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CEOs are spoofed the most by hackers in business email compromise attacks as losses soar to $5bn
Researchers warned the current period of 'relative stabilisation' will see cybercriminals diversifying their potential victims.
North Korean hackers ramp up attacks to steal Bitcoin to get around sanctions and fund the regime
'Cyber criminals may no longer be the only nefarious actors in this space,' security firm FireEye said.
10 D-Link zero-day flaws that may give hackers backdoor access and more have been publicly released
The flaws could allow hackers to potentially gain root access, remotely hijack and control routers.
Equifax hack: Credit report monitoring site and PINs to lock down credit reports could be hacked
A bug in Equifax's credit monitoring site could allow hackers to trick users into handing over more sensitive data.
Anyone not using Android Oreo at risk of attack that could give malware 'total control' over devices
The Android vulnerability can allow hackers to launch 'Toast overlay attacks' that can brick phones.
Samsung bug bounty: Hackers offered up to $200,000 to find bugs affecting smartphones
The bug bounty will cover 38 Samsung mobile devices and other services such as Bixby, Samsung Pay and more.
Hackers can remotely access and manipulate wireless syringe infusion pumps
A researcher uncovered 8 vulnerabilities in Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump.
Popular Minnesota state park hit with malicious malware, warns visitors to check their credit cards
Visitors have also been asked to be wary of any suspect emails claiming to be from the state Department of Natural Resources.
Equifax hit with multibillion dollar class action lawsuit after massive hack
Less than 24 hours after Equifax confirmed it was affected by a massive data breach, the firm now faces a mammoth compensation suit.
MoneyBack data leak: 400GB of personal data of tourists in Mexico shows up in insecure database
Credit card data, passports, travel information and more of nearly half a million people were exposed.
Equifax hack: 3 execs who suspiciously unloaded $1.8m in stock 'unaware of breach'
Executives 'had no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred', Equifax said.
AXA Insurance data breach: Hackers steal personal information of 5,400 customers in Singapore
'A thorough review of our IT systems is underway,' AXA Singapore CEO Jean Drouffe said.
Equifax hack: How to check if you're affected by the breach and what to do to keep your data safe
The breach, which saw hackers steal critically sensitive and personal data, is estimated to have affected nearly half of the US population.
DolphinAttack: Hackers could easily hijack Siri, Alexa and other voice assistant apps exploiting bug
The vulnerability affects voice assistants from Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung and Huawei.
Shadow Brokers are back teasing new leaks, promising 2 dumps per month and demanding nearly $4m
The hacker group has dumped the user manual for an NSA exploit dubbed UNITEDRAKE.
Instagram vs Doxagram: Hackers claim they're 'satisfied' making over $4,000 selling stolen user data
Instagram and Facebook are reportedly attempting to force the hackers' website offline by registering hundreds of Doxagram domains.
Lenovo to pay $3.5m in settlement for selling laptops preloaded with malicious Superfish spyware
The company said it 'disagreed' with the allegations but was 'pleased to bring this matter to a close after 2 1/2 years'.
Apache Struts flaw could see hackers target Lockheed Martin, Vodafone and other Fortune 100 firms
Nearly 65% of Fortune 100 firms are estimated to actively use web applications built with the Apache Struts framework.
Russia's covert cyber-warfare will end in human death warns Latvia's foreign minister
Edgars Rinkēvičs said Western nations still underestimate Russia's hybrid warfare.
New MongoDB ransom attacks see 3 new hacker groups hijack over 26,000 servers
One hacker group reportedly hijacked nearly 22,000 servers in renewed attacks.
Suspected Chinese hackers using spy mobile malware xRAT in new cyberespionage campaign
The malware is known to target political groups and comes with a wide range of data collection, espionage and security-evading features.
What is Verrit? Hackers hit new political media platform with DDoS attack after Clinton's endorsement
Founder Peter Daou said he and his wife launched the platform because Clinton's voters are "unrepresented in the media".
Radio hacker cuts short police car chase attempting to catch armed robbers
The hacker reportedly hijacked the police radio and impersonated an officer, leading the car chase to be called off.
Emma Watson and more celebs' privacy threatened as Instagram hackers sell contact details on dark web
The hackers launched a searchable database selling the email addresses and phone numbers of 6 million Instagram users.
TrueStresser hack: DDoS-for-hire service breached and database leaked by dissatisfied client
The leaked database contained TrueStresser's credentials for its control panel, which is used by customers to launch DDoS attacks.
WikiLeaks denies servers were hacked after its homepage was defaced by OurMine
This is not the first time OurMine has targeted WikiLeaks.
Russian-speaking Turla hackers spying on global embassies with stealthy Gazer backdoor
Security experts say that over the past year Turla hackers have also targeted defence-related organisations.
New Locky ransomware spam campaign uses 'zombie computers' to send over 62,000 emails in just 3 days
The ransomware's new variant IKARUSdilapidated used over 11,000 IP addresses in 133 countries to carry out the attacks.
House of Cards literary publisher exposed thousands sensitive client files
The leaked data includes unpublished books, royalty payments, invoice and contract details.
Instagram hack: API bug allowed hackers to access high-profile users' email addresses, phone numbers
Revelation of the breach comes just days after singer Selena Gomez's Instagram account was hacked.