Nearly 5,900 e-commerce sites has been breached by hackers and installed malware that steals victim’s credit card details, according to a security researcher. According to Dutch security analyst Willem De Groot he said that, the hackers gained access to a

The latest variant of the notorious Cerber ransomware family is currently featured in several infection campaigns, security researchers warn. Dubbed Cerber 4.0, the malware version emerged in early October and appears to have already become highly popular among cybercriminals for

Canada-based wireless communications equipment manufacturer Sierra Wireless has warned customers that some of its rugged gateway products can become infected with Mirai malware if not configured properly. According to the vendor, attackers have targeted AirLink gateways that are reachable from

Most small-business owners (78 percent) still don’t have a cyberattack response plan, even though more than half (54 percent) were victim to at least one type of cyberattack. About 60 percent of those who did experience a cyberattack said it

Researchers from Cisco Talos have created a new tool that allows users to extract the configuration of the Locky ransomware. Dubbed LockyDump, the open source utility comes with support for all known Locky variants (those using the .locky, .zepto and .odin extensions).

Retailer Vera Bradley warned customers on Wednesday of a compromise of its point-of-sale system that allowed hackers to make off with an undisclosed number of credit card records. The breach impacts only retail customers who shopped at one of 159 Vera

The head of an international nuclear energy consortium said this week that a cyber attack caused a “disruption” at a nuclear power plant at some point during the last several years. Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Over the past few years, Internet users globally have grown increasingly aware of online privacy and security issues due to mass monitoring and surveillance by government agencies, making them adopt encryption software and services. But it turns out that hackers

British politicians have reportedly been banned from wearing Apple Watches during official cabinet meetings amid rising fears that foreign hackers may compromise the devices to snoop on sensitive conversations. Under UK prime minister Theresa May, elected ministers have been informed

Microsoft has released its monthly Patch Tuesday update including a total of 10 security bulletin, and you are required to apply the whole package of patches altogether, whether you like it or not. That’s because the company is kicking off

After a series of major blunders that have hit Yahoo over the past month, Verizon is reportedly set to ask for a $1bn (£800m) discount in its pending $4.8bn takeover agreement to buy the US tech giant, insider sources have

In an effort to avoid any information security breaches that have occurred due to legacy IT systems or human error, Telstra has overhauled its systems and processes involved in its NBN SSU obligations.  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

If you refuse to pay up, the malware vanishes from your PC — but leaves everything fully encrypted.  Kaspersky has released a decryption tool for the Polyglot ransomware to assist victims in recovering their files without giving in and paying

Solving the “what now?” problem. Companies hit by hackers often waste precious time asking, “What now?” Such delays can be costly, since network invaders, once they know their cover is blown, are apt to make additional mischief by stealing or