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High school hacker arrested for defacing nearly 4,000 websites in the name of Anonymous
The 16-year-old student breached websites in 87 separate countries, the Seoul Metropolitan Police revealed.
XDedic: The dark web marketplace where you can buy hacked servers for £4
Purchasing access to a server located in an EU government network can cost as little as $6.
OpKillary: Ghost Squad Hackers launch campaign targeting Hillary Clinton
Ghost Squad Hackers claim to be targeting both Clinton and Trump's presidential campaigns.
Japanese travel agency fears hacker stole records of 8 million customers, including passport details
The cyberattack resulted in the theft of over 4,000 valid passport numbers, the JTB Corp disclosed
US government targeted with new malware by cyberespionage group Sofacy
Malware was likely sent from a compromised email belonging to another nation's ministry of foreign affairs
Hackers breach over 1000 home, tech and sports support forum sites stealing 45 million records
VerticalScope, which runs the forums, acknowledged the breach.
Russian hackers infiltrated Democratic Party computers to steal research on Donald Trump
Analysis suggests the hackers had access to the DNC's computer networks for over a year.
AT&T reveals it is under constant attack and wards off over 200,000 malware attacks everyday
The ISP disclosed that it detects over 30 billion malicious scans on a daily basis.
Hack the Pentagon: How the US government used cheap labour to find 100 cybersecurity flaws
Ash Carter launched 'Hack the Pentagon' and 100 flaws have been found in its defence systems so far.
UK businesses lost over £1bn to cybercrime in the past year
Get Safe Online initiative and Action Fraud found a 22% increase in reported cyber offences in the past year.
Anonymous hacktivists hit South African state broadcaster over censorship
A hacktivist announced the plans on Twitter and launched a series of DDoS attacks against the SABC.
iMesh hack: More than 51 million user records from former filesharing site for sale on dark web
iMesh is a now-defunct P2P site reportedly hacked in September 2013, with more than 50 million records stolen.
Hackers using fake gaming torrents to launch malicious app spreading campaign
Gamers seeking pirated versions targeted by ongoing malware distribution campaign targeting.
NSA setting its sights on monitoring Internet of Things and biomedical devices
The agency wants to collect data from pacemakers and other biomedical devices.
Anonymous hacker goes undercover to expose lesser known pro-Isis Twitter accounts
Hacker says Isis fears 'women and porn', hence they are being targeted via pornbots.
Gaza Hackers Team makes a comeback renewing DustSky cyberespionage campaign
The hacker group had shut down all cyberespionage activities upon discovery but is now back at it again.
Windows zero-day price drops to $85000 as hacker fails to secure buyers on the dark web
This is the second price cut for the zero-day exploit, which was first listed for sale in May.
Cybercrime on the rise in Ireland as police battle with 'backlog' of cases
An Garda Síochána has announced plans to restructure as cybercrime in Ireland soars.
How BlackBerry routinely intercepts data to help cops 'kick ass'
Global law enforcement routinely requests data from BlackBerry including transaction logs and IMEI numbers.
Hackers behind LinkedIn and Myspace breaches revealed – and Instagram 'is next target'
Hackers Tessa88 and Peace_of_Mind were once part of a Russian hacking team that is now disbanded.
Locky and Dridex malware activities drop as one of the world's largest botnets disappears
Locky and Dridex distributing botnet's disappearance comes on the heels of Russia's recent cybersecurity bust.
Facebook and Netflix discreetly initiate password resets following multiple data breaches
Netflix is intimating those customers to change passwords, whose credentials have been matched in data dumps.
Anonymous targets the Bilderberg Group as OpIcarus transforms into Project Mayhem
Branded with a fresh Fight Club-inspired title, Anonymous hackers have ramped up OpIcarus yet again.
Hacker puts 290,000 driver licence records for sale on the dark web stolen from government computers
The information was listed on The Real Deal marketplace, which also hosted the Myspace and LinkedIn breaches.
UTorrent forums hacked and user passwords likely compromised
UTorrent has cautioned its users to change their passwords, adding that it was breached via a software vendor.
Has Twitter been hacked? Over 32 million passwords surface on the dark web
LeakedSource, which obtained the dataset, believes browser malware is responsble for the compromise.
Apple users in UK and China targeted in phishing attacks
Fake Apple domains have been mounting phishing attacks against UK and China iCloud users.
Longest-ever Isis 'kill list' including over 8,000 people released by United Cyber Caliphate
The pro-Daesh hacker group is calling on supporters to kill targeted individuals.
Calgary university pays ransom in Bitcoin after cyberattack
University of Calgary paid malicious hackers $20,000 in untraceable Bitcoins.
Snooper's Charter approved by House of Commons excludes backdoor encryption demand
The bill was passed by the House of Commons amid serious privacy concerns raised by parliamentary committees.

