Hospitals crippled by cybercriminals: Ruthless MedStar hack demands £12,900 to unlock computers
Security experts claim the ransom note is almost identical to a new form of ransomware known as SamSam.
Internet privacy campaigners warn Snooper's Charter will cost UK more than £1bn
Denmark shelved similar plans to collect web browsing records of citizens due to high costs.
Brussels attack: Encryption and Snowden to blame for intelligence failures claims William Hague
Edward Snowden leaks are partly to blame for intelligence failures, argues former Foreign Secretary.
Mattel loses $3m in email phishing scam but Chinese authorities save the day
Cybercriminals took advantage of a corporate change to request a fake vendor payment.
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Truecaller fixes bug that could expose personal details of over 100 million users
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Hacker Weev hijacked 29,000 printers to spew anti-Semitic flyers across US colleges
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Apple claims victory in FBI iPhone battle but accepts privacy war will wage on
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Hackers attack Verizon's anti data breach division, access information of 1.5 million customers
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Obamacare website Healthcare.gov endured over 300 hacking attempts in 18 months
Out of 316 incidents, 41 involved personal information that was not properly secured.
Jason Murdock Mar 24, 2016
Victims of online fraud should not be refunded by UK banks says Met Police chief
The Met backtracks on Bernard Hogan-Howe claims that poor security standards should not be rewarded by banks.
Jason Murdock Mar 24, 2016
US to charge Iranian hackers for cyberattacks against banks and New York dam
The US Department of Justice has prepared an indictment against several hackers in Iran.
Sarmistha Acharya Mar 24, 2016
Edward Snowden and The Wire creator David Simon debate about surveillance on Twitter
The unlikely Twitter debate between the pair took place on 20 March, just a day before Twitter's 10th anniversary.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Mar 24, 2016
Su Bin pleads guilty to conspiring to hack sensitive US military information and sending it to China
The 50-year-old helped 2 conspirators target specific companies and access sensitive files.
India Ashok Mar 24, 2016
Bangladesh bank heist: Cybersecurity researcher found alive a week after abduction
Tanvir Hassan Zoha, 34, was found by police on the streets of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.
Jason Murdock Mar 23, 2016
NHS hospitals are 'ripe and vulnerable targets' for ransomware cyberattacks
The NHS may soon feel the effects of the rise in cybercrime, security experts have warned.
Jason Murdock Mar 23, 2016
Hackers hijacking water treatment plant controls shows how easily civilians could be poisoned
Verizon says hackers accessed a water treatment plant's systems and accidentally messed with the water.
Mary-Ann Russon Mar 23, 2016
New World Hackers target Nasa email servers to find mysterious Isis secrets
One of the hackers responsible told IBTimes UK the incident was an attempt to expose internal NASA documents.
Jason Murdock Mar 23, 2016
Uber to beef up security by offering $10,000 to hackers who uncover bugs in its system
The ride-hailing firm has launched a loyalty-based bug bounty programme to improve its security.
India Ashok Mar 23, 2016
US charges 3 alleged Syrian Electronic Army hackers and offers $100,000 reward for information
One of the 3 suspects is now in German custody while the other 2 are still believed to be in Syria.
India Ashok Mar 23, 2016
Anonymous hacker group dupes Trump, Secret Service and FBI with latest 'leak'
Hacktivist group claims to have trapped US law enforcement agencies and Trump as part of elaborate experiment.
India Ashok Mar 22, 2016
Switzerland hit by series of cyberattacks as hackers expose security vulnerabilities
Some private companies were also attacked, and the country's IT and telephone systems were crippled.
India Ashok Mar 22, 2016
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo propose secure email to fight man-in-the-middle hacks
Tech giants unite to develop new advanced and secure encrypted email.
India Ashok Mar 22, 2016
Apple vs FBI: Intelligence service says it might be able to unlock San Bernardino terrorist's phone
The FBI asked for a delay on a court hearing that was meant to demand Apple's help.
Nicole Rojas Mar 22, 2016
Get Windows 10: Microsoft used malware techniques to promote the most annoying desktop ad ever
The Get Windows 10 tool uses several functions that override users' actions and permissions, like malware.
Mary-Ann Russon Mar 21, 2016
Sweden: Newspaper websites crippled by DDoS cyberblitz from 'the east'
Swedish police launch preliminary investigation into coordinated hack that shut down news sites at the weekend
Jason Murdock Mar 21, 2016
Israel vs Professor Snape: IDF army cadets tasked with protecting Harry Potter and Hogwarts from DDoS attack
IT-proficient cadets given variety of Harry Potter-themed tasks including defeating Death Eaters.
Mary-Ann Russon Mar 21, 2016
Bangladesh bank heist: Cybersecurity investigator abducted during probe into $81m theft
Tanveer Hassan Zoha, 34, was working as a 'shadow investigator' in the Bangladesh banking heist.
Jason Murdock Mar 21, 2016
GCHQ to secure £11bn smart energy metres project from potential cyber attack
The new smart metres may be vulnerable to hacking, which could lead to gas supplies being cut off.
India Ashok Mar 21, 2016
FBI issues warning over hacking threat to smart cars
FBI warns the risk of connected cars being hacked is very real.
India Ashok Mar 19, 2016
Snooper's Charter: UK government pushes forward with spy bill amid increasing concerns
Members of Parliament voted in favour of the bill, which will now move forward to the next stage of review.
India Ashok Mar 19, 2016
Uh oh – TeslaCrypt PC ransomware is now impossible to crack, so you're going to have to pay up
Talos says that TeslaCrypt 3 cannot be defused, so victims will need to pay bitcoin to get their files back.
Mary-Ann Russon Mar 18, 2016
Edward Snowden was spied upon by the US government using Lavabit email reveals document
Lavabit has been shut down after it turned over its SSL private keys.
Agamoni Ghosh Mar 18, 2016
OpTrump: Anonymous releases Donald Trump's Social Security number ahead of 1 April attack
The hackers also sent out a threat to Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, pledging '#TotalAnarchy'.
Nicole Rojas Mar 18, 2016
Pwn2own 2016 day 1: Hackers expose issues with Google Chrome, Apple Safari and Adobe Reader
Hackers awarded 282,500 for uncovering security flaws in Chrome, Safari and Adobe.
India Ashok Mar 18, 2016
New 'Metaphor' Android virus can hack Samsung, LG and HTC phones in 15 seconds
The security exploit is based on the Stagefright flaw and could affect millions of smartphones.
Jason Murdock Mar 17, 2016
iOS Trojan malware AceDeceiver targets non-jailbroken iPhones exploiting Apple's DRM flaw with MITM technique
AceDeciever can infect non-jailbroken iPhones and spreads via the App Store
India Ashok Mar 17, 2016
Islamic state hacking cyber army publishes 'kill list' of Minnesota police officers
Isis-affiliated 'Caliphate Cyber Army' targets 36 Minnesota police officers on Telegram post.
James Billington Mar 16, 2016
Brazil 2016 Summer Olympics: Hacker group Anonymous attacks feared
Anonymous Brazil launches Olympic protest campaign dubbed #OpOlympicHacking.
Elsa Buchanan Mar 16, 2016
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