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A recent cyberattack on New York-based real estate services firm SitusAMC may have compromised sensitive client and internal data of major banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley, raising concerns over both personal and non-public banking information.

Trisha Kae Andrada Nov 23, 2025

Bitcoin prices continued its downward trend as Trump reaffirmed plans to impose import tariffs on Canada and Mexico. The Bybit exchange hack last week also added to the market volatility.

Niloy Chakrabarti Feb 25, 2025

Multiple companies, including British Airways, BBC and Boots, have suffered a data breach, exposing confidential information and personal data.

Pragati Singh Jun 14, 2023

ChatGPT's ability to generate code can be utilised for data breaches, leaving businesses vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Stanley Sills Feb 21, 2023

Online security researchers claim that hackers were able to gather personal information from over 267 million Facebook users.

John Diente Dec 20, 2019

"We would not be reopening our online stores if we did not feel confident that they are a safe place to shop," the company said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Mar 05, 2018

Researchers have described RedDrop as "one of the most sophisticated pieces of Android malware that we have seen in broad distribution".

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 28, 2018

The intrusion comes as police departments, government organizations and school districts are increasingly targeted by online pranksters and opportunistic hackers.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 27, 2018

In 2015 and 2016, the then 15-year-old Kane Gamble attempted to hack the computers of several senior US government officials.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 26, 2018

Officials believe the Olympics cyberattack was in retaliation to the International Olympic Committee's decision to ban Russia over the state-sponsored doping scandal.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 26, 2018

From North Korean hacking groups to a JPMorgan Chase "technical" glitch affecting multiple online banking customers, here are the top cyber-related news stories of the week.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 25, 2018

Votiro's findings come as hackers continue to develop new, clever ways to exploit victims and earn cryptocurrency often by exploiting popular platforms.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 22, 2018

"We believe this is the next team to watch," FireEye's director of intelligence analysis John Hultquist said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 21, 2018

Hackers have targeted a slew of banks worldwide in recent years to gain illegal access to the Swift network and initiate fraudulent money transfers.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 19, 2018

Over the past few months, researchers observed an uptick in phishing campaigns targeting several Olympics organisations by the Kremlin-linked hacking group Fancy Bear.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 13, 2018

"Best international practice says that you don't talk about an attack," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 12, 2018

"DNS is still often treated differently providing a golden opportunity to leak data," Forcepoint researchers said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 10, 2018

A separate database that contained personal details of 53,000 current and former Sacramento Bee subscribers was also compromised.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 10, 2018

The case has been dubbed "one of the largest cyber fraud enterprise prosecutions ever undertaken" by the Justice Department.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 08, 2018

"I clicked on it and instantly knew that I had been had," one retired Air Force major general, who was sent a dubious phishing link, said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 08, 2018

For anyone typing quickly or letting browser autocomplete lead them to the "right" website, they may be just one letter away from being led to the dubious phishing website.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 06, 2018

Cybercriminals managed to infiltrate the site and install maliciously modified copies of the Firefox, OnyX and Deeper applications.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 06, 2018

Similar to other ransomware, Scarabey demands a Bitcoin payment from victims after infecting their system and encrypting all files.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 05, 2018

Trend Micro has observed hackers abusing session-replay scripts to view what a victim does on every site they visit during a browsing session.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 03, 2018

Smart sex toys made by German company 'Amor Gummiwaren GmbH' contained multiple security vulnerabilities that could let hackers remotely take control of vibrators.

Jason Murdock Feb 02, 2018

"It is interesting to see a new ransomware being distributed via exploit kits in what so far seems to be a few ongoing campaigns," researchers said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 01, 2018

Car-sharing company GoGet's CEO, Tristan Sender, said they did not notify affected customers sooner based on the "strong advice" of NSW police.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Jan 31, 2018

Lenovo warned that sensitive data stored by the software, including users' Windows login credentials and fingerprint data, is encrypted using a weak algorithm.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Jan 30, 2018

Scammers pretending to be from Experty sent out a fake pre-ICO announcement email that encouraged users to send money to an Ethereum wallet that wasn't affiliated with the company.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Jan 29, 2018

"This should be treated as a call to action to take appropriate steps to protect their ATMs against these forms of attack and mitigate any consequences," ATM vendor NCR said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Jan 29, 2018