What is Eavesdropper? Massive flaw leaves millions of SMS and call records exposed to hackers
The flaw doesn't depend on jailbreak or rooting, instead capitalises on a simple developer error to expose massive amounts of sensitive data.
Playpen: FBI repeatedly hacked computers in Russia, China and Iran raising 'hack-back' concerns
The FBI's investigation into child pornography involved the agency hacking targets in hostile nations.
North Korea mimics Apple's security tech to create sophisticated internal surveillance system
Kim Jong-un's Apple obsession may have resulted in the regime copying an Apple feature to block people from accessing the internet.
Russian Dark Web hacker selling spy services that can extensively track anyone for $50
The hacker reportedly claims that he can track international flight data, access tax records and Interpol searches.
Fancy Bear hackers are now exploiting the New York terror attack to spread their malware
The Russian hackers' new phishing campaign involves the use of a blank malicious document titled "IsisAttackInNewYork".
Scottish charity inadvertently leaks sensitive data of rape victims, volunteers and more online
Personal information of scores of people was reportedly publicly leaked via the Scottish Appropriate Adult Network (SAAN) website.
GCHQ, MI5, MI6 face first major lawsuit over mass surveillance in EU court
Multiple civil rights groups have brought forward the first major lawsuit against British intelligence agencies since Snowden's revelations on mass spying.
UFC fans beware! The Fight Pass website may be secretly hijacking users' PCs to mine Monero
A Reddit user claimed that the UFC site is running the Coinhive javascript and secretly mining cryptocurrency.
Dark Web hackers selling GIBON ransomware for $500
Hackers were reportedly distributing the ransomware, which may be linked to Russia, via a new phishing campaign.
Is North Korea ready for a new nuclear test? Satellite images spot ramped up activity at Punggye-ri
Satellites spotted "significant movement" of equipment and materials at the nuclear site's West Portal, which contains a so-far unused tunnel.
Paradise Papers: Apple secretly moved to tax haven Jersey after Ireland crackdown
The move to the island of Jersey reportedly helped Apple amass a massive $252bn of cash offshore as international governments tightened corporate tax loopholes.
Popular anime site Crunchyroll back online after it was hijacked to serve up malware
The Crunchyroll site was taken offline after hackers "gained access" to its Cloudflare configuration to serve up visitors with malware.
Paradise Papers: Kremlin funded Facebook and Twitter via Jared Kushner investor
In 2011, Russian state-controlled VTB Bank and oil and gas firm Gazprom funded investments in Twitter and Facebook.
These creatures will be the first Earth dwellers ever to travel to interstellar space
Scientists have selected the Caenorhabditis elegans and tardigrades to be the first candidates to travel to interstellar space.
Dinosaur-killing asteroid brought cosmic cancer-killing metals to Earth
Scientists found that by filling iridium, a metal delivered by the asteroid, with a kind of poisonous oxygen, cancer cells can be destroyed.
China's secret futuristic spaceplane designed to land horizontally could be launched by 2020
China's space agency reportedly says that the reusable spacecraft is capable of taking off from a runway and shooting across orbital space.
Chinese hacker group KeyBoy is back with new spy malware targeting Western organisations
The APT group's new corporate espionage campaign makes use of phishing emails and specialised malware to spy on and steal from targets.
Nasa's Hubble captures incredible photo of asteroids photobombing distant galaxies
Although the asteroids are located a mere 160 million miles from Earth, they still appear in photos of distance galaxies at much farther distances.
Fancy Bear hackers launch stealth phishing campaign to steal Bellingcat journalists' Gmail passwords
Fancy Bear first targeted Bellingcat journalists in 2015 and again last year as the journalists probed the mysterious downing of flight MH17.
Google says it can protect you from sophisticated state-sponsored hackers with a physical key
Google's Advanced Protection Program locks down users' Gmail accounts like never before and is meant for its high-risk users.
US may bring charges against 6 Russian officials over DNC hack
The US Department of Justice reportedly has enough evidence to charge six hackers associated with Russian military and intelligence.
Drones fly over restricted US military air space near White House twice a day on average
The FAA recently passed stringent restrictions on UAVs, forbidding flights from approaching up to 400 feet within over 100 military bases across US.
CryptoShuffler malware: Hackers stole over $150,000 from numerous popular cryptocurrency wallets
The malware has been around since last year and has been targeting popular cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, ZCash, Ethereum, Monero and others.
CIA Osama Bin Laden files: All you need to know about Osama's personal diary and more
The files feature a trove of videos, some of which featured movies like Ice Age and Chicken Little, childrens' cartoons like Tom and Jerry, alongside graphic videos of beheadings.
Australia data leak: Nearly 50,000 government and private staffers' sensitive data publicly exposed
The data left exposed included names, IDs, passwords, phone numbers, addresses, credit card information, staff salary details and more.
Giant asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs had an even more devastating impact than previously thought
The asteroid impact is believed to have caused rapid and extreme climate change, devastating the Earth's plant life and marine biosphere.
New York terror attack: Isis Telegram channels reportedly flooded with celebratory posts
The terror group recently ramped up calls for supporters to launch attacks in the US and other Western nations.
British hacker arrested for launching DDoS attacks on Google, Skype and selling malware
21-year-old Alex Bessell from Liverpool has been accused of using a 9,000-strong botnet army to launch attacks on Google, Skype and Pokemon servers.
'Holy Grail of Google bugs' exposed firm's full vulnerability database of known and unpatched flaws
A security researcher uncovered a series of flaws in Google's bug tracker database that allowed him to spy on the firm's entire list of dangerous bugs.
North Korean hackers suspected of stealing secret blueprints of South Korean warships and submarines
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding was reportedly hacked last year and around 40,000 documents were stolen.
