Cybercrime


808 articles

Photos of Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner leak online after iCloud account hack

Photos of Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner leak online after iCloud account hack

Photos of Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner leak online after iCloud account hack

More than 30 photos of the celebrities have been posted on Twitter by a hacker who appears to have stolen the pictures from the iCloud account of Styles's mother, Anne.

Graham Cluley20 Mar 2016


Beware spear phishers trying to hijack your website

Beware spear phishers trying to hijack your website

Beware spear phishers trying to hijack your website

If you fail to take proper care, it would be all too easy to type your password into a phishing site and hand control of your website over to a online criminal gang.

Graham Cluley07 Mar 2016


Super Tuesday is still offline. What's the catch?

Super Tuesday is still offline. What's the catch?

Super Tuesday is still offline. What's the catch?

Even though the US is among the most technologically advanced nations in the world, most of its voters cannot cast their ballots online. Is internet voting a risk? Ondrej Kubovič reports.

Ondrej Kubovič01 Mar 2016


5 threats every company needs to pay attention to

5 threats every company needs to pay attention to

5 threats every company needs to pay attention to

ESET's Pablo Ramos takes a closer a look at the most common threats facing companies today and the impact that they can have.

Pablo Ramos29 Feb 2016


Why cybercrime isn’t fun and (video) games

Why cybercrime isn’t fun and (video) games

Why cybercrime isn’t fun and (video) games

Research shows that the average age of cybercrime suspects last year was just 17 years-old. We Live Security asks why, and suggests how you can protect your child.

Kyle Ellison26 Feb 2016


How the threat experts see it ...

How the threat experts see it ...

How the threat experts see it ...

A unique survey among threat experts has revealed that most cyberattacks against a typical IT infrastructure take less than 24 hours to plan and execute, and almost half are successful.

Peter Stancik18 Feb 2016


European firms’ financial departments the target of cyberattacks

European firms’ financial departments the target of cyberattacks

European firms’ financial departments the target of cyberattacks

Two major cyberattacks have siphoned over $50 million and nearly $80 million from a Belgian bank and an Austrian aircraft parts manufacturer, respectively. They were both victim to a scam known as Business Email Compromise.

Peter Stancik03 Feb 2016


Google bans over 780m ‘bad ads’ to protect online experience

Google bans over 780m ‘bad ads’ to protect online experience

Google bans over 780m ‘bad ads’ to protect online experience

Google has banned over 780 million so-called ‘bad ads’ in 2015 alone, explaining that these advertisements have breached the terms of their policies.

Narinder Purba26 Jan 2016


Skype finally hides your IP address, to protect against vengeful gamers

Skype finally hides your IP address, to protect against vengeful gamers

Skype finally hides your IP address, to protect against vengeful gamers

For too long streaming video gamers have suffered denial-of-service attacks and raids from police SWAT teams, often assisted by Skype leaking private IP addresses.

Graham Cluley24 Jan 2016