Hackers have compromised a major database maintained by Hetzner Ltd, one of the largest data centre and web hosting services in South Africa.
Predator from Luton who was caught with an "application form for a secret paedophile club" on his computer has been handed a two-year suspended sentence.
In 2013, hackers with links to Russia allegedly infiltrated the Trump Organisation computer networks, but unlike the Democratic Party attacks years later, did not steal emails.
The malware has been around since last year and has been targeting popular cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, ZCash, Ethereum, Monero and others.
The hit list provides the most detailed forensic evidence yet of the close alignment between the hackers and the Russian government.
The data left exposed included names, IDs, passwords, phone numbers, addresses, credit card information, staff salary details and more.
Paid Russian trolls linked to the Kremlin tried to sow fear and mistrust in America by pushing an African-American "war on Christmas".
At least 10 financial institutions around the world have been hit with a new banking Trojan by an alleged Russian-speaking cybercrime group codenamed "Silence".
An Apple software update for iPhone and iPad will protect users from the common hacking channel, KRACK. Android users, however, are still very much at risk.
21-year-old Alex Bessell from Liverpool has been accused of using a 9,000-strong botnet army to launch attacks on Google, Skype and Pokemon servers.
A phishing campaign has been spotted spreading via Facebook Messenger and targeting users across Europe including Germany, Sweden and Finland, security experts have found.
Inspired by Guy Fawkes and the mask made famous by the movie "V for Vendetta", the 5 November event will see Trafalgar Square in Westminster become the centre of attention.
A hacking group called The Dark Overlord is currently threatening to leak the internal client data of a Hollywood production studio called Line 204, IBTimes UK has learned.
A security researcher uncovered a series of flaws in Google's bug tracker database that allowed him to spy on the firm's entire list of dangerous bugs.
Days after the British government pointed out North Korea was behind Wannacry, the reclusive regime has come out denying all allegations.
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding was reportedly hacked last year and around 40,000 documents were stolen.
An unknown hacker reportedly put up millions of sensitive records stolen from Malaysian telecoms and network operators for sale on the dark web.
JsMiner and CpuMiner were discovered by Trend Micro in three Android apps, which could have significant consequences for users.
"In terms of targets, Ursnif malware configurations can be a mixed bag at times," IBM's X-Force research team said.
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The Kremlin-linked "troll farm", Internet Research Agency, bought ads on Facebook and ran popular Twitter accounts to post politically divisive stories and sow discord.
Upon analysis, multiple cybersecurity firms – including Cisco Talos, FSecure and Symantec – have now concluded that an exploit known as 'EternalRomance' helped the malware spread.
A San Francisco-based company, Vicarious, has built an AI that can see and read like a human brain, effectively rendering Captchas obsolete.
The National Audit Office (NAO) led an investigation into NHS response to the cyberattack, one of the largest to hit the healthcare service.
The lawsuit by voting transparency activists sought a review of the state's voting systems and called for an overhaul of its outdated election technology.
The Basetools site went offline shortly after the hacker dumped a sample of Basetools' database and posted the ransom demand.
Dell confirmed the URL was briefly taken over by another third-party at some point between June and July.
Some criminals lurking on the underground internet are building dedicated marketplaces for Android users, typically masked by the anonymity provided by Tor's "Orbot" app.
Krause said giving apps access to the camera will let them take images without your consent, record you at any time, and upload the footage to a company server.
Experts from cyber firm Check Point, who dubbed the flaws "HomeHack", were able to use the flaws to take control of LG user accounts which, by extension, gave them access.