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Trump to befriend Putin and draw up plan within 30 days to defeat Isis
Foreign policy official says president-elect will mark 'new sheriff in town' with renewed Russian ties and attack on extremists.
Russia's neighbours fear cyberthreats as US election hacking saga rages on
European governments are warning of escalating threat of Russian hacking.
GCHQ urged to ramp up security to protect Britain's financial industry from escalating cybercrime
The call for greater cybersecurity comes after a massive cyberattack on Tesco Bank in November.
US Intelligence to reveal an estimate of how many Americans were under government surveillance
The disclosures are expected to be made public as early as January 2017.
WikiLeaks offers to 'authenticate' US intelligence on Russia's involvement in election hacking
During the election campaign WikiLeaks had published Hillary Clinton's campaign chief John Podesta's emails.
FBI sides with CIA conclusion that Russia intervened to help Trump win 2016 presidential election
The CIA, DNI and the FBI now appear to be in agreement about Russia's role and motives in election interference.
Russia 'certainly' has Donald Trump dossier ready to deploy at most opportune moment
US has no firm understanding of what hackers collected on American political leaders — including Republicans
Julian Assange: Some DNC leaks may have come from Russian hackers, but not WikiLeaks'
The WikiLeaks founder maintained his source was not state-sponsored.
Hacked Yahoo data has already been sold on the Dark Web for £300,000 researcher claims
Expert believes the batch has been sold three times – once to an intelligence agency.
Yahoo Hack: Christmas comes early for Verizon
Another huge Yahoo data breach, another reason why Verizon is in prime position to benefit.
Pentagon hit by Russian hackers in crippling attack that forced full systems overhaul – report
The August 2015 attack reportedly saw hackers hijack Pentagon's unclassified email system.
Sneaky hackers are infecting home routers to serve users with endless malicious ads
Cybercriminals release exploit kit that serves code to routers instead of browsers to insert malicious ads.
White House calls out Trump: President-elect was 'obviously aware' Russian hackers helped campaign
On the campaign trail, Trump urged Moscow to hack into Hillary Clinton's computers.
What can hackers do with the private data in your email account?
Your personal email account has been infiltrated by hackers. No big deal, right?
Email is broken: If you really want to beat hackers, use WhatsApp or Signal
Cloudflare engineer says there's no point encrypting emails with PGP – if you want security, use an app.
US Director of National Intelligence to publish Russian hacking review evidence
Intelligence claiming Russia hacked US election to support Donald Trump to be made public.
The five spectacular fails that helped hackers take down the DNC
From FBI prank calls to a lack of cybersecurity know-how – how did it come to this?
British politician Ben Bradshaw criticised for claiming Russian hackers 'probably' influenced Brexit
'That's a bit rich coming from a prominent Remain supporter,' an opponent said.
Netgear users warned: Switch off your home internet router or risk being hacked
The flaw can be used to give hackers complete control over your home router.
Bangladesh bank officials 'knowingly created vulnerabilities' allowing $81m cyber-heist
Expert forensic investigators claimed over 100 bank employees have been questioned.
Global police crackdown on DDoS services nets suspected teenage cybercriminals
In the UK, the National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested 12 suspects for DDoS misuse.
Edward Snowden to be interviewed by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
The NSA whistleblower will take questions from the public.
Trump is wrong – say experts who caught Russian election hackers red-handed
Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike caught Russian intruders in DNC computers.
European companies reportedly sold spy tools to help build Syria's surveillance system
Leaked documents reveal that several firms helped equip Syria's surveillance following the Arab Spring.
FBI and CIA give contrasting explanations to lawmakers on Russia's motives in 2016 election hacks
The conflicting messages are reportedly indicative of cultural differences between the CIA and the FBI.
Former US ambassador John Bolton suggests Russian hacking was 'false flag' by Obama administration
John Bolton claimed the intelligence community has been politicised under Obama.
UK police warn of thieves using radio jammers on car door locks after wave of thefts
Crooks have stolen goods from 14 unlocked cars parked at motorway service stations.
Hackers behind a new ransomware giving away free decryption key to victims who infect others
Cybercriminals behind the Popcorn Time ransomware are demanding 1 bitcoin as ransom.
Amazon email scam targets thousands of holiday shoppers to steal bank card details
The fraudulent email has already been sent to thousands of customers in the UK, US and Australia.
GCHQ spied on CEO of Europe's biggest internet hosting company OVH, reveal Snowden files
In 2010, OVH chief Octave Klaba hosted a mirror site for WikiLeaks after the original site was taken down.

