Cybercrime

The latest breach impacted six websites, including Toyotanation.com and Jeepforum.com – the company's second most popular website.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 06, 2017

Equifax has drawn intense scrutiny since the disclosure of the massive hack that compromised valuable personal and financial information of 145.5 million Americans.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 04, 2017

Deep Instinct researchers noticed a new, modified variant of the malware is being distributed via spam emails with Office documents attached.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 04, 2017

The AP investigation revealed that Russian-linked hackers used brute force tactics for months to try and break into the emails of people across the Democratic Party.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 04, 2017

The APT group's new corporate espionage campaign makes use of phishing emails and specialised malware to spy on and steal from targets.

India Ashok Nov 04, 2017

Hackers are reportedly taking advantage of Google's algorithms to infect people with banking malware, gaming the system by using search engine optimisation (SEO) tactics.

Jason Murdock Nov 03, 2017

A corrupt banking insider working for Barclays, and four other men, have been jailed after helping a gang of Eastern European hackers launder £16m.

Jason Murdock Nov 03, 2017

Despite the size of the botnet, Sean Tiernan insisted that the profits made from the scheme were "comparatively small".

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 03, 2017

The Turkish hacking group named Akincila previously targeted a number of Dutch websites, and posted pro-Turkish and anti-European messages.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Nov 03, 2017

Hackers have compromised a major database maintained by Hetzner Ltd, one of the largest data centre and web hosting services in South Africa.

Jason Murdock Nov 02, 2017

Predator from Luton who was caught with an "application form for a secret paedophile club" on his computer has been handed a two-year suspended sentence.

Jason Murdock Nov 02, 2017

In 2013, hackers with links to Russia allegedly infiltrated the Trump Organisation computer networks, but unlike the Democratic Party attacks years later, did not steal emails.

Jason Murdock Nov 02, 2017

The malware has been around since last year and has been targeting popular cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, ZCash, Ethereum, Monero and others.

India Ashok Nov 02, 2017

At least 10 financial institutions around the world have been hit with a new banking Trojan by an alleged Russian-speaking cybercrime group codenamed "Silence".

Jason Murdock Nov 01, 2017

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.

India Ashok Nov 01, 2017

A phishing campaign has been spotted spreading via Facebook Messenger and targeting users across Europe including Germany, Sweden and Finland, security experts have found.

Jason Murdock Oct 31, 2017

Inspired by Guy Fawkes and the mask made famous by the movie "V for Vendetta", the 5 November event will see Trafalgar Square in Westminster become the centre of attention.

Jason Murdock Oct 31, 2017

A hacking group called The Dark Overlord is currently threatening to leak the internal client data of a Hollywood production studio called Line 204, IBTimes UK has learned.

Jason Murdock Oct 31, 2017

An unknown hacker reportedly put up millions of sensitive records stolen from Malaysian telecoms and network operators for sale on the dark web.

India Ashok Oct 31, 2017

"In terms of targets, Ursnif malware configurations can be a mixed bag at times," IBM's X-Force research team said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Oct 28, 2017

The National Audit Office (NAO) led an investigation into NHS response to the cyberattack, one of the largest to hit the healthcare service.

Jason Murdock Oct 27, 2017

The Basetools site went offline shortly after the hacker dumped a sample of Basetools' database and posted the ransom demand.

India Ashok Oct 27, 2017

The scam involves hackers tricking victims into divulging their wallet account passwords, which they would then use to clear out the victims' wallets.

India Ashok Oct 26, 2017

Dark web vendors are selling credentials to hacked Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) servers, which allow hackers to spy on and steal data from companies, without using malware.

India Ashok Oct 25, 2017

The news comes nearly a year after disclosures from the Panama Papers shook the global political elite and triggered investigations into prominent figures worldwide.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Oct 25, 2017

The data of Tarte Cosmetics' customers was left publicly exposed via two unsecured MongoDB databases, which were later accessed by the Cru3lty ransomware gang.

India Ashok Oct 25, 2017

The hackers reportedly had control over Coinhive's domain name for around six hours.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Oct 25, 2017

The malware is capable of stealing victims' contacts, reading and sending SMS messages and locking out users from accessing their phones.

India Ashok Oct 24, 2017

So far, the ongoing FBI investigation has resulted in three cases against defendants across the US.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Oct 24, 2017

NCSC head Ciaran Martin confirmed that "hostile" nation-state hackers had hit Northern Ireland infrastructure in "significant" attacks.

India Ashok Oct 24, 2017