GCHQ plans 'Great British Firewall' to protect UK against hackers
GCHQ detected 200 'national security level cyberattacks' a month last year.
NSA chief says potential Russian hacking of upcoming US elections is a concern
NSA director Admiral Michael Rogers says there could be many challenges as some states vote electronically and some others vote manually.
VoIPtalk may have been hit by hackers, initiates precautionary password resets
The details of the alleged breach remain unclear as the firm is reportedly still investigating the attack.
Former GOP secretary of state Colin Powell calls Trump a 'national disgrace' in hacked emails
'To call him an idiot just emboldens him,' says the retired 4-star general.
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Edward Snowden seeks presidential pardon from Obama on moral grounds
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DNC hacker Guccifer 2.0 'appears' at London cybersecurity event, releases more documents on Democrats
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Wada hack: Troves of 'confidential medical data' leaked by suspected Russian espionage group
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Facebook and Google bow to Israel's requests to censor violence-inciting content
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Is Edward Snowden a patriot or Russian spy? Wikileaks staffer speaks out
Editor Sarah Harrison accompanied NSA whistle-blower as he fled Hong Kong in June 2013.
USB Kill 2.0: Beware, there's a device that can fry your computer in just a few seconds
This £42 USB tool can kill any PC using an electrical power surge attack.
Canary Wharf hacker jailed for stealing nearly £90k of gold bullion
Adam Penny stole parcel tracking data and passed it on to three associates, who intercepted the items.
Over 75 million iOS users infected with adware from Chinese third-party app store
Haima infected users by repackaging popular apps and circulating them through its site.
Thousands of Seagate NAS devices hit with cryptocurrency mining malware
Researchers estimate that hackers have raked in around £64,000 using the malware.
FBI must get a warrant to hack into someone's computer, US judge rules
The ruling pertains to the case of Jeffrey Torres who was caught for using dark web child pornography site Playpen.
House Intelligence Committee to meet over classified report on Edward Snowden ahead of movie release
The classified report to be discussed is said to be the outcome of 'around two years' of work by intelligence staff.
ACLU and human rights groups to launch campaign urging President Obama to pardon Edward Snowden
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other major human rights groups also backing the campaign.
Interpol and Europol to investigate how digital currency is used by the criminal underworld
The group will investigate how terrorists use cryptocurrency to fund operations.
Did North Korea launch a DDoS attack against a website monitoring its nuclear tests?
North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear weapons test in violation of UN resolutions.
Malware used to target US Government and military being sold on Dark Web
US government, military and scientific staffers targeted by 'sophisticated' malware.
KrebsOnSecurity site under attack after DDoS-for-hire service was exposed and alleged owners arrested
Two 18-year-old Israeli hackers were arrested after Krebs exposed them as the 'alleged masterminds' behind vDOS.
WikiLeaks deletes poll poking fun at Hillary Clinton's health following her pneumonia diagnosis
WikiLeaks scraps Twitter poll on Clinton's health as 'the possibilities are too speculative'.
US 911 emergency phone system vulnerable to DDoS attacks, say researchers
Researchers say they have found a way to disable the service across an entire state for an extended period.
2016 mega breaches continue as hackers steal and leak 33 million QIP.ru accounts
Breach appeared to have occurred in 2011 and user passwords were allegedly not encrypted.
WikiLeaks Syria Files release omitted publishing evidence of nearly £2bn transferred from Syria to Russia - report
WikiLeaks has categorically denied withholding any relevant documents and maintains that all Syria files have been published.
Dridex banking Trojan may soon begin targeting crypto-currency wallets
Dridex developers have also been recently observed to be blacklisting configurations commonly used by security researchers.
White House names retired air force general as first US cybersecurity chief
The position was first announced in February as part of a $19bn Cybersecurity National Action Plan.
FBI arrests 2 alleged Crackas With Attitude hackers for targeting CIA director and others
The group shot into prominence after hacking personal email account of CIA director John Brennan in 2015.
Anonymous hacktivist who helped expose Steubenville rape case facing 16 years on hacking charges
Deric Lostutter, 29, is being prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Cuban government censors citizens' text messages to stamp out dissent
The communist state is allegedly filtering messages containing at least 30 keywords.
Popular Chinese restaurant chain serves up ransomware with hackers demanding nearly $700
The restaurant's website was hacked and injected with pseudo Darkleech script, redirecting users to ransomware.
UK-EU intelligence and security sharing will be badly hit post Brexit, warns Europol strategy head
UK law enforcement agencies have been in talks with Europol in efforts to mitigate the potential consequences.
Democrats urge Republican politicians to play nice after 'insidious' Russian hacking
Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi wants a 'united front' with Republicans.
Denmark is first country to pay out £1m for Panama Papers files to expose tax evaders
The Panama Papers is considered the largest leak of financial data in history.
How Edward Snowden 'hid with refugees' in Hong Kong to evade capture
How the most wanted man in the world escaped Hong Kong and ended up in Russia.
IBM security confounded to be contacted by brazen malware author for improved Trojan description
The alleged malware developer even offered to give an interview to IBM to help update them about the Trojan.
Yelp offers hackers up to $15000 per report to expose vulnerabilities through new bug bounty programme
'We want you to bring out your big guns, but hold off on actually breaking anything,' the company said.
Gugi malware targets Android banking apps, bypasses Marshmallow permission feature
Gugi is mostly spread by SMS spam.
New NSA documents detail how the spy agency used the Iraq war to build its global surveillance system
The documents contain messages sent between 2003 and 2004 by the then NSA director Michael Hayden.
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