All news on the topic: Cybersecurity

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

Nationwide users woke up to find an array of issues with their banking app this morning.

Anti-cybercrime cops in Spain have traced an alleged scammer back to Lanzarote, as Brits have been warned to be wary of being falling victim to scams while on holiday

Portsmouth City Council has become the latest local authority to be hit by a cyber attack.

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

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

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

Several major UK train stations appear to be showing Islamophobic messages after being hacked in a major ‘cyber-security’ incident.

Nuclear site awaits sentencing over breaches that it admitted could have threatened national security

Cybersecurity experts are raising awareness of the new wave of ’card skimming’ techniques and warning Brits about what to look out for when using an ATM abroad

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has uncovered the cause of a major global IT outage that has plunged the world into chaos.

Users of online services are being urged to check their passwords after nearly 10 billion codes are leaked.

The Commerce Department on Friday barred US companies from using computer security products from Kaspersky Lab, the Russian company whose products are widely used in the United States

Researchers at the Slovakia-based cybersecurity company ESET have uncovered two new backdoors, dubbed LunarWeb and LunarMail, which they believe were likely used by a Russian state-affiliated hacking group to infiltrate the foreign affairs ministry of an unnamed European country.

Sensitive data from the EU’s police agency appeared for sale on a cybercrime forum.

China poses a genuine and increasing cyber risk to the United Kingdom, the head of British spy agency GCHQ said on Tuesday, adding that while Russia and Iran represented an immediate threat, Beijing was an epoch-defining challenge.

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