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IBM and MIT announce $240m AI lab for advance research in cybersecurity, quantum computing and more
'The extremely broad and deep technical capabilities and talent at MIT and IBM are unmatched,' an IBM executive said.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Sep 07, 2017
Apple's developer centre was briefly down due to a bug that showed Russia addresses
Fears of a potential breach were raised after some Apple developers' home addresses were changed to an address in Russia.
India Ashok Sep 07, 2017
DolphinAttack: Hackers could easily hijack Siri, Alexa and other voice assistant apps exploiting bug
The vulnerability affects voice assistants from Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung and Huawei.
India Ashok Sep 07, 2017
Western energy sector at risk of total sabotage by new 'Dragonfly' hacking campaign
Resurgence in energy sector attacks linked to 'Dragonfly' cyber espionage unit.
Jason Murdock Sep 06, 2017
Shadow Brokers are back teasing new leaks, promising 2 dumps per month and demanding nearly $4m
The hacker group has dumped the user manual for an NSA exploit dubbed UNITEDRAKE.
India Ashok Sep 06, 2017
Instagram vs Doxagram: Hackers claim they're 'satisfied' making over $4,000 selling stolen user data
Instagram and Facebook are reportedly attempting to force the hackers' website offline by registering hundreds of Doxagram domains.
India Ashok Sep 06, 2017
Lenovo to pay $3.5m in settlement for selling laptops preloaded with malicious Superfish spyware
The company said it 'disagreed' with the allegations but was 'pleased to bring this matter to a close after 2 1/2 years'.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Sep 06, 2017
Apache Struts flaw could see hackers target Lockheed Martin, Vodafone and other Fortune 100 firms
Nearly 65% of Fortune 100 firms are estimated to actively use web applications built with the Apache Struts framework.
India Ashok Sep 06, 2017
Australian police get new spy powers to hack smart-devices, demand encryption keys
Police granted legal backing to infiltrate devices in anti-terror move.
Jason Murdock Sep 05, 2017
Russia's covert cyber-warfare will end in human death warns Latvia's foreign minister
Edgars Rinkēvičs said Western nations still underestimate Russia's hybrid warfare.
Jason Murdock Sep 05, 2017
Off to university? Watch out for this student loan phishing scam spreading in the UK
Emails claim to be from Student Loans Company, but will steal your identity.
Jason Murdock Sep 05, 2017
New MongoDB ransom attacks see 3 new hacker groups hijack over 26,000 servers
One hacker group reportedly hijacked nearly 22,000 servers in renewed attacks.
India Ashok Sep 05, 2017
Merkel ally says website hit by thousands of cyberattacks from Russian IP addresses ahead of election
"Today a massive hacking attack on my homepage - with greetings from Russia," CDU vice chairman Julia Kloeckner tweeted.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Sep 05, 2017
Suspected Chinese hackers using spy mobile malware xRAT in new cyberespionage campaign
The malware is known to target political groups and comes with a wide range of data collection, espionage and security-evading features.
India Ashok Sep 05, 2017
What is Verrit? Hackers hit new political media platform with DDoS attack after Clinton's endorsement
Founder Peter Daou said he and his wife launched the platform because Clinton's voters are "unrepresented in the media".
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Sep 05, 2017
Taringa hacked: More than 28 million user records stolen from popular social website
Firm confirms 'external attack that compromised the security of our databases'.
Jason Murdock Sep 04, 2017
TigerSwan data leak: Thousands of military and intelligence personnel files exposed in cloud storage error
The individuals exposed range from a former UN worker in the Middle East to a soldier who was tasked with the logistics of the Abu Ghraib warehouse.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Sep 04, 2017
Radio hacker cuts short police car chase attempting to catch armed robbers
The hacker reportedly hijacked the police radio and impersonated an officer, leading the car chase to be called off.
India Ashok Sep 02, 2017
Emma Watson and more celebs' privacy threatened as Instagram hackers sell contact details on dark web
The hackers launched a searchable database selling the email addresses and phone numbers of 6 million Instagram users.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Sep 02, 2017
Time Warner Cable data leak: More than 4 million customer records exposed in cloud storage error
Researchers said they discovered the data repositories during their investigation into the unrelated WWE data leak.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Sep 02, 2017
TrueStresser hack: DDoS-for-hire service breached and database leaked by dissatisfied client
The leaked database contained TrueStresser's credentials for its control panel, which is used by customers to launch DDoS attacks.
India Ashok Sep 02, 2017
Researchers develop neural network algorithm that beats human professionals at lip reading
The algorithm has been developed by researchers at Oxford University and Google.
India Ashok Sep 01, 2017
WikiLeaks denies servers were hacked after its homepage was defaced by OurMine
This is not the first time OurMine has targeted WikiLeaks.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Sep 01, 2017
What is WikiLeaks' AngelFire dump? New leak reveals CIA malware used to spy on Windows OS
The Angelfire implant is made up of five different components that are designed to infect Windows' boot sector.
India Ashok Sep 01, 2017
Russian-speaking Turla hackers spying on global embassies with stealthy Gazer backdoor
Security experts say that over the past year Turla hackers have also targeted defence-related organisations.
India Ashok Aug 31, 2017
House of Cards literary publisher exposed thousands sensitive client files
The leaked data includes unpublished books, royalty payments, invoice and contract details.
India Ashok Aug 31, 2017
Instagram hack: API bug allowed hackers to access high-profile users' email addresses, phone numbers
Revelation of the breach comes just days after singer Selena Gomez's Instagram account was hacked.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Aug 31, 2017
Major League Lacrosse data leak: Personal details and social security numbers of players exposed
'We take the privacy and protection of your information very seriously,' the league said.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Aug 31, 2017
Over 711 million emails leaked in massive Onliner spambot data breach
The Onliner spambot has scooped up millions of email and server login credentials and was also used to spread the Ursnif banking malware.
India Ashok Aug 31, 2017
CeX hack: 2 million customers' personal data compromised in massive security breach
The firm has advised customers to change their WeBuy website password 'as a precautionary measure'.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Aug 30, 2017
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