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Snoopers' Charter protest urges websites to 'block or restrict' access in UK
Controversial UK surveillance law has already been granted royal assent.
Cybercrime network Avalanche brought down by global operation
The joint operation successfully sinkholed around 800,000 domain strong botnet infrastructure.
Shamoon disk-wiping malware resurfaces with renewed cyberattacks on Saudi Arabia
In 2012, Shamoon was responsible for destroying nearly 35,000 computers at oil firm Saudi Aramco.
WikiLeaks releases 2,000 files from German inquiry into NSA spying scandal
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange slammed the 'cowardly' German government.
Politicians will escape intrusive spy powers of the Snooper's Charter
The spy bill, which has been granted royal assent, will go into effect in January 2017.
WikiLeaks website suffers mysterious outage sparking Rule 41 hacking conspiracy
The website was offline for roughly four hours on 1 December.
US government surveillance powers now expanded as Rule 41 Senate block fails
The US Senate's eleventh-hour efforts to delay the rule changes failed, despite widespread privacy concerns.
Uber wants to collect riders' location data even when they are not using the app
Prior to the update, Uber only collected users' location data when the app was open on their smartphone.
Russian hackers may disrupt Germany's 2017 election warns spy chief
Bruno Kahl says the pressure on public discourse and democracy is 'unacceptable'.
Europol data breach by former agent leaks 'historical' data on 54 terrorism investigations
Europol stressed that no operations are believed to have been put in jeopardy.
National Lottery hacked? Suspicious activity confirmed on thousands of accounts
It is not believed that bank details were stolen or core databases accessed.
UK green-lights mass spying, hacking and bulk collection of your internet records
Liberty: 'This new law is world-leading – but only as a beacon for despots'.
San Francisco rail hacker gets hacked: Emails reveal clues about identity and tactics
A security expert contacted Brian Krebs claiming to have hacked the hacker.
'Dronejacking' to become next big security threat as hackers look to the sky
Experts warn drone exploits will soon be traded on the Dark Web.
Donald Trump's smartphone is a risk to US national security, warn experts
Experts fear hackers could take over Trump's phone and access sensitive information stored inside.
New Mirai attacks potentially targeting millions of home routers
Cybersecurity researchers believe that the exploits may have caused the Deutsche Telekom outage.
San Francisco light-rail system hackers threaten to dump 30GB sensitive data online
The hackers have threatened to leak information about MUNI customers, contracts and employees.
Deutsche Telekom says up to 900,000 customers hit with suspected cyberattack
Deutsche Telekom said hackers may have attacked "specific routers" in Germany.
How to stay safe from hackers while shopping online
Are you protected while shopping online? Here's our complete guide
Amazon shoppers beware! This gift card scam is tricking customers out of their money
Customers have been tricked into buying high-value gift cards and sending the codes to scammers.
Hackers target high-profile customers of Liechtenstein bank in extortion scam - Report
Scammers demand a portion of victims' bank account amount, threatening exposure.
Japan targeted by suspected state-sponsored cyberattack
Conflicting reports cite ministry officials confirming and later denying the attack.
San Francisco's transport system held to ransom in cyberattack giving passengers free rides for Thanksgiving
Over 2,000 systems were reportedly hit by a variant of the HDDCrypto ransomware.
Tesco Bank under investigation for possibly ignoring warning of potential cyberattack
Authorities believe that hackers leveraged a Code 91 glitch to access customers' card data.
FBI urging users to 'frequently' change passwords, but is that a good advice?
Cybersecurity experts have previously warned that changing passwords frequently does more harm than good.
European Commission confirms 'large-scale' cyberattack disrupted internet for hours
EU legislative body maintains that no data was stolen in the incident.
Hackers advertising and selling phishing kits via YouTube with secret backdoor
The malicious templates come with how-to videos which feature guidelines on collecting phished data.
Dark web markets running their own Black Friday drug sales
Vendors on underground markets appear to be eager to cash in on the Black Friday gravy train.
Cybercriminals use DDoS as a smokescreen for other attacks, says Kaspersky Lab
Firms that were the target of a cyberattack found that DDoS were a part of the tactics 29% of the time.
DDoS-for-hire service now advertising renting out a 400,000 bot-strong Mirai botnet
Security researchers believe that the hackers most likely are operators of the largest known Mirai botnet.

