Cybercrime

Cybercriminals have targeted U.S. energy companies with a wave of brute force cyber attacks, according to the Industrial Control Systems Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT).

Every month, around 70 sophisticated cyber espionage campaigns target government or industry networks, Sir Iain Lobban, head of Britain's GCHQ spy agency said.

Hit movies such as Man of Steel and World War Z have been used as bait to lure victims to spam pages on sharing site Slideshare, according to a report in The Register this week.

The source code for banking malware Carberp has been released online - raising the possibility a new wave of attacks using variants of the sophisticated Trojan.

More people will be enjoying more digital devices on holiday trips this year than ever before, so we’ve rounded up the top tips for protecting your technology on the road, so you can enjoy a safer, less stressful vacation.

Blizzard, makers of the hit online game World of Warcraft, issued a security alert today after a spate of unauthorized logins and player reports of "money laundering" scams.

An investigation by a British talk radio station has shone light on the hackers who spy on young girls via webcams on compromised PCs.

Many companies are unprepared for data breaches and hacking incidents - and the percentage of companies without any form of crisis response plan has actually grown in the past year, says consulting firm Protiviti.

A simulated cyber attack with the Hollywood-esque title Quantum Dawn 2 will bombard the defenses of American banks on June 28 - in an exercise designed to test how Wall Street would endure a sustained hi-tech assault.