Cybercrime

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for a state visit and talks with President Barack Obama.

Experts warn Facebook users against clicking on fake links offering new dislike button.

A Latvian hacker has pleaded guilty to writing the Gozi virus

Interpol's new bitcoin-like virtual currency used in simulated marketplace similar to Silk Road.

Victims were told to pay monthly fees to protect or update Wikipedia pages on their businesses.

Hackers say service that netted ALM $1.7m in 2014 did not protect deleted profiles from data leak.

Ukrainian men charged with hacking two newswires to steal non-public data and generate $100m in profit.

Hackers taking advantage of Windows 10 upgrade to spread ransomware to unsuspecting victims.

Fears of another bitcoin pyramid scheme emerge as 80,000 accounts from mining firm Cloudminr exposed.

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee questions the motives and reasons for Edward Snowden leaving Hong Kong for Russia

UAE's Federal Supreme Court applied new federal law which sees fines and incarceration for online offences.

A 28-year-old man from New York was robbed by two men at gunpoint for the bitcoin on his smartphone.

Russia's cyber-capabilites are the focus of much attention but it is playing the long game says one expert

Voice calling feature on WhatsApp is yet to launch officially. So if you get a text invite as of now, ignore it.

Mossad's cybercrime unit discovered the use of steganography says author Gordon Thomas in his book.

Lenovo's range of consumer laptops come pre-installed with a piece of adware that also allows it to monitor secure communications like banking and email

The security arm of Alcatel-Lucent says Android devices are now favoured targets of cybercrime.

Banks in 30 countries including Russia, US, Germany, China and Canada hit by cyber attack.

Kaspersky Lab claims that hackers using malware accessed banking computer systems drained accounts of millions.

Anthony Noto, chief financial executive of Twitter, had his Twitter account hacked by a spammer promoting a sports website.

Security firm Taia Global has evidence Russian hackers breached Sony Pictures and still have unauthorised access to systems.

Google removed three apps infected with adware from its Play Store, but only after they were downloaded millions of times.

IBTimes UK technology editor David Gilbert looks at how easy it is for cyber-criminals to clone our credit cards and steal our money online.

Thunderstrike resides within the ROM which makes it undetectable.

It is alleged that they were plotting to 'raid the country's communication systems'.

Advanced Adaptive Applications (A3) software detects unknown malware and viruses, auto-repairs damage, and adapts new protection techniques

The bank said there is no risk to funds.

Report from Sungard outlines cost of meeting BCBS's guidelines

Smartphone apps for flashlights reportedly used by criminal gangs to steal consumer's bank details.

Biometrics offer efficient way to secure transactions but experts warn they may have deeper failings