CYBERSECURITY

Researchers at Trustwave have said the flaw could impact up to 1.5 billion Windows users worldwide

US firm Pacific Gas and Electric has claimed the database found online is fake.

The data, which appears to date back to 2008 and 2009, holds a massive 427,484,128 passwords in total.

Off-the-shelf laptops loaded with third-party updaters are susceptible to being hijacked in just 10 minutes.

Extra layers of security have helped Lloyds to ward off digital attacks.

Days after the EgyptAir flight incident, authorities notified airlines of GPS signal jamming.

Iran claims hackers in Saudi Arabia behind recent government website breach

Kim Jung-Un's Facebook clone is called Best Korea's Social Network.

In the wake of recent massive data dumps, Reddit has noted an increasing number of account takeovers

Android malware called Fanta SDK poses as a fake bank app to gain admin access and empty accounts

Collective is trading DDoS attacks for stock market reports to out firms that cheat.

A new variant of Android malware uses phishing attacks on EU bank customers and some popular Android apps.

"You don't even have to be highly-skilled in order to perform such attacks," a Kaspersky Lab researcher warns.

Symantec security researchers have uncovered links between Swift malware and Lazarus hacker group.

Tor using several computers to create random numbers and blending the outputs to generate encryption keys.

US judge excludes evidence obtained by FBI's hacking tool.

After being notified, Fiverr has removed DDoS ads, but malware ads still appear on site.

Prosecutors said Guccifer hacked into the email and social media accounts of 100 Americans .

'If an offer seems too good to be true, it probably is,' says chief consumer security evangelist at Intel Security.

South Korea Air Force website hit by hackers and site has been down for two weeks.

Hackers have altered users' profile pictures and bios before tweeting sexual content.

China is expected to launch the satellite into space in July.

An exclusive Gold version of WhatsApp Gold 'used by celebrities' doesn't exist, so don't be fooled.

The FBI is arguing that its hacking tool, NIT, is not malware since it was 'authorised by a court'.

The global financial communication service will set up a new security programme to better defend against cyberattacks.

A man has received a suspended jail sentence for publicly disclosing problems with the Tetra protocol.

Isis is using Telegram to teach would-be terrorists how to make weapons and guard against cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity researchers have found ransomware modified to send DDoS attacks from infected PCs.

Exclusive: Anonymous hacker speaks to IBTimes UK about hacktivism and OpIcarus.