Two teenagers charged for alleged hacking on behalf of PoodleCorp and Lizard Squad
The charges stem from an international investigation into the notorious hacker groups.
Clinton Foundation cautions donors about targeted phishing attempts to steal information
The organisation reiterated that there was 'no evidence that our system was breached'.
Yahoo used child pornography and spam filter to scan emails of users for FBI – report
FBI wanted access to emails to intercept communications of a foreign terrorist organisation.
Yahoo 'likely' aware of hacking scandal prior to Verizon takeover bid, claims former CEO
Yahoo admitted losing 500 million user accounts in a 2014 cyberattack.
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TalkTalk hit with record £400,000 fine over 'easy' 2015 data breach
'TalkTalk should and could have done more to safeguard its customer information,' the ICO said.
NSA contractor Harold Martin secretly arrested by FBI for stealing classified material
Investigators are also investigating if Martin was behind the August leak of NSA hacking tools online.
Johnson & Johnson warns its insulin pump could be hacked to potentially cause an overdose
Security researchers had found that a hacker could hijack communications between the pump and its Wi-Fi remote.
Wikileaks' Julian Assange to release 'significant' documents on US election, Google, arms trading over next 10 weeks
Assange said he plans to release the new material on a weekly basis, with the first batch expected to come within the next few days.
68 million hacked Dropbox account details are available for free download
Thomas White, also known as The Cthulhu, has uploaded the full dump on his website.
Guccifer 2.0 claims it hacked donation documents belonging to Clinton Foundation
The Clinton Foundation denies it was hacked by Guccifer 2.0 which is said to have ties with Moscow.
Yahoo agreed to US spy agencies' order to scan customers' email accounts
Ex-employees say the internet company built custom software to snoop on customers.
Mastercard app lets online shoppers pay with a selfie
Mobile app launches in UK and Europe to let shoppers authenticate payments with their face.
Trump vows 'crippling counter-cyberattacks' against US enemies, calls it 'warfare of the future'
America's dominance in this arena must be unquestioned, the Republican presidential nominee said.
Largest ever DDoS attack: Hacker makes Mirai IoT botnet source code public
The botnet code that took journalist Brian Krebs and French web host OVH offline is now freely available.
Former Yahoo executive says up to 3bn user accounts may have been stolen by hackers
The number of accounts is much higher than the 500m being reported, according to source.
Hackers probed voting systems of over 20 states but no sign of manipulation, US Homeland Security says
Homeland Security urges state and local election officials to seek its cybersecurity assistance.
South Korean military cyber command hacked by injecting malicious codes into routing server
It is not known where the attack originated from, but North Korea is on the radar of suspicion.
Russian hackers suspected in Newsweek DDoS attack that saw magazine's site crash after publishing Trump Cuba story
According to the magazine's editor in chief Jim Impoco, the main IP addresses involved in the hack were traced back to Russia.
Snowden's revelations deterred expansion and use of Patriot Act provision to obtain email records
The US DOJ watchdog's report said 'transactional records for email' were 'the most common type of records requested'.
What does Facebook secretly know about me, and how do I find out?
Facebook is holding secret dossiers on its 2 billion users and there's a tool to see what yours includes.
How hacking an iPhone 7 could win you a £1m prize
Security research company Zerodium offers biggest ever bug bounty for finding iOS 10 zero-day vulnerabilities.
Israeli firm allegedly selling spy tech capable of hacking WhatsApp encrypted chats
The firm also claims to have surveillance capabilities to extract data from 'many web accounts and apps'.
Hacker magazine offers $10,000 bounty to anyone who can provide Donald Trump's tax returns
Trump's comments about an overweight hacker during the presidential debate sparked the magazine's bounty offer.
Apple iMessage logs can be stored up to 30 days revealing your contact list
The logs, however, do not show message contents.
Banking Trojan GozNym botnet sinkholed after infecting over 23,000 victims in UK, US and Europe
The domain name generation algorithm (DGA) used by GozNym operators was cracked allowing the Trojan to be brought down.
China's 400,000 cybercriminals are costing the nation an estimated $15bn a year
China's increasing dependence on mobile payment may be making it an attractive target for hackers.
Pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army hacker pleads guilty in US court
Starting in 2011, the group targeted multiple entities including AP, Reuters, Microsoft and Harvard University.
Massive Yahoo breach was carried out by criminals, not state-sponsored hackers, security firm says
Security firm InfoArmor said the hackers sold the stolen Yahoo data to at least three clients.
Journalists investigating MH17 hacked by Russia-backed Fancy Bear hackers - ThreatConnect
Researchers believe that Fancy Bear is linked to CyberBerkut as well as Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks.
FBI says hackers have made more attempts to breach state voter registration systems
Comey called on state officials to remain vigilant as 'bad players have been poking around.'
White House accused of trying to censor Congress over Russian hacking claims
Russian hacking groups Fancy Bear and Cosy Bear were linked to the hacks.
Dark Web cybercrime services could be used by terrorists to attack Europe, warns Europol
Top EU cops warn 'cybercrime as-a-service' may become a major issue
Brad Pitt death hoax story on Facebook is a malware masquerading as Fox news report
Facebook says such malware are known to come from malicious browser extensions.
US senators slam 'troubling revelation' Yahoo failed to report 'biggest ever' breach for years
In 2014, Yahoo claims a 'state-sponsored' hacker stole 500 million accounts.
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