Hacking
Huawei hit with racketeering and fraud charges by US authorities
New charges against Huawei and four of its subsidiaries come as US authorities consider ratcheting up export controls on the Chinese networking hardware giant
Emotet sextortion campaigns are netting much more money than similar Necurs campaigns, researchers find
Emotet operators are targeting victims through their work email rather than webmail accounts
US Justice Department charges four members of Chinese military over Equifax hack
All accused currently live in China, and none of them is in custody
SuperCasino owns-up to 'security incident' in email to customers
Hacker was unable to access users' credit card numbers, passwords, or copies of other sensitive documents, the online gambling operator claims
Cyber criminals demand $3 million in ransom from Travelex after infecting its network with Sodinokibi ransomware
Attackers claim to have copied more than 5GB of users' personal data
Microsoft seizes dozens of malicious domains used by North Korea-linked hacker group 'Thallium'
Thallium is the fourth nation-state group that the software giant has taken action against in recent years
Chinese 'Cloud Hopper' campaign targeting cloud providers was more extensive than admitted
Cloud Hopper hack enabled the attackers to steal large volumes of intellectual property and other sensitive data
'Gangnam Industrial Style' campaign targets industrial firms with phishing emails and Separ malware
New North Korea-linked campaign has already compromised at least 200 systems belonging to industrial companies across the world
$5 million bounty placed on Russian hackers responsible for Dridex banking malware
The FBI and US Department of State have placed a record-breaking bounty on Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev
Magento Marketplace suffers data breach exposing confidential details of users
Magento's platform has been targeted in the past by Magecart scammers, but it claims its core products and services were not exposed in this latest incident
US department store Macy's the latest company to be compromised in Magecart attack
Macy's claims that it discovered the Magecart compromise of its payment pages within seven days
Hosting provider SmarterASP.NET hit by ransomware attack
Majority of customers don't have access to their data yet
Wind and solar energy provider hit by denial-of-service attack earlier this year
The attack caused a disconnection between the power provider's main command centre and power generation installations
North Korean malware detected in India's Kudankulam nuclear facility
Critical internal network of the plant remained safe from the malware, the company claims
Norsk Hydro receives first cyber insurance payout of $3.6 million for breach-related losses
The amount represents just six per cent of the total costs resulting from the cyber attack
China's APT10 hacking group suspected of cyber attacks against Airbus suppliers
Four major attacks on Airbus's supply chain have been detected in the past 12 months
High-profile YouTube creators targeted in a series of coordinated cyber attacks
YouTubers within the automotive and car reviewing community were hardest hit
Russian hackers in 2016 cyber attack on Ukraine's power grid intended to damage transmissions stations
The attack that blacked out most of the capital city Kyiv was intended to cause physical damage, claims new report
US sanctions three North Korean groups linked with multi-million dollar cyber attacks worldwide
These groups receive orders from North Korea's intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau, says the US Treasury
Chinese state sponsored hackers behind cyber attack on parliament, Australia intelligence agency concluded
Australian intelligence believes Chinese state-sponsored hackers were behind cyber attack on parliament - but government decided to cover it up
Warning over new Android spyware, dubbed Joker, found in 24 malicious apps in Google's Play store
Joker malware can read SMS messages, contact lists and other information on victims' Android handsets
Cyber criminals use AI to mimic CEO's voice and trick manager into transferring £200,000
The manager heard familiar voice patterns of his boss and suspected nothing in the call
FIN6 APT targeting individuals via LinkedIn in a bid to get web skimmers onto e-commerce sites
IBM X-Force warns of new spear-phishing attacks by APT it has tracked since 2015
Six ethical hackers become millionaires reporting bugs via the HackerOne platform
The platform has awarded $21 million to hackers in the year for finding and reporting security bugs
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