Julian Assange 'deeply shocked' and 'heartbroken' over Sweden's denial of funeral pass request
Assange said he has instructed his counsel to 'appeal the request to Sweden's Attorney General'.
All Windows versions potentially exposed to cyberattacks thanks to new code injection Atom Bombing
Alarmingly, the issue cannot be patched since it doesn't rely on 'broken or flawed code', say researchers.
Turkey uses emergency decree to shut down internet in 11 Kurdish cities amid widespread protests
Among other things, the outages have severely affected news updates on the unrest in the southeast region.
Putin slams US for alleging Russian meddling in elections
The Russian president denied that Donald Trump is the Kremlin's favoured candidate.
'He's not Edward Snowden,' say ex-NSA contractor Harold Martin's lawyers
Harold Martin's lawyers have appealed to a senior judge to review the case, arguing for his release from detention pending trial.
Hackers target all major UK banks with new Twitter phishing campaign
Hackers posing as customer support staff on Twitter to hoodwink customers into divulging credentials.
WikiLeaks touts Barack Obama's brother's pardon request for Assange
WikiLeaks is continuing to publish material related to the US elections, despite Assange's limited communications.
Nuclear plants seen vulnerable to hack attacks due to employees' use of unencrypted pager messages
Critical infrastructure organisations found using unsecured pagers for communication, potentially exposing them to hacks and espionage.
LinkedIn and Dropbox hacker may be tied to major Bitcoin heist
The arrested Russian hacker is also believed to have stolen around $400,000 from BitMarket.eu.
AT&T did NSA-style surveillance for US police for profits – report
Documents show AT&T operated a surveillance programme, which police used in investigations without a warrant.
The internet is applauding this woman's courage in standing up to a cyber blackmailer
US-based Taruna Aswani took to social media to fight against cyberbullying.
Mirai botnet hackers unleash cyber turf war, enslave Chinese firm's surveillance cameras in cyberattack
A Chinese firm confirmed that its surveillance cameras were inadvertently used by Mirai operators to carry out the unprecedented cyberattacks.
WikiLeaks releases statement about current status of Julian Assange, who is 'still in command'
WikiLeaks clarified that Ecuador has claimed that it would 'continue to protect Mr Assange's asylum rights'.
UK DfT wants trains with public WiFi but commuters could face ransomware attacks
The DfT is offering train operators funding to implement public WiFi on trains but no mandatory cybersecurity guidelines have been imposed.
The massive DDoS attack that almost brought down US internet – how it happened and why
The infosec community is rife with speculation as to the motive of the attack, which is still unclear.
Weebly confirms hack affecting over 40 million users, Foursquare accounts also exposed
Foursquare denied a breach, while Weebly confirmed it, adding that password resets would be initiated soon.
Over 50 British MPs write to President Obama to drop extradition charges against alleged hacker Lauri Love
The letter has been written by Conservative Party MP David Burrowes and signed by over 50 others.
WikiLeaks releases first batch of alleged Obama emails, promises more on Tim Kaine and Donna Brazile
The dump also allegedly reveals Obama's personal email address, among other things.
DNC hackers Fancy Bear targeted over 1,000 high-profile individuals between 9 to 5 office hours - ESET
Researchers uncovered that the group has also targeted Nato officials, Ukrainian leaders and Russian dissidents.
Adult FriendFinder may have been hacked again, two hackers claim new breach
Security experts believe the leaked data indicate that the breach may be legitimate.
Dark Web drug ring ItalianMafiaBrussles's leader extradited to US
Filip Lucian Simion was arrested in a joint effort by the Belgian, French, Romanian and US authorities in May 2016.
CIA-backed surveillance software was marketed in public schools wanting to monitor students' social media posts
A US high school district paid Geofeedia $10,000 to survey students' social media posts.
Czech police and FBI arrest Russian citizen suspected of hacking US targets
Officials claim that the alleged hacker was 'so surprised' by the crackdown that he fainted.
London financial sector prime target of ransomware attacks, security researchers find
Malwarebytes researchers found the City of London suffered over 10,000 ransomware hits.
Donald Trump's businesses running insecure email servers, finds security researcher
Kevin Beaumont claims numerous servers for Trump.org were using unsupported Windows server 2003, IIS 6.
Dyre malware reborn as TrickBot now targeting Australian banks
Experts believe someone linked to the now jailed Dyre gang is likely operating TrickBot.
Hackers hit Republican website, steal credit card information of donors and send them to Russian servers
Security experts believe the NRSC website was infected by a card skimming malware.
WikiLeaks claims Ecuador cut off Assange's internet after Clinton's Goldman Sachs speeches dump
The Ecuadorian embassy is yet to make any statement regarding Assange's internet access.
Shadow Brokers cancels auction of stolen NSA 'cyberweapons' as bidders fail to turn up
The hacker group has threatened to 'publicly post the password' to anyone who paid it around $6m.
WikiLeaks' recent leaks reveal Hillary Clinton's aides think she doesn't know much about encryption
Leaked emails exposed two of Clinton's tech advisors critiquing her 'cringe-y' comments on security during the first debate.
