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WikiLeaks releases 'Spy Files: Russia' detailing shadowy mass surveillance programme
'Spy Files: Russia' includes documents from inside Russian IT company Peter-Service.
Red Alert 2.0: New Android banking malware that steals credentials also being rented out for $500
The malware has been developed from scratch and is targeting over 60 bank and social media apps.
CCleaner software hacked to spread 'backdoor' malware to more than 2 million people
Researchers from Cisco Talos found malware was hidden for a month.
Did China hack Holyrood? 'Senior sources' in Scottish parliament link Beijing to cyberattack
The Scottish parliament computers were targeted by 'external sources' in August 2017.
The Pirate Bay caught hijacking your computer to secretly mine cryptocurrencies
Discovery made after visitors reported significant spikes in CPU usage when visiting some pages on the site.
Equifax data breach: Nearly 400,000 UK customers' data may have been stolen by hackers
Previously, news broke that hackers successfully stole over 200,000 credit card accounts in the massive breach.
OurMine hacks Vevo, leaks 3.12TB of internal files and videos after staffer told them to 'f**k off'
The trove of stolen data includes private dossiers on 90 different artistes, ranging from Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber to Madonna.
LinkedIn phishing scam: Hackers use compromised accounts to steal Gmail, Yahoo and AOL credentials
A new campaign involves hacked LinkedIn accounts being used to spread phishing links via InMail and private messages.
British hacker who caused $600,000 of damage to US military networks is sentenced
25-year-old Sean Caffrey stole usernames and passwords from the US DoD.
US sanctions 7 Iranians and a security firm for role in cyberattacks targeting its financial system
The individuals were indicted by the Justice Department in March last year over their role in the DDoS attacks.
Fitbit hack: Wearable firm pushing out security updates following cybersecurity warnings
University team able to access personal data and create false activity records.
RouteX malware: Russian hacker infects Netgear routers to mount attacks against Fortune 500 firms
The malware hijacks routers and turns them into proxies, allowing the hacker to launch credential stuffing attacks.
Equifax data breach: Hackers stole data of over 200,000 credit cards 'in one fell swoop' in May
Last week, Equifax disclosed a historic data breach that compromised valuable financial data of about 143 million Americans.
Can you hack Tor? Zerodium offers hackers up to $1m for Tor zero-day exploits
The bug bounty comes with a deadline and valid flaws must be reported by 30 November 2017.
'ExpensiveWall' malware is the latest Android security threat - and you may be infected
Android malware with millions of downloads was found on the Google Play Store.
Will Mark Zuckerberg testify before US Congress on alleged Russian election meddling?
US congressman Adam Schiff would "love" Facebook and Twitter to give evidence.
Equifax used 'admin' as its login and password for its online employee portal in Argentina
'To me, this is just negligence,' Hold Security founder Alex Holden said.
John McAfee slams Jamie Dimon's Bitcoin 'a fraud' tirade
Cybersecurity pioneer believes bitcoin will spike to a value of $500,000 by 2020
BankBot malware: More apps carrying the banking Trojan sneak into Google Play Store, UAE banks targeted
One BankBot-infected app was downloaded between 5,000 and 10,000 times.
Equifax blames months-old web server flaw for massive data breach that affected 143 million people
The massive hack is one of the largest in US history and the biggest known leak this year so far.
China will force internet companies to log cyberattacks on new national database
Companies that fail to report cybersecurity infomation will be fined.
In America, Russian antivirus giant Kaspersky Lab is not going down without a fight
Russian cyber firm Kaspersky Lab struck a defiant tone in expansion pledge.
Hackers infect over 1.65 million computers with cryptocurrency miners, reaping up to $30,000 a month
Monero and ZCash are the two most popular virtual currencies as the 'anonymity of transactions' is attractive to hackers.
Microsoft Office zero-day bug was used by suspected state-backed hackers to spread FinSpy malware
The zero-day vulnerability was exploited 'for cyberespionage purposes' and targeted Russian-speaking users.
'Ultimate iPhone hacker': Game of Thrones fans mock Apple's iPhone X with hilarious Arya Stark memes
'Apple just became the many-faced god,' one Twitter user wrote.
Elasticsearch malware botnet: Over 4,000 servers found hosting two popular strains of PoS malware
Security experts say that nearly 99% of the infected servers are hosted in Amazon Web Services.
What is BlueBorne? Billions of phones, laptops and TVs at risk of silent Bluetooth hack
Silent attacks are invisible to traditional security controls, and can spread without clicks.
Why hotel WiFi connections are a hacker's dream come true - explained
Risks of insecure connections revealed by industry experts.
FA bulks up cybersecurity ahead of World Cup 2018 amid fears of Russian hacking
Players warned about the dangers of WiFi connections and social media.
What is Bashware? Nearly 400 million PCs at risk from new attack method that could hide any malware
Bashware makes use of Windows' in-built Linux shell to make any malware essentially undetectable to security products.

