Cybercrime

Regardless of how Piriform was breached, for a tool as widely downloaded as CCleaner, with a userbase running into the hundreds of millions, there will be a large impact worldwide, even though only the 32-bit version was affected.

Credit reporting agency Equifax has revealed more details of just how many people are affected in the UK, as consumers are warned of the risk of phishing attacks.

Many of the components required to commit cybercrime can be bought and sold online if you know the right part of the internet in which to look.

If you search for cybersecurity or cybercrime under Google News the results can be depressing: so many cybercrimes, so few arrests. But over the past few months law enforcement has begun to strike back.

A leaked document appears to contain the personal telephone numbers and email addresses for actors such as Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke.

Torrents have many legitimate uses, in various segments. However, their popularity among users makes them also into an attractive vector for black-hats.

It seems that Spiderman is in a spot of trouble, tangled in a web of his own making.

A variant of the Erebus ransomware has hit a South Korean web hosting company hard, and disrupted the websites of thousands of businesses.

25-year-old Sean Caffrey failed to properly cover his tracks, leading police officers to his door.