Cybercrime

The firm's updated terms of service shifts the blame of any future data breach directly onto its users.

Jason Murdock Feb 10, 2016

FBI to put major resources into finding culprits of Department of Justice hack, says former agent Leo Taddeo.

Jason Murdock Feb 09, 2016

Analyst Troy Hunt criticises updated terms and conditions unveiled following a data breach last year.

Jason Murdock Feb 09, 2016

The impacted websites include the North Korean airline, Air Koryo, and the country's state news agency.

Jason Murdock Feb 09, 2016

New cyber-security position is to focus on bolstering intelligence-sharing between the bank and cyber-cops.

Jason Murdock Feb 08, 2016

Hacker claims to have access to 200GB of stolen government data and has said FBI is the next target

Jason Murdock Feb 08, 2016

Former DoE employee planned to launch a spear-phishing cyber-attack to compromise government-held material.

Jason Murdock Feb 03, 2016

US firm that helps people file tax returns suffered data breach that left more than 8,000 users vulnerable.

Jason Murdock Feb 02, 2016

MoD confirms increased number of hacks in 2015 but refuses to say more to safeguard national security.

Jason Murdock Feb 02, 2016

In first financial summary of 2016, it is revealed that 100,000-plus customers left after cyber-hack of 2015.

Jason Murdock Feb 02, 2016

Police reform proposals including providing volunteers with powers similar to those of police staff.

Harriet Sinclair Jan 20, 2016

It may be matter of time until terrorists use our complex finance systems against us.

Staff Reporter Jan 14, 2016

The hackers accessed Clapper's Verizon account and forwarded incoming calls to the Free Palestine Movement.

India Ashok Jan 14, 2016

Call centres employ multilingual staff to phone banks in their local language to try and extract money.

Alistair Charlton Jan 12, 2016

Blackmail attempt is the latest in series of bitcoin ransom campaigns.

Anthony Cuthbertson Jan 04, 2016

American insurer will provide cover of up to £50,000 against cyberbullying.

Kedar Grandhi Dec 10, 2015

Guidelines to ensure safe online shopping as hackers target bargain hunters.

Sarmistha Acharya Nov 29, 2015

TalkTalk assured customers that many sensitive details obtained by hackers were incomplete.

Bauke Schram Oct 27, 2015

Broadband and phone provider faces huge compensation bill following large-scale data breach.

Yasmin Kaye Oct 25, 2015

Cyberattack could have led to theft of private data from over 4m of its customers.

Adam Justice Oct 23, 2015

Spanish police have detained 81 people in a country-wide child porn crackdown.

Taku Dzimwasha Oct 17, 2015

YouTubers including W2S and NepentheZ have Origin accounts compromised by criminals.

Ben Skipper Oct 08, 2015

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for a state visit and talks with President Barack Obama.

Adam Justice Sep 25, 2015

Experts warn Facebook users against clicking on fake links offering new dislike button.

Alistair Charlton Sep 21, 2015

A Latvian hacker has pleaded guilty to writing the Gozi virus

William Watkinson Sep 05, 2015

Interpol's new bitcoin-like virtual currency used in simulated marketplace similar to Silk Road.

Anthony Cuthbertson Sep 03, 2015

Victims were told to pay monthly fees to protect or update Wikipedia pages on their businesses.

Mary-Ann Russon Sep 02, 2015

Hackers say service that netted ALM $1.7m in 2014 did not protect deleted profiles from data leak.

Graham Lanktree Aug 20, 2015

Ukrainian men charged with hacking two newswires to steal non-public data and generate $100m in profit.

David Gilbert Aug 12, 2015

Hackers taking advantage of Windows 10 upgrade to spread ransomware to unsuspecting victims.

David Gilbert Aug 04, 2015