CYBERSECURITY

Hacktivist collective takes nissan.co.jp and nissan-global.com offline in cyberattack protesting whaling.

The police have identified the main members of the gang in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Targeted and non-targeted malware are creeping into smart TVs with potentially frightening results.

A 26-year-old hacker has been handed the longest known prison sentence for cybercrimes.

Call centres employ multilingual staff to phone banks in their local language to try and extract money.

Hacking affects 18,000 music band fans whose email IDs and passwords may have been leaked.

However, survey reveals two-thirds do not trust broadband providers to securely store their web history.

Security researchers warn that IoT-enabled devices connected to Android apps aren't being properly secured.

Action Fraud warns that attempts to hack solicitors' emails to divert deposit funds are escalating.

Comodo says it has identified the WhatsApp phishing email through its IP, domain and URL.

The group of eight criminals responsible for the attacks belong to Romania and the Republic of Moldova.

Lookout says performing factory reset is not helpful enough to remove the malware.

iSight states BlackEnergy 3 malware was deployed in one of the Ukraine power systems.

FBI uncovered IP addresses using hacking methods never seen before.

Microsoft will no longer support Internet Explorer 8,9 and 10, so it's time for you to move on too.

Anonymous claims the two Burmese men are scapegoats in killing of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller

Hackers hit 'milestone' after bringing down first power station in Ukraine through cyberattack.

Member of hacktivist group Anonymous issues video warning to Flint to stop "rubbing shoulders with Tory criminals".

PlayStation Network suggests that all the services are working again.

Anonymous takes credit for crashing sites, while Iran claims cyberattack was response to execution of Shia cleric.

Russian hackers claim bugs in outdated computer systems leave braking systems open to attack.

Group, an associate of Anonymous, says it is against Isis, terrorism and racism.

Experts believe antivirus utilities may not be a complete security solution for a smart TV.

The main BBC website was unavailable for several hours on New Year's Eve due to a DDoS attack.

Bill bids to overcome a lack of cooperation from technology companies in terror investigations.

Valve claims there was no unauthorised action on any user's account.

Microsoft's policy shift to specify an attack's origin follows similar moves by Twitter, Facebook and Yahoo.

Users greeted with error message instructing them to "try again later when we have fixed the problem".

AVG's Web TuneUp extension for Chrome contained a flaw that left millions of users' personal data vulnerable.