In November, a group of hackers compromised the data of the health insurer Medibank and demanded a hefty ransom amount or else had threatened to sell the data of the firm's customers online.

Not paid ransom, hackers dump Australian health data on dark web, wish 'Happy Cyber Security Day'

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has blamed Russian hackers for the Medibank hack, hours after another tranche of data from the medical insurer firm related to abortion was leaked online.

Medibank data leak: Australian police blame Russian hackers

Reports say, at least $718 million has been stolen so far in October alone, taking the gross tally for the year past $3 billion and putting 2022 on course to be a record for the total value hacked.

World Business Watch: Crypto hackers set for record year after looting over $3 billion

A couple of hackers claimed to have carried out a cyber-attack against British hotel chain Holiday Inn owner Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) “for fun”, causing massive booking disruptions.

Hackers launch cyber-attack on UK hotel chain for 'fun'

A look now at some cyber security threats that are impacting the digital landscape. Hackers are using sophisticated techniques to dupe people on popular apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, we now get you three of the most common scams on these applications.

Tech Talk | Watch out for scams on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook

A hacker organisation from Iran has released the personal information of nearly 300,000 Israelis. Over 20 travel booking websites were attacked by the hackers.

Iranian hackers leak data of over 300,000 Israelis from travel booking websites

Russian President Vladimir Putin was slated to give the opening speech in Russia’s flagship economic forum on Friday, but it was delayed by hackers. According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, it was a ‘denial of service’ attack from the hackers that was aimed at interrupting the internet services at the venue.

Vladimir Putin forced to delay keynote speech after hackers crash internet

Advanced hackers have shown they can take control of an area of devices that help run power station and manufacturing plants. US cyber security and other government agencies issued a joint advice advisory saying the hacker's malicious software could affect the devices.

US claims advanced hackers have shown ability to hijack critical infrastructure

United States officials announced on Wednesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has taken control of thousands of firewall appliances and routers away from Russian military hackers by hijacking the technology that they were using in order to operate the devices.

FBI disrupts Russian hackers, takes away control of routers and firewall appliances

Facebook's parent company Meta has been hit with security concerns yet again after the social media giant gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials.

Facebook's parent company Meta gave user data to hackers

In recent weeks, Russian hackers well-known to law enforcement have been engaging in phishing campaigns, espionage and other attacks targetting Ukraine and its European allies, said Alphabet Inc's Google.

Russian, Belarusian hackers target Ukraine, European allies through phishing campaigns, says Google

'Anonymous,' a cyber hacker group, has declared a "cyber war" against Russian President Vladimir Putin's administration as it launches a full-scale invasion of Kyiv in the midst of the continuing Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Russia-Ukraine war: Hackers' group 'Anonymous' declares 'cyber war' on Moscow

A group of hackers have leaked personal information, appointment details and test results of nearly 290,000 patients of Israel's Machon Mor medical institute. Black Shadow, a hacker group linked to Iran, uploaded the directory of patients of an Israeli hospital on Tuesday night.

Israel: Iran-based hacker group leaks private information of 290,000 patients

In a massive 'virtual heist' on exclusive jewellery firm 'Graff', hackers have looted the personal details of several bigwigs including world leaders, top Hollywood actors and billionaire tycoons, The Mail revealed on Sunday.

In 'virtual heist' on jewellery firm, hackers steal several bigwigs’ details

Japanese crypto-exchange platform Liquid has announced that some of its crypto wallets have been compromised, due to which the exchange has suspended all deposit and withdrawal operations.

Japanese crypto-exchange 'Liquid' hacked, millions in crypto-currencies stolen

In what is believed to be one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever, hackers have returned roughly half of the $600 million they took. A loophole in Poly Network, a platform that aims to connect multiple blockchains so that they may operate together, was exploited by cybercriminals.

Hackers return $260 million to crypto platform Poly Network after massive theft

Hackers have started returning some of the $600 million they stole in what's likely to be one of the biggest cryptocurrency thefts ever. Poly Network had disclosed the attack on Tuesday and urged the hackers to return the assets.

Hackers return $600 million in one of the biggest cryptocurrency thefts ever

The ransomware attack focused on Kaseya, a US information technology corporation, has hit between 800 and 1,500 firms throughout the world, according to its CEO.

Globally, 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attacks using Kaseya software

Hackers behind the mass attack which affected hundreds of companies on Friday have reportedly demanded $70 million to restore the data, according to a dark web posting.

Hackers linked to Russia reportedly demand $70 million from companies hit by cyberattack

Today's wars are fought in cyberspace rather than on the battlefield. Malware serves as ammunition, hackers and cybersecurity specialists serve as soldiers, and the battle is for data.

Chinese cyber threat: Dragon is targeting Indian telecom and defence

The White House says it believes US government agencies largely fended off the latest cyberespionage onslaught blamed on Russian intelligence operatives, saying the spear-phishing campaign should not further damage relations with Moscow ahead of next month's planned presidential summit.

US says agencies largely fended off latest Russian hack 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of United States has confirmed that several federal agencies were compromised by a threat actor last year through vulnerabilities found in virtual private networking software made by Pulse Connect Secure.

China-linked hackers used software flaws to target US federal agencies

Japan police are investigating cyberattacks on about 200 Japanese companies and research organisations, including the country’s space agency JAXA. Investigators suspect that a group of hackers backed by the Chinese military is behind the cyberattack.

Chinese military-backed hackers likely behind Japan cyberattacks

A US court has authorised Federal Bureau of Investigation to directly investigate backdoors into hundreds of Microsoft Exchange email servers across the US. Four months ago, hackers had used vulnerabilities in the server to attack multiple networks.

FBI to remove backdoors from hacked Microsoft Exchange servers, in a first for federal agency

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