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US Treasury Sanctions Cryptocurrency Exchange Suex

Cryptocurrency exchange Suex hit with sanctions by US Treasury Department for alleged role in laundering ransomware payments

America's NSA, CISA, FBI, alongside the United Kingdom's NCSC have warned about an ongoing brute force campaign by Russia's GRU hackers

When it will end? One of the largest insurance firms in the United States has reportedly paid hackers a staggering $40 million ransom

Tool being tested after 'stomach-churning' ransomware attack that crippled Ireland's health IT systems during Coroavirus pandemic

Despite paying the ransom to cyber criminals, some internal Colonial Pipeline systems are still reportedly not functioning

Criminal gangs are planting “sleepers” in cleaning firms so they can access corporate IT systems, British police have warned

'Juice jacking' criminals are exploiting USB charging stations at airports, hotels and shopping centres to install malware

Local government departments across Texas have been attacked with ransomware from 'single threat actor'

Government cash injection means each police force in England and Wales has now got its own dedicated cybercrime unit

UK businesses face growing online danger and need to prioritise cyber security and work closely with law enforcement

Mastermind suspected of stealing £870m (€1bn) arrested for Carbanak, Cobalt banking malware campaigns

FBI arrests Marcus Hutchins, who successfully stalled the WannaCry ransomware attack in May

AlphaBay and Hansa were together responsible for the trading of hundreds of thousands of illegal commodities

Cisco paints a bleak picture of the current cyber security landscape

Security upgrades continue at SWIFT as it seeks to assist the banking sector to identify suspicious payments

Getting emails about a once-in-a-lifetime stock opportunity? It's probably too good to be true

Industrial sabotage was voted more likely than attacks by cyber criminals, disgruntled employees and political conspiracy

This follows the discovery of a similar type of attack in November where an HTML5 API caused browsers to freeze

ODI founders want the government to consider open data as critical infrastructure that needs protection

Scammers are trying to trick students into paying for application to the US student loan forgiveness programme