A rapidly growing scam dubbed the "Phantom Hacker" is targeting users of Apple, Android and other platforms, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns. The scheme exploits trust in banks and ...

Did you know that identity theft happens every 22 seconds? This means that, by the time you finish reading this sentence, someone has likely had their identity stolen. At best, identity theft will ...

While you always want to be careful where you click online, a new variation on the classic clickjacking attack should give you pause when a site asks you to double-click on something. As reported ...

So when the US government singles out a single hacker for espionage-focused intrusions, naming him and targeting him with sanctions, he must have spied aggressively—or effectively—enough to ...

Chinese state-backed hackers have reportedly breached the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a Treasury Department office that administers and enforces trade and economic sanctions programs.

Hackers are targeting Amazon Prime accounts. "The initial attack vector, where users are beguiled into opening an email attachment containing a PDF file,” Javvad Malik, lead security awareness ...

Updates on January 6 at 9:23 a.m. EDT. Adds response from Consolidated Communications. Chinese hackers breached more U.S. telecoms than previously thought, The Wall Street Journal reported late ...

Chinese government hackers targeted the U.S. Treasury’s highly sensitive sanctions office during a December cyberattack, according to reports. According to The Washington Post, the state ...

Cybercriminals have begun publishing stolen personal data of Rhode Island citizens, the US state has confirmed. In an update on December 30, Rhode Island governor Dan McKee revealed the state had been ...

A cyber hacker has pleaded guilty to stealing unreleased music from artists including Coldplay, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes and US singer Bebe Rexha. Skylar Dalziel made about £42,000 by selling ...

Coldplay were the headline act at Radio 1's Big Weekend, which was held in Luton in the summer A cyber hacker has pleaded guilty to stealing unreleased music from artists including Coldplay ...

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