CYBERSECURITY

The Guard's cyberprotection unit has been trying to hack the system to check for vulnerabilities.

UK developing a 'fully functioning and operational cyber counter-attack capability'.

Uncertainty surrounds the upcoming election amid fears of Kremlin involvement.

'Cyberattacks are a reality and they are happening now,' says Cabinet minister.

Network says it had accepted Brazile's resignation on 14 October.

The leak appears to consist of a list of servers compromised by NSA hackers.

Imagine a world where any website can connect to any of your smart devices – what could go wrong?

Any device that has a microphone can be hijacked to carry out commands via high frequency audio beacons.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has reported the issue to Congress.

18-year old Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai was arrested for flooding the 911 system with emergency calls.

WikiLeaks has vowed to publish more than 50,000 emails before Election Day on 8 November.

HackForums administrator made the announcement to axe DDoS services in the wake of the massive US internet outage.

Hackers leveraged daylight saving to send out spam SMS messages to potential victims.

IBTimes UK talks to security researchers, ex-FBI and ex-NSA cyber experts to find out about deadly threats in cyberspace.

Eric Garner had died in 2014 after New York police put him in a chokehold.

Assange said he has instructed his counsel to 'appeal the request to Sweden's Attorney General'.

A SQL database backup was "placed in an insecure environment" by a third party.

"They started attacking our servers with DDoS and attempted hacking attacks."

Alarmingly, the issue cannot be patched since it doesn't rely on 'broken or flawed code', say researchers.

Donald Trump responded to WikiLeaks' latest revelation, calling the Clintons' behaviour 'outright corruption'.

The hacker was charged earlier this year with illegally accessing more than 100 Apple and Google email accounts

The Russian president denied that Donald Trump is the Kremlin's favoured candidate.

Russia brushes off hacking allegations as targeted Putin aide 'does not use email'.

Too-good-to-be-true offer is in fact a phishing scam designed to steal your info and spread malware.

Pegasus, YiSpecter and Stagefright are all examples of major mobile malware.

Harold Martin's lawyers have appealed to a senior judge to review the case, arguing for his release from detention pending trial.

Hackers posing as customer support staff on Twitter to hoodwink customers into divulging credentials.

While many entities have claimed responsibility for the attack, Flashpoint said their claims are 'dubious'.

WikiLeaks is continuing to publish material related to the US elections, despite Assange's limited communications.