Twitter said on Friday that it has closed down thousands of accounts across the world for spreading fake news as well as pro-government propaganda in places like the United Arab Emirates, China, and Spain.

Twitter closes thousands of accounts worldwide in a bid to curb fake news

Reporters investigating Russian military intelligence have been targeted by highly sophisticated cyberattacks through their encrypted email accounts, with evidence suggesting Moscow was responsible, the email service provider ProtonMail and journalists said Saturday.

Journalists investigating Russia targeted by cyberattacks: Report

The chief executive of Telegram, a popular encrypted messaging app, said on Wednesday the messaging service experienced a "state actor-sized" cyber attack and pointed to China as its likely country of origin.

Messaging service Telegram CEO points to China as likely origin of cyber attack

A cyber attack on Australian lawmakers that breached the networks of major political parties was probably carried out by a foreign government, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, but did not name any suspects.

Australia accuses foreign government of cyber attack on lawmakers

At a time when cybercrime is becoming a cottage industry in India, it comes as no surprise that online fraud should become the preferred mode. Most times, online fraud is done in a variety of innovative ways.

Cyber laws have failed to create a culture of deterrence

Russia on Thursday rejected the charges levied by Dutch intelligence which claimed that it foiled a Russian cyber-attack at targeting the world's chemical weapons watchdog in The Netherlands.

Russia rejects Dutch cyber-attack claims as anti-Moscow 'propaganda'

Australia has also joined the US and the UK in blaming Russia for the cyber attacks

Watch: US, Britain blame Russia for global cyber attack

'The attack apparently affected 200,000 router switches across the world in a widespread attack, including 3,500 switches in our country,' the Communication and Information Technology Ministry said in a statement carried by Iran's official news agency IRNA

Iran hit by global cyber attack that left US flag on screens

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According to an intelligence report, the Russian military agency GRU had access to as many as 300 Olympic-related computers in February

Olympics cyberattack planned by Russian hackers, attempted to blame North Korea: US

The attack launched in June 2017 by the Russian military “spread worldwide, causing billions of dollars in damage across Europe, Asia and the Americas

Russia to face 'consequences' for 'NotPetya' cyber attack, says White House

DHS Computer Emergency Response Team said some networks could be infected with the Volgmer "backdoor Trojan" which gives hackers complete control of a computer system.

North Korean malware still lurks in computers worldwide: US

The Chief of US Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson said on Monday he could not rule out some kind of outside interference or a cyberattack being behind the latest collision, but said he did not want to prejudge the inquiry

Did cyberattacks cause US warship collisions?

To counter China and Pakistan both online and offline, Prime Ministers Modi and Netanyahu should underline strong commitment during this trip

Why Israel needs to help India build a cyber army

The terminal impacted is operated by Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk

India's largest container port hit by global cyber attack

Ransomware is malicious software which locks computer files and forces users to pay the attackers a designated sum in the virtual Bitcoin currency to regain access to the files

Ransomware, the weapon wielded in cyber attacks

The rapidly spreading cyber extortion campaign underscores growing concerns that businesses have failed to secure their networks

New cyber attack, similar to 'WannaCry', sweeps globe - once again

Britain's parliament was hit by a 'sustained and determined' cyber attack on Saturday designed to identify weak email passwords

British Parliament hit by 'sustained' cyberattack

British Airways said it had found "no evidence that it's a cyber attack

British Airways cancels all Saturday flights from London's Heathrow, Gatwick after IT failure

Symantec researchers have found multiple instances of code used both in the North Korea-linked group's previous activity and in early versions of WannaCry

Symantec says 'highly likely' North Korea group behind ransomware attacks

They had obtained sophisticated malicious software for a modest monthly fee to go after the clients of banks

Hackers hit Russian bank customers, planned international cyber raids

Cyber security researchers have found technical evidence to link North Korea with the global WannaCry "ransomware" cyber attack

North Korea's Unit 180, the cyber warfare cell worries the West

Researchers scattered across the globe collaborated to develop a workaround to unlock the encryption key for files hit in the global attack

French researchers find way to unlock WannaCry without ransom

Stocks of cyber security firms rise as the global scale of WannaCry becomes apparent

WannaCry ransomware attack good business for cyber security firms

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