Cyber Security

A trio of Australians has been charged with identity theft that netted AU$11 million (US$7.41m, £5.73m) – ill-gotten loot they allegedly ripped off…

Hackers temporarily took over Facebook’s accounts on Twitter and Instagram on Friday through a third-party platform, raising concerns about the…

Android users: got a mobile app named Weather Forecast?If so, you should squash it like a bug. Google’s Play Store has already swatted it,…

A cybersecurity researcher today disclosed technical details of multiple high severity vulnerabilities he discovered in WhatsApp, which, if…

More than 100 child protection organizations Thursday urged Facebook to halt plans for strong encryption of all its platforms, saying that would…

SMS messages, or “texts”, are old hat these days. These days, most of us prefer services that don’t go through the mobile phone network, such as…

If we understood the humans behind hacking incidents and their intent could we stop them? Research from Michigan State University reveals the…

Homes and businesses that use smart light bulbs are at risk of being hacked and even spied on, new research has revealed. The vulnerability, which…

Google might have mistakenly shared your private videos saved on the company’s servers with other users, the tech giant admitted yesterday in a…

According to the deputy head of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents of the FSB, Nikolai Murashov, encryption viruses decreased…