The US Department of Defense has confirmed a breach at one of its main repositories of personnel information, the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), that has exposed the sensitive details of just ov...

De 24-jarige Pepijn van der S. die 15 september was aangehouden op verdenking van betrokkenheid bij hackersgroep ShinyHunters, wordt ook verdacht van een poging van uitlokking van twee moorden.

A store in Auckland vibe-coded itself a new website. Within hours, its inventory had somehow expanded to include a pair of crusty socks, an $850 banana, and all of New Zealand’s national parks.

A court in Zurich has sentenced a Ukrainian man to 12 years and nine months in prison, and banned him from Switzerland for ten years, for developing ransomware that blackmailed companies around the wo...

An oil tanker bound for Texas was boarded mid-voyage by the US Coast Guard and FBI last month, after its network may have been compromised by malicious hackers.

44-year-old Kenneth Carter from Portland, Oregon, used to work in an AT&T retail store.

The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.

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Learn how CRPx0 ransomware works, how it spreads through ClickFix attacks, and what organizations can do to defend against ransomware threats.

Branches of the US military have reportedly disabled ad-tracking on government-issued phones and computers, following concerns that commercially-available location data has been used to target America...

If you ever linked your Dropbox account to a Lenovo ID - perhaps to make life easier when logging in via a Lenovo laptop - you might want to take heed.

If you live in Jersey and bank with Revolut, you should be on your guard against scam phone calls.

Police have charged two men from Western Australia over their alleged involvement in TeamPCP, a cybercriminal gang that has been blamed for a massive software supply-chain hacking campaign.

A hacker calling themselves “CYBERLEEK” has been leaking gameplay footage from GTA 6 ahead of its official reveal this week – but they’re not asking Rockstar Games for a ransom. Instead…

The US Navy has told its entire workforce of 340,000 active-duty personnel, 58,000 reservists, and 210,000 civilian employees to clean up their social media profiles, because adversaries might be usin...

Every time you add an extension or plugin to your browser, there's a risk that you might be doing more than managing your cryptocurrency wallet, generating passwords, taking notes, or tracking sp...

Gunra ransomware exploits unpatched VPNs and firewalls to steal and encrypt sensitive data. Learn how it attacks, whom it targets, and how to reduce risk.

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When Cameron Curry discovered that his contract as a data analyst wasn't going to be renewed, he could have updated his LinkedIn profile.

A cybersecurity expert has demonstrated how computer-generated patterns can successfully prevent surveillance cameras from detecting vehicles - such as the controversial AI-powered Flock licence plate...

I'm sure you remember "glassholes" - the delightful term coined back in 2013 when Google Glass wearers were being turned away from restaurants and mocked mercilessly online.

Learn how cut-price AI services like Poison Claude exploit cloud credits, expose sensitive prompts, and create serious data security risks for businesses.

Apple has imposed strict new submission limits on its bug bounty portal after finding itself overwhelmed by low-quality, AI generated vulnerability reports - many of which were found to be describing ...

Do you hold cryptocurrency? Have you received a letter telling you that you must register with a so-called "Digital Asset Compliance Portal"? If so, it's time to hit the brakes, because it sound...

IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report reveals how AI-powered phishing drives higher breach costs. Learn why layered defenses are critical in 2026.

For years, North Korea's state-trained hackers have been one of the world's most prolific robbers of banks - stealing huge sums of money from foreign financial instituions, draining cryptocu...

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You can't have failed to hear the news headlines: "AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals", "Firm hacked by rogue OpenAI models says it is 'a wake-up call'", a...

Company behind ChatGPT says agent ‘cheated’ an evaluation by attacking a Hugging Face database

Ukraine's computer emergency response team, CERT-UA, has warned that Russian hackers are using fake CAPTCHA checks to trick people into compromising their own PCs.