cyber security

Hackers use Reddit posts to control botnet infected host computers, with iWorm.

Executives at bank earlier believed only one million accounts were affected.

Barbican Insurance Group specialist talks about growing cyber-insurance market.

Iran's state television said intelligence officials foiled BBC's plan to steal items from government archives.

Internet giants are designing defences to bash bug.

US Senate claims hackers associated with Chinese government attacked commercial targets

Security breach at eBay puts users looking for iPhones at risk of account details being stolen.

In the wake of recent email account detail leaks, here's where you can check if yours was compromised.

Peter Pan email phishing scam infects computers with malware that sucks out all your personal credentials.

SandroRAT masquerades as a legitimate Antivirus app, and has been found to affect Android mobile users in Poland.

The VeinID scans the user's vein structures.

Users across India reportedly face an increased threat of being exploited by Ransomware malware programs.

A piece of malware called Krysanec is infecting Android smartphones pretending to be legitimate apps

Heartbleed blamed for cyber-security breach at US hospital group where 4.5 million records were stolen

Researchers demonstrated how Google Now can be manipulated to reveal confidential user data.

IBTimes UK speaks to tech company, Nuance, about moving towards voice recognition software

Facebook 'Color Scam' affects users on both mobile and PC, and gains access to personal user details.

Alex Raistrick looks at how criminals are exploiting popular business applications to bypass security

NeoMam Studios analyses extent to which bitcoins are secure and provides tips to protect them from thieves.

Poweliks does not create files within a computer's hard-driven simply modifying the system registry

The first half of 2014 reported dangerously high levels of Android malware. Out of 24.2 million sample files collected, 2.2 million contained malicious codes/viruses/malware.

Security researchers state that Citadel malware has now been enhanced with the ability to exploit a device remotely, and use the system as host for cyber-crime.

Fake ID has been detected by engineers at Bluebox Labs, and the security hole could open backdoors to multiple security scams resulting in user privacy breach.

Britain's intelligence service GCHQ is endorsing six universities to train the next generation of cyberspies and security experts.

BadUSB exploit alters infected USB device firmware and spreads infection undetected to computers.

Former Israeli intelligence officer believes Iron Dome plans stolen by Chinese hackers were just decoys.

Axelos' head of cyber resilience encourages firms stop thinking the buck stops at IT or security

Operation Emmental is a malware campaign targeting Swiss, Swedish and Austrian bank customers.

Cyber criminals intensified zero day attacks on Microsoft's browser, during the first half of 2014.

It is the second time this year its parent company eBay has been hacked