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As a Millennial, you might consider yourself to be rather tech-savvy, and think you know enough to be able to spot an online scam a mile away. However, recent research by Business Bureau suggests that those of us who use technology and are…

Ukraine has been hit by more cyber-attacks, which its government says are "on a completely different level". Earlier on Wednesday, the websites of several Ukrainian banks and government departments became inaccessible.…

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - A single activist helped turn the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over damaging new allegations…

The UK tax authority has seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) as part of a probe into a suspected VAT fraud involving 250 alleged fake companies. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said three people had been arrested on…

Titano Finance Reportedly Rug Pulls Investors With Nearly $2 Million Stolen. Titano Finance, an auto-staking and compounding platform, has been exploited to the tune of $1.9 million worth of Binance Coin (BNB). Blockchain security and…

A former Facebook employee behind a series of bombshell leaks has revealed her identity and spoken out in an interview. Frances Haugen is due to testify before US Congress on Tuesday. She said the documents - shared with the Wall Street…

The incident at the Port of Houston is an example of the interest that foreign spies have in surveilling key US maritime ports, and it comes as US officials are trying to fortify critical infrastructure from such intrusions. "If the…

A legal action seeking damages of up to £920m from Google on behalf of 19.5 million UK Android phone users has been launched. It claims the 30% cut Google takes from digital purchases on its app store is excessive and unfair.…

Intel's chief executive, Pat Gelsinger, says the worst of the global chip crisis is yet to come. Mr Gelsinger predicts the shortage will get worse in the "second half of this year" and it will be "a year or two" before supplies…

The UK and EU have accused China of carrying out a major cyber attack earlier this year. The attack targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, affecting over a quarter of a million servers around the world. The EU was the first to…

Fake delivery scams have soared during the pandemic with more than 60% of Britons reporting receiving at least one such text in the past year, research from the consumer rights group Which? has revealed. The scams are so prevalent that…

The gang behind a "colossal" ransomware attack has demanded $70m (£50.5m) paid in Bitcoin in return for a "universal decryptor" that it says will unlock the files of all victims. The REvil group claims its malware, which initially…

About 200 US businesses have been hit by a "colossal" ransomware attack, according to a cyber-security firm. Huntress Labs said the hack targeted Florida-based IT company Kaseya before spreading through corporate networks that…

The UK boss of banking giant Citigroup has said its "business works best from being together" as the firm plans for staff to work from the office for three days a week. James Bardrick said workers needed to be together "to get the…

A Bristol-based company is being criticised for hosting a website known for sharing child-sex-abuse material. Web-hosting company Zare provided its services to photo-sharing site Imgspice for four days last month. The…

Volkswagen AG's (VOWG_p.DE) U.S. unit said a data breach at a vendor impacted more than 3.3 million customers and prospective buyers in North America. Nearly all those impacted were current or potential customers of Audi, one of the German…

Back in 2009, threat actors hacked into the website servers of social app RockYou, accessing over 32 million user passwords stored in plaintext. Now, in what appears to be the largest data breach in history, attackers have compromised…

Hackers have stolen valuable information from major game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), the company said. The attackers claimed to have downloaded source code for games such as FIFA 21 and for the proprietary Frostbite game…

JBS, the world’s biggest meat processor, has paid an $11m (£7.8m) ransom after a cyber attack shut down operations, including abattoirs in the US, Australia and Canada. While most of its operations have been restored, the…

The US has recovered most of the $4.4m (£3.1m) ransom paid to a cyber-criminal gang responsible for taking the Colonial Pipeline offline last month. DarkSide - which US authorities said operates from eastern Europe and…

Microsoft blamed an "accidental human error" for its Bing search engine not showing image results for the query "Tank Man". The phrase relates to the iconic image of a lone protester standing before tanks in China's…

In a surprise move, one of the world's best-known anti-virus software makers is adding cryptocurrency mining to its products. Norton 360 customers will have access to an Ethereum mining feature in the "coming weeks", the company…

The world's largest meat processing company has been targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack. Computer networks at JBS were hacked, causing some operations in Australia, Canada and the US to temporarily shut down, affecting…

Microsoft says another wave of Russian cyber-attacks has targeted government agencies and human rights groups in 24 countries, most in the US. It said about 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organisations had been…

Amazon has won a court battle over €250m (£215m) in taxes it had been ordered to pay Luxembourg. The European Commission had ordered the tech giant to repay the funds as back taxes, alleging that Amazon had been given unfair…

Investigators at the largest fuel pipeline in the US are working to recover from a devastating cyber-attack that cut the flow of oil. The hack on Colonial Pipeline is being seen as one of the most significant attacks on critical…

Martin Lewis and Sir Richard Branson are the celebrities whose names are used most in fake endorsement scams, a report has found. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) removed more than 730,000 websites running the tricks in…

Elon Musk has said his rocket company SpaceX will now accept the meme-inspired cryptocurrency dogecoin as payment. In a tweet he said the commercial space exploration firm will launch the "DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon" early next…

Facebook's Oversight Board is set to rule on whether former US President Donald Trump can return to Facebook and Instagram. Mr Trump was banned from both social media sites last January following the Capitol Hill riots. The…

Google has fixed a problem that meant Android phone apps were crashing for many users. The issues began on Monday and affected apps such as Gmail, Facebook and Amazon. It appears that an update to the Android…