April 20, 2017 France concerned over Russian interference in elections amid reports of hacking, fake news As lawmakers and the intelligence community in the United States continue to investigate claims of Russian interference in last year’s election, France has been hit with a slew of hacking attempts and fake news reports ahead of Sunday’s presidential vote that appears eerily reminiscent of what happened across the Atlantic last fall.
April 8, 2017 How to tell if your phone or tablet has a virus Long before ransomware and large-scale hacks became everyday problems, viruses were crawling into our desktops and infecting our screens.
April 5, 2017 Pro-ISIS hackers release 'kill list' with 8,786 targets in US, UK An ISIS-linked group of hackers has released a "kill list" of 8,786 names and addresses in the U.S. and U.K., calling for lone wolf attacks on the targets in a chilling video posted online.
March 17, 2017 Russian hackers targeted just one Yahoo employee in order to breach 500M accounts More details about the activities that led to one of the biggest data breaches in history are coming to light now that the Department of Justice has indicted four suspects for the 2014 Yahoo hack that affected more than 500 million accounts.
March 17, 2017 How Twitter could use artificial intelligence to cut online harassment “Why don’t you jump off a bridge and kill yourself? I bet you’d make a big splash.” That was an actual tweet someone sent me a few years ago.
March 16, 2017 Dutch man sentenced to 11 years in prison for cyberbullying A man wanted in Canada for alleged involvement in online abuse was sentenced Thursday to nearly 11 years in prison by a Dutch court for cyberbullying dozens of young girls and gay men.
March 9, 2017 How the WikiLeaks CIA dump could help hackers and foreign governments Even with chunks of source code redacted, the WikiLeaks CIA dump could still prove invaluable to hackers and foreign governments, warn security experts.
February 21, 2017 PC microphones helped steal hundreds of gigabytes of data from Ukraine firms A large-scale cyberattack, dubbed "Operation BugDrop," was perpetrated against targets in the Ukraine. At least 70 organizations were attacked, with huge amounts of sensitive information data stolen using PC microphones.
January 27, 2017 'Can you hear me?' scam has police urging people to hang up immediately Police nationwide are urging people to avoid answering a simple question from a phone number they do not know.
January 19, 2017 Spain arrests Russian wanted by US for alleged hacking Spanish officials say a Russian computer programmer wanted by the United States on hacking allegations has been jailed while a decision is made on whether to extradite him.