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YouTube star David Dobrik has stepped down from an app he co-founded, following a rape allegation about a former video contributor. One woman who appeared in a video on Mr Dobrik’s channel says she was raped by another person…

Public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for ProxyLogon could be fanning a feeding frenzy of attacks even as patching makes progress. As dangerous attacks accelerate against Microsoft Exchange Servers in the wake of the disclosure…

Facebook has unveiled a virtual-reality (VR) wristband that will be used to control its forthcoming augmented-reality glasses. The wristband interprets the user's hand movements via a cluster of sensors that detect motor-nerve…

A new Mimecast update reveals the SolarWinds hackers accessed several “limited” source code repositories. Hackers who compromised Mimecast networks as part of the SolarWinds espionage campaign have swiped some of the security firm’s…

The malicious app spreads the BlackRock malware, which steals credentials from 458 services – including Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and Amazon. Researchers are warning of a fake version of the popular audio chat app Clubhouse, which…

A Florida high-school student faces jail time for rigging her school’s Homecoming Queen election. A 17-year-old high school senior along with her mother, Laura Rose Carroll, were arrested this week, charged with accessing student…

A major spike of attacks against higher ed, K-12 and seminaries in March has prompted the FBI to issue a special alert. The FBI has issued a warning about an uptick in cyberattacks on the education sector that are delivering the PYSA…

Researchers are reporting mass scanning for – and in-the-wild exploitation of – a critical-severity flaw in the F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ enterprise networking infrastructure. Attackers are exploiting a recently-patched, critical…

Attackers move on new CEOs, using transition confusion to harvest Microsoft credentials. A new phishing scam is on the rise, targeting executives in the insurance and financial services industries to harvest their Microsoft 365…

NHS executive Helen Bevan had her two Twitter accounts, with nearly 140,000 followers, stolen by hackers and used to promote fake PlayStation 5 sales. She now has the accounts back but has received dozens of messages from…

A previously undocumented password and cookie stealer has been compromising accounts of big guns like Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google since 2019 and then using them for cybercriminal activity. A malware that until now has gone…

The newly discovered steganography method could be exploited by threat actors to obscure nefarious activity inside photos hosted on the social-media platform. A security researcher has discovered a novel steganography technique for…

A glitch in Zoom’s screen-sharing feature shows parts of presenters’ screens that they did not intend to share – potentially leaking emails or passwords. A security blip in the current version of Zoom could inadvertently leak users’…

In a new campaign, threat actors are bundling macOS malware in trojanized Apple Xcode developer projects. Cybercriminals are targeting Apple developers with a trojanized Xcode project, which once launched installs a backdoor that has…

The Cisco security vulnerability exists in the RV132W ADSL2+ Wireless-N VPN Routers and RV134W VDSL2 Wireless-AC VPN Routers. A popular line of small business routers made by Cisco Systems are vulnerable to a high-severity…

Nominees for this year's Oscars have been told that appearing by Zoom will not be an option. In a letter to nominees, the show's producers said they had gone to "great lengths to provide a safe and enjoyable evening for all of…

The ‘young mastermind’ of the Twitter hack will serve three years in juvenile detention. Thanks to a new plea deal with the Florida State Attorney’s Office, the 18-year-old behind last summer’s breach of Twitter’s high-profile…

The new Google Nest Hub will track users' body activity in bed to generate personalised sleep-tracking reports. The device's radar-based scanning technology detects movement, including coughing and snoring, as well as light and…

Google plans to reduce the fees it charges to feature Android apps within its Play store. From 1 July, it will take a 15% cut from the first $1m (£720,000) in sales each year of the apps and any digital goods and services sold…

Samsung, the world’s biggest computer-chip manufacturer, has warned of a “serious imbalance” in the semiconductor industry, as global shortages cause disruption. It also said it might skip the launch of the next Galaxy Note…

An ad for a cryptocurrency exchange has been banned for “irresponsibly” promoting investments in Bitcoin. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the campaign had targeted pensioners who were "unlikely to know" much…

Prolific burglars, robbers and thieves are to be tagged with GPS trackers in a bid to stop them reoffending. Offenders will be automatically tagged for up to 12 months after being released from prison, under a Ministry of…

A US teenager has pleaded guilty to hacking several high-profile Twitter accounts in a large-scale Bitcoin scam. Graham Ivan Clark was 17 when he co-ordinated the scam - which hijacked the profiles of celebrities, including…

YouTube has removed more than 30,000 misleading Covid-19 vaccination videos in the past five months, it said. A YouTube spokeswoman said the videos contradicted vaccine information from the World Health Organization (WHO) or…

People in the UK have been sharing personal safety tips on social media following the death of Sarah Everard who disappeared as she walked home from a friend's house in south London last week. Police have confirmed that a body…

Nurseries and childminders are being warned of the threat of cyber-attacks, in guidance from the government's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It is the first time that the agency - part of the GCHQ intelligence service -…

An online campaign inviting users to post anonymous testimonies of sexual assault and harassment has been flagged to children’s services. The collection of more than 4,100 testimonies include accounts from girls aged as young…

People are being urged to spot signs that members of their families are viewing indecent images online. Calls to a confidential helpline to prevent online abuse in the UK have increased by nearly 50% during the pandemic, say…

Instagram is adding safety measures designed to protect teenagers from unwanted direct messages from adults. Older users will be able to privately message teenagers who follow them only. And messages will be overlaid with a…

The threat group behind the Sodinokibi ransomware claimed to have recently compromised nine organizations. The REvil ransomware threat group is on a cyberattack tear, claiming over the past two weeks to have infected nine…