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From hacking to cyber espionage: US and China discuss security in the digital age
US and Chinese relations on cybercrime have long been strained - will new talks fix impasse?
CryptoHitman: Jigsaw ransomware rebrands as porn-peddling cybercrime tool
The malware developers behind Jigsaw have rebranded - and its extremely NSFW.
Pawn Storm: Russian hackers target German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party
The Pawn Storm hackers are back – this time with its sights on the de facto EU leader's party.
Facebook open sources anti-hacker training tool to teach developers about cybersecurity
Capture the Flag competitions focus on current cyberattack exploits used by hackers.
Ilvermorny house names uncovered ahead of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them release
Software engineers stumbles into Harry Potter website and finds house names for American wizarding school.
Wendy's reveals hundreds of its restaurants were hacked in payment data breach
Wendy's said it was able to 'eradicate' malware on point-of-sales systems at 300 restaurants.
How to profit from porn: Pornhub offering hackers $25,000 to penetrate its security
The adult website has partnered up with HackerOne to offer white-hats some juicy rewards.
Jaku botnet targets engineers, scientists and academics – and likely comes from North Korea
The Jaku botnet campaign specifically targets certain people in academia and engineering firms.
British mobile software firm 51Degrees admits website hack in urgent notification email
The company reported a cyberattack occurred on 8 May but claimed no data was compromised.
Hacker faces 10 years in prison for theft of celebrity data, movie scripts and unreleased music
Alonzo Knowles, 24, will plead guilty to criminal copyright infringement and identity theft.
Adobe Flash zero-day exploit found in the wild and there's currently no fix
Adobe promised a security fix on 12 May − two days after disclosing a zero-day vulnerability.
Internet Explorer software hole may have been used to steal data and infect PCs in South Korea
Security firm Symantec has claimed that South Korean web users are being infected with 'zero-day' exploit.
Bangladesh Bank probe identifies 3 hacker groups linked to the $81m heist
Evidence links hacker groups from North Korea, Pakistan and a third unknown location to the heist.
Lauri Love: National Crime Agency loses case to get alleged hacker's passwords
Hacktivist Lauri Love, accused of hacking Nasa, is facing up to 99 years in prison if found guilty.
IBM Watson supercomputer teams up with top universities to fight cybercriminals
IBM launches Watson for Cyber Security to help train the cognitive system with cyberattack research.
UK school SAT exam answers leaked online in embarrassing blow to Education Department
Almost 100 people accessed the leaked test answers posted from a Pearson test marker web portal.
#OpIcarus: Hacker reveals why Anonymous is attacking world banks and who the next target is
Hacktivist behind the latest attacks on banking institutions explains all about the Anonymous operation.
Perez Hilton site hacked, over half a million daily visitors affected by CryptXXX ransomware
Hackers deployed the Angler exploit kit to redirect and infect visitors' systems.
Kiddicare hack: UK retailer warns 800,000 users about data breach on test server
UK retailer reveals names, delivery addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses were compromised.
PLC malware that doesn't need PC infection vector could spell disaster for critical infrastructure
White hat hackers create first malware for critical infrastructure that spreads without an infected machine.
John McAfee: My political education, the true cost of free apps and why I'm compared to Charlie Sheen
Cybersecurity expert talks exclusively to IBTimes UK.
Google DeepMind co-founder attempts to soothe privacy concerns amid NHS data-sharing controversy
Project co-founder Mustafa Suleyman speaks out against critics who highlight privacy concerns of NHS deal.
Reddit mods consider ban on Forbes, Wired and other websites that disable ad-blockers
Big changes considered by Reddit moderators proposing that anti-ad-blocking sites are no longer welcome.
Microsoft cautions of phishing attacks by scammers posing as fake social media sites
Scammers masquerading as online services like Amazon, eBay, Facebook or Google to exploit users in cyberattacks.
Twitter blocks US intelligence agencies from accessing real-time analytics service Dataminr
A senior intelligence official said Twitter is concerned about the "optics" and appearing too close to the US intelligence services.
Op Icarus: Anonymous launches DDoS attacks on international banks
The hacktivist collective is stepping up its campaign against the banking industry.
InvestBank UAE hack: Database containing credit card details and passport scans leaks online
Not everyone is convinced the so-called Bozkurt Hackers are a legitimate hacking group.
Panama Papers source praises 'hero' Edward Snowden ahead of next Mossack Fonseca revelations
Next Panama Papers' release details 200,000 offshore entities in 21 tax havens.
Fling.com breach: Passwords and sexual preferences of 40 million users up for sale on dark web
The leaked data was listed for sale on an underground marketplace called The Real Deal.
Russian spies suspected of hacking civil rights activists' Telegram accounts
Two civil rights activists have accused Russian secret services and MTS of hacking their Telegram accounts.

