All news on the topic: Cybersecurity

New York-based cybersecurity firm Wiz says it has found a trove of sensitive data from the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek inadvertently exposed to the open internet.

Officials have been warned they must ’get on top of this most pernicious threat’ as cyber attacks are ’one of the most serious risks’ currently facing the UK government.

A pupil was suspended for hacking his school’s network while in a computer science class because he was ‘bored’.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a stark warning to UK businesses about the covert activities of North Korean workers posing as freelance IT professionals.

In a global crackdown, international law enforcement agencies have dismantled the RedLine and Meta infostealers, responsible for stealing data from millions.

Hacktivists have released a list of individuals purportedly involved in election fraud.

Italian probe reveals “gigantic and alarming market of confidential data,” prosecutors say.

A ticketing company has urged customers to consider changing their password after it confirmed it had been the victim of a data breach. Users’ personal information may have been among the information stolen from Central Tickets, it has warned.

Nuclear waste dump in Cumbria pleaded guilty to leaving data that could threaten national security exposed for four years, says regulator

Ukrainian security council restricts app’s use on government and military devices after intelligence agency says Russia can snoop on users and messages. What we know on day 941

On Friday, cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said a fix for the issue affecting Windows machines had been issued but the knock-on effects continued to be felt this weekend

CrowdStrike has issued a statement on the global IT outage - and confirmed that a ’defect’ in their cybersecurity technology was the cause of issues which shut down banks, airports and TV stations

Hackers stole call and text records data from "nearly all" of 109 million AT&T Wireless customers, the telecommunications company disclosed on Friday.

Apple has updated its list of obsolete devices, which now includes several older iPhone models, warning that if you have one of these models, you could be at risk from cyber criminals

LockBit, a major criminal gang who runs an online website that organises ransomware cyber attacks, has been involved in many high-profile hackings over the last few years

FBI Director Christopher Wray this week warned the US House Select Committee that Chinese hackers may be preparing to damage American infrastructure

People are only just realising you can track who has access to your Facebook account. Find out where they are, when they're doing it and how you can protect yourself

Campaigners called for a shake-up of the Computer Misuse Act, warning it was hampering the fight against cyber attacks while costing billions of pounds and thousands of jobs

One in six say they can't wrap their head around jargon such as hyperlink, ransomware, and USB-C – with one in ten saying it would be easier to learn a foreign language

MGM Resorts, which operates hotel and gaming venues around the world, notably in Las Vegas, has been hit by a significant cyberattack that has paralysed networks

Hackers targeted the database of a firm which handles the security for some of Britain's most secretive sites - including a nuclear submarine base and a chemical weapon lab

Scammers are making off with more and more of people's hard earned money each year - and a 2022 Harris Poll survey of around 2,000 American adults found 22% of had lost money to a phone scam in the past year

Clop, a Russian-speaking cybercrime gang, are thought to have been responsible for stealing the data of major British companies like BA, Boots, and the BBC through a flaw in the MOVEit software

Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden will issue a 'call to arms' to energy providers when he addresses the annual CyberUK conference in Belfast later

Two women share their experiences of feeling 'vulnerable' after being sent unsolicited Airdrops as cyber-flashing is set to become a criminal offence amid the Online Safety Bill