Cybersecurity

The global wave of cyberattacks has allegedly been traced to its source: Ukraine.

It's not a killswitch, but here are preventative steps you can take to secure your computers against Petya.

'Petya' ransomware took the world by storm, locking computers and demanding money.

Huge ransomware cyberattack is spreading across Europe - who's been hit so far?

ATMs across Ukraine have been hijacked by ransomware, as thousands of computers go offline.

Security experts said that it took a month before the hospital's IT systems were fully restored.

Windows XP was one of the OS targeted in the massive WannaCry ransomware attack in May.

The ransomware is reportedly primarily targeting users in the US.

Growing numbers of IoT devices within the energy industry's technology have also increased risk of potential attacks.

Hackers reportedly breached less than 1% of parliament's 9,000 email addresses.

BlackTech hackers are involved in multiple cyberespionage campaigns against targets in Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong.

Fears of MPs being blackmailed emerge after hackers launched a 'sustained and determined' cyberattack on Parliament.

Officials and security experts said these reviews could allow Russia to find vulnerabilities in the code.

The dumped data is reportedly believed to have been stolen from Microsoft's in-house systems.

GhostHook allows hackers to plant rootkits onto systems previously thought to be impenetrable.

The log-in credentials of 7,000 police employees and over 1,000 Foreign Office officials were also found online.

Check Point said 'Fireball' could cause 'a global catastrophe'. Microsoft hit back.

'Unauthorised intrusion' into Microsoft networks did not expose customer information

Air-gapped computers are not connected to the web - but they can still be hacked.

The stolen amount was reportedly immediately transferred to a bank account managed by the Commerce Bank of China.

All cameras remain online but some had to be re-booted, officials said.

Two malware-infected apps found on Google Play were collectively downloaded over 60,000 times.

The UK government's Cyber Essentials scheme is designed to help businesses protect themselves from cyberattacks.

They did it 'all for fun,' the group told IBTimes UK.

US officials are yet to reveal the names of the states targeted by Kremlin-linked hackers.

UK gov: 'We will make sure that technology companies do more to protect their users'

McAfee spoke out after WikiLeaks' released documents detailing CIA hacking tools.

DoublePulsar is estimated to have previously infected nearly 100,000 Windows PCs.

The massive malvertising group has shifted focus from dishing out banking malware to serving up ransomware.

The studio reportedly made a total of 19 Bitcoin transactions to The Dark Overlord hacker group.