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Is Britain safe from a major cyberattack? Government approach 'poor and chaotic' says report
The verdict is in, and the UK government gets a zero for data breach reporting.
Ransomware shuts down entire Ohio town government grounding emergency services
Hackers infected vital computer systems and demanded money from county officials.
British man arrested over links to hacking Washington DC's CCTV network
Hackers infected up to 70% police CCTV in the capital between 12-15 January.
Anonymous wants to 'make humanity great again' with global protest against Trump
'Resist the madness leaking out of the United States,' the hacking group declared.
Hackers won't stop hijacking local US radio stations to play 'F**k Donald Trump' rap
'This is happening all over the country,' warned one broadcaster.
Hacking Team hacker Phineas Fisher may have been arrested
Spanish police have arrested 3 people linked to a cyberattack conducted by Phineas Fisher.
Netgear routers found vulnerable to exposing passwords, being hacked and formed into a botnet
Hackers could remotely exploit routers' vulnerabilities to hijack devices.
Hacked off: Austrian hotel boss denies claim ransomware left guests locked out of rooms
Hotel manager: 'We were hacked, but nobody was locked in or out.'
Three Eastern European men sentenced to 5 years over $2.6m Taiwan ATM cyberheist
19 suspects believed to be involved in the ATM cyberheist are still reportedly at large.
Trump hiring freeze raises cybersecurity concerns among white-hat hackers
Concerns about defending network security rise as hiring cybersecurity personnel gets trickier.
Breach notification site LeakedSource goes down after alleged US fed raid - Reports
The site was criticised for allegedly cracking passwords from hacked databases and selling them.
What is the Star Wars Twitter botnet which poses 'significant' cybersecurity risk?
Botnet has been dormant since 2013 - but that does not mean it is harmless.
Honour among thieves: This cybercrime site aims to help hackers avoid falling victim to fraud
Researchers claim that the site aims to mitigate scam issues and help cybercrime marketplaces thrive.
AlphaBay leak: Over 200,000 private messages from Dark Web drugs marketplace hacked
'The attacker was paid for his findings,' AlphaBay admins confirmed in a statement.
HummingBad malware returns to Google Play in new avatar dubbed HummingWhale
Researchers claim the new variant comes with 'cutting edge techniques' boosting its fraud campaign.
Lloyds DDoS attack was launched by a hacker attempting to extort £75,000 from the bank – report
A hacker reportedly demanded the bank to pay him a 'consultation fee' to not exploit security vulnerabilities.
Shamoon 2.0 malware rears its head again with renewed attacks on Saudi organisations
The Saudi labour ministry among organisations hit with the malware.
Yahoo is being investigated by the SEC over previously disclosed data breaches - Report
The SEC is reportedly looking into whether Yahoo's disclosures about the hacks were in accordance with laws.
Lloyds hit with massive DDoS attack by suspected hackers
The bank was reportedly hit with a targeted attack for two days leaving customers unable to use services.
Satan ransomware-as-a-service gives malware customising tools to hackers on dark web
Satan allows cybercriminals to make subscription payments to use third-party created ransomware.
Silicon Valley translation firm with Google, Boeing and other clients hit with data leak
Interpreters Unlimited reportedly confirmed that an unprotected backup drive caused the leak.
Mirai botnet creator Anna Senpai unmasked as DDoS protection service provider gone rogue
The Mirai attacks appear to be linked to disputes relating to Minecraft servers.
White House Down? Online protest planning to disrupt Donald Trump's inauguration
Protest organisor maintains DDoS-like digital 'sit in' is not breaking the law.
Hacking Team hits back at 'vigilante hackers' again following Cellebrite breach
David Vincenzetti deemed 'vigilante hackers' as 'self-appointed prosecutors, judges and executioners'.
Critical security vulnerability in Samsung SmartCam range can give hackers full control
The flaw exists due to scripts that allow for firmware updates to be sent via the web.
France gears up for 2017 elections by setting up defences against cyberattacks
French authorities have reportedly warned political parties of potential cyberthreats.
Cyberattack on largest NHS trust caused by Trojan malware
Patient data has reportedly not been accessed and patient appointments were not cancelled.
MongoDB hackers set sights on ElasticSearch servers with widespread ransomware attacks
Security researchers uncovered over 2,500 ElasticSearch servers affected by ransomware in three days.
UK's largest NHS trust launches probe after recent cyberattack forced systems to go offline
Barts Health Trust has ruled out a ransomware attack and said patient data was not accessed by hackers.
Russia claims facing increased cyberattacks from foreign hackers amid US election hacking uproar
Russian security chief Nikolay Patrushev slammed US authorities over hacking allegations.