CYBERSECURITY

Allen Grubman's law firm represents stars including Lady Gaga, Madonna, Mariah Carey, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Priyanka Chopra, Bette Midler and more.

Alarming as it sounds, there is a caveat that should keep user's data safe from those who have ill intentions.

Online security researchers claim that hackers were able to gather personal information from over 267 million Facebook users.

There are reports of new vulnerabilities that can give hackers access to an Android user's device, which is yet to be patched.

Microsoft issues an advisory regarding the Dexphot malware, which silently uses a computer's resources to mine for cryptocurrency.

Reports are coming in regarding a recently discovered Android vulnerability that can allow hackers to activate the camera without permission.

A German research group confirm hackers can use spy and steak information using Alexa or Google Home smart speakers.

A hacking operation likely backed by the Chinese government has targeted global telecommunications companies in order to gain information on high-profile targets.

Earlier in April, cybercriminals hacked into Microsoft Outlook emails. The hackers reportedly also stole from victims' cryptocurrency accounts.

European embassies in Nepal, Kenya, Guyana, Italy, Lebanon, Liberia and Bermuda were targeted by the attackers.

Fears of Amazon snooping on customers heightened after a report suggested thousands of workers are reviewing and listening to the private conversations addressed to the digital assistant Alexa.

In the latest in what has been a series of headaches for Facebook, 540 million records have been exposed on Amazon's cloud servers.

If a company or individual is powerful, they are vulnerable to a dangerous cyber attack, and that's where we come in.

Hackers from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are seen as a major national security by the U.S government.

Is the world "sleepwalking" into the next global financial crisis?

End users across the enterprise are being targeted because they are the new "weak link" by hackers.

GDPR is a regulation that requires businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of EU citizens

Anthropologists have long explored how inanimate objects and nonhuman entities - like "data" - can take on fantastic, fetishistic, or even magical properties.

With the value of crypto-currencies soaring in recent months, it's not hard to see why cyber-criminals have jumped on the bandwagon.

Some online frauds are so simple to execute it questions why criminals would even consider robbing a bank.

"We would not be reopening our online stores if we did not feel confident that they are a safe place to shop," the company said.

Security researchers uncovered that the malware infects Android models during manufacturing so users receive already infected phones from the box.

The attack on GitHub, which lasted less than an hour, reportedly exploited memcached servers instead of bots.

First detected in January, GandCrab has been deemed one of the most aggressive forms of ransomware this year.

"Whether they are working on behalf of the government or they're doing it on their own accord with plans to sell the information to a third party, we have no idea," Symantec said.

This isn't the first time US federal government has suffered a major data breach affecting military and defense personnel in recent years.

A 37-year-old Welshman has been jailed for 10 months after a court found him guilty of five offences relating to a cyber attack on a former company.

Researchers have described RedDrop as "one of the most sophisticated pieces of Android malware that we have seen in broad distribution".

"This is the first time we have seen a modified Mirai capable of DDOS attacks as well as setting up proxy servers on vulnerable IoT devices," Fortinet researchers said.