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“Entire markets and potentially elections may be manipulated or altered in this way,” a security expert said.

Hacking of 130 accounts exposes security chink in Twitter armour

Young hackers interested in original short Twitter handles hacked the accounts for bragging rights and financial incentives, the firm said.

20 Jul 2020 4:57 PM

West operated on the dark web under the alias of “Courvoisier,” the Metropolitan Police said.

Hacker must obey USD 1 million confiscation order or spend extra 4 years in prison

The Metropolitan Police said West used phishing emails in attacks on more than 100 companies worldwide.

24 Aug 2019 10:37 AM

The bugs would have given a hacker access to student data like grade point average, special education status, number of suspensions, and passwords. (Photo: ANI)

Teen-hacker unearths major flaw in school software that exposed 5 million records

Blackboard's software particularly exposed 5 million vulnerable records including student grades, immunisation records and more.

13 Aug 2019 7:49 AM

Eighteen years old Bill Demirkapi is unlike teen-hackers from decades ago because instead of hacking into the school software to change his grades. (Photo: ANI)

School going hacker uncovers major fault that exposed 5 million records

Blackboard's software particularly exposed 5 million vulnerable records including student grades.

11 Aug 2019 9:56 AM

Police raided his home and seized computers and mobile devices with encrypted information. (Photo: LinkedIn)

20-yr-old ‘wizard’ hacked data of almost entire Bulgaria’s population

In the latest hacking, nearly every working person in Bulgaria was affected.

22 Jul 2019 4:01 PM

The breach of servers at the tax agency (NRA) happened at the end of June and an official there said it was probably carried out from abroad.

Hackers loot millions of Bulgarians' financial data

A person claiming to be a Russian hacker emailed local media on Monday offering access to the stolen data.

17 Jul 2019 12:07 PM

Bitrue explained in an official tweet that a hacker exploited a vulnerability in its Risk Control team's second review process to access the personal funds of about 90 Bitrue users.

Hacker steals USD 4.2 million crypto coins from Bitrue

The hackers stole 9.3 million XRP and 2.5 million ADA coins in total.

28 Jun 2019 7:51 AM

The bug originated in Chromium, Google’s open-source project that underlies Chrome and other browsers. As a result, this put to risk mobile Chrome users as well as users of other browsers built on Chromium.

Android bug allowed hackers to spy on you over five years

Hackers could use WebView, Chromium’s feature to gain user data and gain wider device access.

23 Mar 2019 2:09 PM

They said he had described himself as frustrated about the utterances of politicians, but right-wing material was not initially found in a search of his home.

German hacker spread anti-Muslim views on Internet

Using the Internet handle “r00taccess”, the student, identified as Johannes S., said “Islam is filth: we don’t live in the 6th century”

13 Jan 2019 11:19 AM

The malware was planted through emails sent by an internal address. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystery hacker steals data on 1,000 North Korean defectors in South

The ministry said it discovered last week that the names, birth dates and addresses of 997 defectors had been stolen.

28 Dec 2018 3:48 PM

Hacker hijacks 50,000 printers worldwide urging people to subscribe to PewDiePie

The hacker, who goes by the Twitter handle, TheHackerGiraffe, has claimed responsibility for the attack in a Reddit AMA.

02 Dec 2018 3:10 PM

This March 25, 2016, file photo shows the sign at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Richmond, Va. The information of as many as 500 million guests at Starwood hotels has been compromised and Marriott said that it’s discovered that unauthorized access to data within its Starwood network has been taking place since 2014. The company said Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, that credit card numbers and expiration dates of some guests may have been taken. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

So you stayed at a Starwood hotel: Tips on data breach

The information of as many as 500 million guests at Starwood hotels has been compromised.

02 Dec 2018 2:41 PM

Russians impersonating US State Department aide in hacking campaign: Researchers

The operation, which began, suggests Russia is keen to resume an aggressive campaign of attacks on US targets.

18 Nov 2018 11:00 AM

Hacked, scammed and on your own: navigating cryptocurrency 'wild west'

Various estimates show cryptocurrency crime is on the rise, keeping pace with the market’s rapid growth.

18 Oct 2018 4:03 PM

(Representational image/ Photo: Pixabay)

US warns of new hacking spree from group linked to China

The US government warned that a hacking group widely known as cloudhopper has launched attacks on technology service providers.

04 Oct 2018 7:58 AM

Trojan Horse families retained its position as the most dominant malware in Q2 2018. (Photo: Pixabay)

180 million+ Windows threats detected in Q2 2018: Quick Heal

Cryptojacking highlighted as one of the most dangerous cyber threats to emerge recently.

20 Sep 2018 2:29 PM

Key details from hacking complaint against North Korean

A computer programmer in connection with high-profile cyberattacks, including the WannaCry ransomware virus, has been charged by FBI.

07 Sep 2018 1:25 PM

Park Jin Hyok worked as part of a team of hackers, also known as the Lazarus Group, to try to breach multiple other US businesses.

US government charges North Korean hacker in Sony, WannaCry cyberattacks

The charges, part of a strategy by the US government to deter future cyberattacks by naming and shaming the alleged perpetrators.

07 Sep 2018 7:40 AM

A full moon rises above the golden domes of the Orthodox Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine is lobbying hard for a religious divorce from Russia and some observers say the issue could be decided as soon as September 2018. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ungodly espionage: Russian hackers targeted Orthodox clergy

The Russian hackers have spent years trying to steal the private correspondence of the world’s most senior Christian Orthodox figures.

28 Aug 2018 10:56 AM

Microsoft’s anti-hacking efforts make it an internet cop

Microsoft stands virtually alone among tech companies with an aggressive approach that uses US courts to fight computer fraud and more.

22 Aug 2018 11:20 AM

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