CYBERSECURITY

With the cacophony of deals this holiday season, shoppers need to be extra careful and be wary of the risks when making purchases.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 24, 2017

Two rare Gottfried Lindauer paintings were stolen from a gallery in New Zealand in April, one of which is now up for sale on the dark web.

India Ashok Nov 24, 2017

Hackers have begun sending potential Uber users phishing emails, specifically tailored to trick them into divulging account passwords.

India Ashok Nov 24, 2017

Firefox, the internet browser developed and maintained by Mozilla, will have the ability to warn internet users if a website they are viewing has been hacked in the past.

Jason Murdock Nov 23, 2017

The Megaupload founder took to Twitter to warn that breaking net neutrality would "accelerate" people adopting a "new network".

India Ashok Nov 23, 2017

"We expect this technique to be rehashed, broadened, and repurposed for other cyberattacks," Trend Micro researchers said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 23, 2017

Uber reportedly said that it was still unable to confirm how many British customers' data may have been compromised.

India Ashok Nov 23, 2017

Barclays bank has warned customers about a rise in text-based phishing scams attempting to steal personal details, stressing it will never send out official links via SMS messages.

Jason Murdock Nov 22, 2017

Details were still collected even if a device has been reset to factory default settings, no mobile apps have been installed and there is no SIM card installed in the phone.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 22, 2017

The Iranian hacker, Behzad Mesri, who went by the pseudonym "Skote Vashat" or "Mr Smith", reportedly has links to the Iranian military.

India Ashok Nov 22, 2017

Different manufacturers will roll out updates to fix the issue on their own devices which means customers could receive patches at different times, depending on their system.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 22, 2017

Tether said it is now attempting to get the stolen funds back and also ensure that the hacker cannot spend the money.

India Ashok Nov 22, 2017

Uber reportedly paid hackers $100k to delete info and keep a hack of 57 million users' data. Of those, 600,000 drivers had their names and license details exposed

William Watkinson Nov 21, 2017

Russian hackers are using the dark web to go on luxury holidays that are heavily subsidised by air miles stolen from UK residents.

James Hetherington Nov 21, 2017

A hacker group was found targeting Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, Pakistan, US and others in a massive cyber-espionage campaign.

India Ashok Nov 21, 2017

The malware has already targeted Wells Fargo, Chase, Barclays, CitiBank, SunCorp, Raiffeisen Bank, ICICI and Bank Austria among others.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 21, 2017

The Lazarus hacker group has designed a malware that poses as the legitimate app – The Bible – that translates the holy book into Korean.

India Ashok Nov 21, 2017

Researchers at Princeton University are concerned about companies using session scripts being vulnerable to targeted hacks and leaking user data.

India Ashok Nov 21, 2017

The US Department of Homeland Security only recently banned the use of Kaspersky's software by federal agencies and departments, citing potential risks to national security.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 21, 2017

More than 70 British MPs have pledged support for Lauri Love, an alleged computer hacker currently battling extradition to the US where he faces up to 99 years in prison.

Jason Murdock Nov 20, 2017

Security experts believe that Pyongyang's hackers could likely be working out of India and other foreign nations to provide the "Kim regime plausible deniability".

India Ashok Nov 20, 2017

European authorities have been warning parents about the dangers of IoT toys that have GPS trackers and can record audio. Germany is the first to ban IoT smartwatches.

Immanuel Jotham Nov 20, 2017

Under India's Aadhaar system, every citizen receives a 12-digit number, similar to Social Security Numbers in the US, and has his/her biometric data collected by the government.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 20, 2017

From Amaq hacks to Anonymous and Russian troll farms - here are the biggest cybersecurity news stories of the week, as chosen by the IBTimes UK technology desk.

Jason Murdock Nov 18, 2017

The Pentagon accidentally left exposed three "publicly downloadable" databases, one of which contained nearly 1.8 billion of social media data.

India Ashok Nov 18, 2017

Amazon has pledged to release a security patch after a team of cybersecurity researchers showed its delivery service, which lets couriers inside homes, could be hacked.

Jason Murdock Nov 17, 2017

New dark web markets that have recently cropped up appear to be run by inexperienced hackers, leaving the sites vulnerable.

India Ashok Nov 17, 2017

"Interestingly, the malware is specifically instructed not to gather any data from vk.com, Russia's largest social media platform," Bitdefender noted.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 17, 2017

The historic data breach occurred in October when over 46 million Malaysians' records were put up for sale on the dark web.

India Ashok Nov 17, 2017