Ransomware
US Hails Indictment of Russian In Bitcoin Laundering
US officials Thursday hailed the arrest and indictment of a Russian accused of laundering billions of dollars through a...
Apple Unveils ICloud Data Centre In China As Cyber Laws Tightened
Apple has unveiled plans to build a data centre in China to store its local iCloud customers' personal details, marking...
Petya Victims Given Hope By Researchers
A security firm says it has managed to decrypt files damaged by the recent Petya ransomware attack, on one infected...
Cyber-Attack Was About Data and Not Money, Say Experts
The Petya malware variant that hit businesses around the world may not have been an attempt to make money, suspect...
FedEx Unit TNT ‘significantly Affected’ By Virus
Shipping giant FedEx said Wednesday that deliveries were slowed at its Dutch unit TNT Express after the firm was hit by...
Tax Software Blamed For Cyber-Attack Spread
A global cyber-attack that affected companies around the world may have started via corrupted updates on a piece of...
‘Vaccine’ Created For Huge Cyber-Attack
Security researchers have discovered a “vaccine” for the huge cyber-attack that hit organisations across the world...
Global Wave of Cyberattacks Hit India’s Largest Port
A wave of cyberattacks wreaking havoc across computer systems worldwide disrupted operations at India's largest...
Global Ransomware Attack Causes Turmoil
Companies across the globe are reporting that they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack. British...
South Korean Firm Pays $1m To Unlock Files
South Korean web-hosting firm Nayana has agreed to pay a $1m ransom to unlock computers frozen by hackers. It is...
NHS Cyber-Attack Was ‘launched From North Korea’
British security officials believe that hackers in North Korea were behind the cyber-attack that crippled parts of the...
Apple Mac Computers Targeted By Ransomware and Spyware
Mac users are being warned about new variants of malware that have been created specifically to target Apple computers....
China To Launch Cybersecurity Law Despite Concerns
China will implement a controversial cybersecurity law Thursday despite concerns from foreign firms worried about its...
Jury Out On North Korea Link To Ransomware Attack
Was North Korea behind the ransomware epidemic that hit global computer networks earlier this month? That's the subject...
North Korea-Linked Hackers ‘highly Likely’ Behind WannaCry
The Lazarus hacking group, widely believed to be connected to North Korea, is "highly likely" responsible for the...
North Korea Denies Role In Global Cyberattack
North Korea on Friday angrily dismissed reports linking its isolated regime to the global cyberattack that held...
Hackers Steal 17 Million Users’ Data From Indian Restaurant App Zomato
Indian largest restaurant and food delivery app Zomato announced Thursday that the data of 17 million users had been...
“ShadowBrokers” Threatens To Release More Cyber Attack Tools
The mysterious ShadowBrokers group, which leaked the stolen hacking tool used in last week's global cyber attacks, is...
US Cyber Czar Says ‘no Federal Systems’ Hit By Ransomware
President Donald Trump's top cyber and homeland security advisor said Monday that no US government systems had been hit...