details Stolen In Hack

Customer details such as passwords and phone numbers stolen in second attack on a major UK carrier in two weeks

9 years ago

TalkTalk Hackers Stole 1.2m Names, Emails, Phone Numbers

TalkTalk says scale of data theft less than thought, but hackers still get more than 20,000 bank account details in…

9 years ago