The U.S. National Security Agency says the same Russian military hacking group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election and unleashed a devastating malware attack the following year has been exploiting a major email server program since last August or earlier. The timing of the agency’s advisory Thursday was unusual considering that the critical vulnerability […]

Beijing on Friday rejected an AFP report that Chinese hackers were suspected of being behind a series of cyber attacks on European aerospace giant Airbus. The hackers targeted Airbus suppliers — British engine-maker Rolls-Royce, French technology consultancy and supplier Expleo, and two other French contractors — in search of commercial secrets, according to security and […]

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Israel’s Shin Bet security service suspects Iran of hacking the mobile phone of Benny Gantz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s toughest rival in the April 9 election, an Israeli television station reported on Thursday. Gantz, a former chief of Israel’s armed forces, was informed of the hack five weeks ago, Channel 12 said, adding that the […]

An Australian teenager has pleaded guilty to hacking into the main computer network of technology giant Apple Inc , downloading big internal files and accessing customer accounts, because he was a fan of the company, local media reported. The teen downloaded 90 gigabytes of secure files and accessed customer accounts without exposing his identity. When […]

RAF bosses have warned aircrew about ‘online social engineering’ after a female airwoman discovered her Tinder profile had been hacked and used to contact fellow RAF personnel.

The United States placed five Russian companies and three individuals on its sanctions blacklist Monday for allegedly supporting the FSB intelligence agency’s hacking operations, including a firm involved in subsea operations. The US Treasury named Digital Security and two subsidiaries as helping develop offensive cyber capabilities for Russian intelligence services, including the already-sanctioned FSB. The […]

Four men used a weakness in the cars’ computers to steal 12 vehicles from around Lancashire before they were finally stopped in 2016.

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have issued an unprecedented warning that ‘Russian government cyber actors’ have planted malware and spear phished in critical systems.

The Trump administration has announced it will not impose additional sanctions on Russia, despite Congress passing a law allowing the President to do so. With Monday the deadline for the White House to impose any new measures, the US State Department insisted the threat of sanctions was already acting as a deterrent. The new sanctions […]