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Ex-US intel operatives admit hacking American networks for UAE

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Three former US intelligence operatives who worked as cyber spies for the United Arab Emirates admitted to violating US hacking laws and prohibitions on...

Prosecutors probe terrorism among reasons behind Italy region hacking – sources

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Italian prosecutors are considering terrorism among the reasons behind a cyber attack that shut down all services offered by the Lazio region through its...

US and allies accuse China of global hacking spree

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The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries for an...

Biden battles Russian hacking groups with restrictions on IT firms

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The United States on Friday took a new stab at Russia's cybersecurity industry, restricting trade with four information technology firms and two other entities...

Facebook says Palestinian spies behind hacking campaign

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Facebook says it has disrupted a long-running cyberespionage campaign run by Palestinian intelligence which features spies posing as journalists and the deployment of a...

At least ten hacking groups using Microsoft software flaw – researchers

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At least ten different hacking groups are using recently discovered flaws in Microsoft Corp’s mail server software to break in to targets around the...

Police dismantle world’s ‘most dangerous’ criminal hacking network

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International law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday they had dismantled a criminal hacking scheme used to steal billions of dollars from businesses and private...

Italian police arrest two over hacking at defence group Leonardo

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Police arrested two people on Saturday who have worked at Leonardo for their alleged role in hacking the Italian defence group’s computers to steal...

Twitter hacking spree alarms experts concerned about the platform’s security

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The extraordinary hacking spree that hit Twitter on Wednesday, leading it to briefly muzzle some of its most widely followed accounts, is drawing questions...

Obscure Indian cyber firm spied on politicians, investors worldwide

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A little-known Indian IT firm offered its hacking services to help clients spy on more than 10,000 email accounts over a period of seven...

Working from home sees increase in hacking

Hacking activity against corporations in the US and elsewhere more than doubled last month as digital thieves took advantage of security weakened by pandemic...

Russia dismisses hacking reports as “unsavoury”

Moscow dismissed media reports that Russian hackers piggybacked on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organisations in dozens of countries as...

Stolen lives – eight major hacks targeting personal data

Names, addresses and phone numbers of more than 100 million people were stolen in one of the largest hacks to date targeting US bank...

In a first, U.S. blames Russia for cyber attacks on energy...

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The Trump administration on Thursday blamed the Russian government for a campaign of cyber attacks stretching back at least two years that...

North Korea hacking increasingly focussed on making money more than espionage

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North Korea is behind an increasingly orchestrated effort at hacking into computers of financial institutions in South Korea and around the world...

What do I need to know about the CIA’s hacking program?

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WikiLeaks, the website that specializes in exposing secrets, released thousands of documents that described internal U.S. Central Intelligence Agency discussions on hacking...

Editors turn on government over hacking probe

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Two of the most influential media figures in Britain accused the government of using a scandal over journalists hacking phones as an...

Dutch study possible Iran hacking of government web sites

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The Dutch government said yesterday it was investigating whether Iran may have been involved in hacking Dutch state websites after digital certificates...

China paper scoffs at suggestion Beijing is hacking villain

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China's top official newspaper dismissed as irresponsible suggestions Beijing was the "state actor" behind massive Internet hacking of governments and companies that...

Biggest-ever series of cyber attacks uncovered, U.N. hit

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Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organizations including...

UK police say arrested teen hacking leader

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British police arrested a teenager believed to be a leader of computer hacking groups that boasted attacks on the networks of the...