October 12, 2017 Millions of Pornhub users may have been spied on following hack Pornhub was hacked by a malicious software that could have affected millions of subscribers to the adult website.
October 11, 2017 Israel hacked Kaspersky Lab, tipped off US about Russian hackers, report says Israeli intelligence officers watched Russian hackers use software from Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab to search for U.S. secrets, the New York Times reports.
October 9, 2017 Hackers breach public school databases, send out threatening texts Hackers sent out threatening text messages to the parents of students claiming plans for violence at their schools. Although the threats were empty, authorities closed a number of schools just to be safe.
October 5, 2017 Russian government hackers stole the NSA cyber defense plan, report claims Hackers working for the Russian government stole NSA plans and documents on cyber defense off a contractor's personal computer, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
September 27, 2017 The master decryption key for the Petya ransomware can't help NotPetya victims A new master decryption key was released by the developer of the original Petya ransomware, but it's incapable of helping NotPetya victims. It arrives after most Petya victims have paid the ransom or reformatted their PCs.
September 27, 2017 Verizon data breach: 14 million customers reportedly exposed Millions of Verizon customer records have been exposed after an Israeli technology company left user data unprotected, according to a new report.
September 27, 2017 Reputed dark web mastermind found dead in jail cell at age 26 He was thought to be a kingpin in the mysterious world of the dark web, and now the 26-year-old Canadian is dead.
September 27, 2017 Dark net arms trade: Guns shipped in old printers, study says A new study reveals how criminals and terrorists are harnessing the dark net to purchase weapons.
September 26, 2017 Hacker who helped stop ransomware attack arrested in US Marcus Hutchins, a young British researcher credited with derailing a global cyberattack in May, has been arrested for allegedly creating and distributing banking malware, U.S. authorities say.
September 26, 2017 UK researcher who stopped WannaCry indicted in US The indictment, filed on July 11 in Wisconsin District Court, says that 'Defendant Marcus Hutchins created the Kronos malware,' alongside another person.
