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DocuSign admits user email breach led to malware-powered phishing campaign
Hackers attempted to trick victims into clicking on 'macro-enabled malware'.
Mysterious hacking group threatens to leak more cyber carnage and stolen nuclear missile data
Shadow Brokers previously leaked a number of 'cyberweapons' from an NSA-linked cyber unit.
Guardian Soulmates dating site users hit with 'sexually explicit' emails
The data exposure has been blamed on a third-party technology provider.
'Thousands' of Britons signed up to paedophile websites hosted on dark web
The hosting network - Freedom Hosting II - was hacked in February this year.
More than half of people are happy to share their passwords with others, McAfee study finds
"You would not think of leaving your front door open would you?" McAfee fellow Raj Samani told IBTimes UK.
Debenhams Flowers hacked: 26,000 customers' personal and payment card details stolen
The breach targeting Ecomnova was reportedly discovered on 29 April.
USA Today owner Gannett hit by phishing attack, nearly 18000 employees' accounts possibly compromised
Gannett discovered several people in its human resources department were victims of a phishing attack.
Ransomware attacks grow by 50% as cyberespionage soars, Verizon data breach report finds
"There is no such thing as an impenetrable system," Global Security Services' Bryan Sartin said.
US Congress has issued employees with insecure ID cards containing photos of smart chips
A senator says senate employees are using fake smartcard IDs with zero security on IT federal systems.
HipChat hacked, users' account information, private messages and content possibly compromised
In some instances, hackers may have infiltrated private messages and content within rooms as well.
Over 1,200 InterContinental hotels infected with payment card stealing malware
In February, IHG initially said only a dozen properties were affected.
The Snapchat 'hack' that never was: Experts find no evidence 1.7m accounts leaked
Claims followed comments by Snapchat's chief executive regarding India.
Shoney's restaurants hit with PoS malware, customers' card details compromised for months
The affected restaurants were infected with point-of-sale malware in December 2016.
£42bn: The damage to UK investors from 'severe' cyberattacks since 2013
Investors in a FTSE company typically lose an average of £120m after a breach, says a study by the CGI group.
Fappening: Nude photos of Miley Cyrus, Suki Waterhouse and Rosario Dawson leaked online
The explicit photos of the three celebrities have been published on the Celeb Jihad website.
Amazon's third-party sellers 'targeted by hackers' using stolen passwords from dark web
Hackers luring victims by posting ''non-existent'' tech products with huge discounts.
Wonga hack: Personal details of nearly 250,000 UK customers likely stolen by hackers
The company confirmed that financial and personal data of thousands may have been accessed by hackers.
GameStop investigating possible security breach, customers' credit card and personal data at risk
GameStop's website was reportedly hacked between mid-September 2016 and the first week of February 2017.
McDonald's Canada careers website hack compromises 95,000 job seekers' personal data
The fast food giant said candidates who applied online between March 2014 and March 2017 were affected.
Westminster data breach: Expenses watchdog publishes personal information about MPs' staff
IPSA said the data included names, salaries and shift patterns and was online for around four hours.
Android Forums hack prompts password resets after users' email addresses and passwords stolen
Android Forums reportedly confirmed that its servers were compromised, leading to a data breach.
Over 20 million Gmail and 5 million Yahoo decrypted accounts now reportedly for sale on the Dark Web
A dark web vendor is reportedly selling accounts, including decrypted passwords, from older breaches.
Saks Fifth Avenue leaves personal information of thousands of customers exposed online
"We take this matter seriously," a spokesperson for parent company Hudson's Bay said.
McDonald's urges users in India to update app as 2.2 million allegedly affected by data leak
Security firm claims users' names, phone numbers and addresses have been leaked.
US police dept hit with data leak and ransomware exposing over 100GB worth crime and victim records
Warren County Sheriff's Department's leaked data included crime scene and arrest records.
Abta cyberattack: 43,000 UK holidaymakers and travel agents at risk of identity fraud
Hackers accessed 1,000 files including personal contact details of people who complained about travel agents.
Hackers hit popular quiz app Wishbone stealing teen's personal data including over 2 million emails
Hackers also stole around 287,000 phone numbers of users, most of whom are young women under the age of 18.
Fappening 2.0: Nude Emma Watson images rumoured to be leaked online amid new iCloud hack fears
Fears growing that Watson – and others – hit by 'The Fappening' round two.
Yahoo hack: US DoJ set to announce indictments against Russian and Canadian hackers
US authorities have accused 4 hackers of involvement in the cyberattacks against Yahoo.
Three Mobile admits 2016 hack worse than thought with 76,000 more customers exposed
Last November, the firm was forced to contact 133,827 customers after a data breach.