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Travelling CEOs and coffee shop WiFi pose biggest threat to business security, study finds
One in 10 UK companies said they have no security concerns regarding employees' use of public Wi-Fi hotspots.
Target data breach: Retail giant agrees to $18.5m settlement with 47 states over massive 2013 breach
The breach affected 41 million customer payment card accounts and over 60 million Target customers.
Massive data breach exposes over 16,000 concealed weapons permit holders in Florida
The breach may have revealed the social security numbers of 469 customers as well.
Microsoft accuses Chinese 'gaming site' of hacking Xbox accounts and selling proceeds on the open market
Microsoft alleges that iGSKY has been "reaping millions of dollars in illicit profits" since 2015.
Twitter says Vine bug may have exposed users' email addresses and phone numbers
Twitter decided to pull the plug on the popular short-form video app earlier this year.
DaFont hack: Popular font sharing site's entire database of registered users exposed
About 699,464 registered DaFont user accounts were swiped in the breach.
Three different hacking groups found exploiting Microsoft Office EPS processing vulnerabilities
EPS processing has become a 'ripe exploitation space for attackers', security firm FireEye said.
Persirai: New IoT botnet targets 120,000 IP cameras by exploiting known zero-day vulnerability
Trend Micro researchers said many unsuspecting owners are unaware that their devices are exposed to the internet.
Handbrake mirror download server hacked to serve up malware to Mac users
The HandBrake team issued a security alert after a mirror download server hosting the software was hacked.
'Russia again' – US lawmakers compare Emmanuel Macron leaks to US election hack
"Trump's election only emboldened Putin," Democratic representative David Cicilline tweeted.
Debenhams Flowers hacked: 26,000 customers' personal and payment card details stolen
The breach targeting Ecomnova was reportedly discovered on 29 April.
Macron's campaign says it suffered 'massive' email hack on eve of French presidential election
'This operation is obviously a democratic destabilization,' Macron's campaign said.
Watch researchers remotely hack an industrial robot and manipulate its commands
Researchers found many internet-connected industrial machines run on outdated software.
USA Today owner Gannett hit by phishing attack, nearly 18000 employees' accounts possibly compromised
Gannett discovered several people in its human resources department were victims of a phishing attack.
Ransomware attacks grow by 50% as cyberespionage soars, Verizon data breach report finds
"There is no such thing as an impenetrable system," Global Security Services' Bryan Sartin said.
US military launches 'Hack the Army' bug bounty programme inviting hackers to expose security flaws
The bug bounty programme is the third one launched by the US Department of Defense.
Teenage hacker jailed for 1.7 million cyberattacks targeting Microsoft, Sony and Xbox Live
Mudd earned over £386,000 worth of US dollars and Bitcoins by selling his malicious program to cybercriminals.
HipChat hacked, users' account information, private messages and content possibly compromised
In some instances, hackers may have infiltrated private messages and content within rooms as well.
Russian MP's son sentenced to 27 years in US prison for massive $170m credit card hacking scheme
Seleznev stole over 1.7 million credit card numbers from around 3,700 financial institutions.
Over 1,200 InterContinental hotels infected with payment card stealing malware
In February, IHG initially said only a dozen properties were affected.
Shoney's restaurants hit with PoS malware, customers' card details compromised for months
The affected restaurants were infected with point-of-sale malware in December 2016.
Airbnb scammers hijack user accounts with good ratings to rob hosts' homes
'Trust is the fundamental currency of the sharing economy,' Airbnb CTO Nathan Blecharczyk said.
Nintendo offers hackers up to $20,000 to find Switch and 3DS security flaws
Many companies adopt bug bounty programmes to find and squash any flaws in their systems.
GameStop investigating possible security breach, customers' credit card and personal data at risk
GameStop's website was reportedly hacked between mid-September 2016 and the first week of February 2017.
IAAF servers hacked, athletes' private medical records feared compromised by Russia-linked Fancy Bear
Last year, Fancy Bear hacked into the World Anti-Doping Agency's database and leaked confidential data of top athletes.
Hacked New York Post app sends 'Heil President Donald Trump' alert in April Fool's Day prank
'Hear me now, for I speak as an angel in the words of God,' one of the alerts read.
McDonald's Canada careers website hack compromises 95,000 job seekers' personal data
The fast food giant said candidates who applied online between March 2014 and March 2017 were affected.
Apple says its systems have not been breached as hackers threaten to wipe data from millions of iPhones
'This is just the start,' the hacker group told IBTimes UK.
NHS websites defaced by Tunisian Islamist hackers to display horrific photos of the war in Syria
The cyberattack comes a month after the group targeted a series of Australian websites with a similar message.
Hackers breach Xbox 360 and PSP ISO forums, details of over 2.5 million gamers leaked online
Security expert Troy Hunt said the forums were breached in September 2015.