Cybercrime

Zachary Buchta admitted to running a phone-bombing scheme that let customers pay to target someone with relentless, harassing phone calls.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 20, 2017

The South Korean Bitcoin exchange was first hacked in April, which saw hackers steal nearly 4,000 Bitcoins, now worth over $70m.

India Ashok Dec 20, 2017

A 19-year-old computer hacker from the UK has avoided a jail sentence after admitting to launching a series of cyberattacks on high-profile firms including BT, O2 and Amazon.

Jason Murdock Dec 19, 2017

The new malware variant indicates that the hacking group is still active and continues to improve their product, researchers said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 19, 2017

The attribution, reportedly supported by private security firms and the UK, serves as an aggressive move for the Trump administration.

India Ashok Dec 19, 2017

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks look at Monero mining using Coinhive, one of the more popular browser-mining services.

Alex Hinchliffe Dec 18, 2017

British firms are stockpiling cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and ethereum so they can pay off hackers in the event of a ransomware or malware attack.

Jason Murdock Dec 18, 2017

Moscow had dismissed hacking allegations as "baseless" while Trump has continued to denounce the ongoing Russia probe as a "witch hunt".

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 16, 2017

David Chukwuneke Adindu tricked victims into wiring millions of dollars into bank accounts he opened in China.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 16, 2017

The malware surreptitiously harvests victims' credit card data, by conducting man-in-the-middle attacks.

India Ashok Dec 16, 2017

Security experts suspect the malware, which has already been used against a target in the Middle East, was created by state-sponsored hackers.

India Ashok Dec 15, 2017

35-year-old Louis Meza from New Jersey was charged with kidnapping and robbery. If found guilty, he could face upto 25 years in prison.

India Ashok Dec 15, 2017

Anonymous' call to arms to hacktivists across the world – hack, deface, dox, hijack, leak and DDoS any target linked to US and Israeli government.

India Ashok Dec 14, 2017

Jha, a 21-year-old computer science student at Rutgers University, admitted to writing and implementing the Mirai code in July 2016.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 14, 2017

Alongside the rest of the world, experts warn that North Korea is likely profiting from the rise of bitcoin, a cryptocurrency the regime has been hacking, stealing and mining.

Jason Murdock Dec 13, 2017

The threat actors even provide instructions on how to download and use the Tor browser to access the payment site.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 13, 2017

"This experience of searching and finding passwords within this database is as scary as it is shocking," researchers said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 12, 2017

A Russian-speaking hacking group – dubbed "MoneyTaker" – has covertly stolen up to $10 million from global banking targets in under two years, new research suggests.

Jason Murdock Dec 11, 2017

The Vietnamese hacker has previously compromised numerous Vietnamese websites including those of telecom firms, banks and an online military newspaper.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 11, 2017

Several popular websites and their software have already been found to be targeted by the StrongPity group.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 09, 2017

The then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanic was reoprtedly aware of the breach and the bug bounty payment, which was made in November 2016.

India Ashok Dec 08, 2017

Hackers have reportedly threatened to leak more explicit photos of the wrestler in an upcoming Fappening-like leak.

Staff Reporter Dec 07, 2017

The data leak is caused by the website's flawed default security settings, leaving users vulnerable to blackmail and hacking.

India Ashok Dec 07, 2017

As cryptocurrency continues to grow exponentially in popularity and value, this isn't the first time hackers have targeted a digital currency platform

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 07, 2017

Europol, the FBI and other European law enforcement authorities recently took down the massive Andromeda malware botnet that has been active since 2011.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 06, 2017

Satori can also exploit a recently discovered zero-day flaw, which the botnet has already used to infect two widely-used home routers.

India Ashok Dec 06, 2017

The malware called "Troubleshooter" infects a targeted device and displays the infamous, nerve-rattling BSOD to unsuspecting users.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 05, 2017

Konrads Voits used classic phishing, social engineering techniques and malware to carry out the attack over several months.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 05, 2017

Over the past six months, the Andromeda botnet has been detected or blocked on an average of nearly 1.1 million machines a month.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 05, 2017

Leakbase took to Twitter to deny any links to dark web market Hansa, which reports claimed was used by the service's new owners for drugs deals.

India Ashok Dec 05, 2017