Life Second man pleads guilty to hacking entertainment industry celebrities Two not charged with actual leaking of videos and photographs 4 Jul
Pro Attackers rely on legit IT tools to carry out plans Malware unnecessary when attackers spoof regular users or admins 1 Jul
Pro Russian hackers breach DNC computers, steal data on Trump Hackers were looking for campaign strategies and policies 15 Jun
Blogs Is the automotive industry re-inventing the wheel? When it comes to security for connected cars, is the industry ignoring a well-established example of the same thing? 10 Jun
Pro Fake white hats turn to bug poaching Attackers who demand payment for disclosing web application vulnerabilities don't have the organisation's best interests in mind 9 Jun
Pro Hacker hawking 167m LinkedIn user records Old hack data includes hashed passwords for millions of accounts that likely date back to 2012 18 May
Blogs Familiar themes in latest breach reports It's deja vu all over again with Mossack Fonseca hack 8 Apr
Pro Massive app-layer attacks could defeat hybrid DDoS protection Unusual application-layer DDoS attacks could spell trouble for defences 7 Apr
Pro Hackers racing to compromise POS systems The transition to chip-based cards appears to have spurred cybercriminals to quickly find the low-hanging fruit, reports FireEye 30 Mar
Life Uber dares hackers to find flaws, offers up to $10k bounty Biggest bounties are for being able to find customer credit card numbers, among other data 24 Mar
Pro Hacking back will only bring more trouble RSA panel warns there is no easy solution to online IP theft in response to economic espionage 4 Mar
Pro Cybercriminals facing hacker talent shortage Blackhats face many of the same hiring problems as security organisations 2 Mar
Pro Sony attackers thought to be behind multiple large attacks Security researchers have found similarities in malware and attack methods and now know what digital breadcrumbs to follow 15 Feb
Pro Cybercriminals cash-out with PowerShell and other legitimate tools Kaspersky Lab found three cybercrime gangs using customised malware and APT-style reconnaissance to get the stolen money into their pockets 9 Feb
Longform Antivirus software could make companies more vulnerable Security researchers are worried that critical vulnerabilities in AV products are too easy to find and exploit 11 Jan
Pro Ransomware doubled last year, shifted focus to enterprise Malware escalation and CryptoLocker attacks are 2015 cybersecurity headlines, reports Kaspersky 6 Jan
Pro Energy industry hackers bolster arsenal BlackEnergy adds disk wiper and SSH backdoor to repertoire 5 Jan
Life Anonymous says it took down Trump Tower website Hactivist collective condemned GOP presidential candidate hopeful's call to ban Muslims from the US 14 Dec
Pro Iran-based hackers tracking dissidents and activists Hackers may have had access to a large amount of sensitive information, says Symantec 8 Dec
Pro New tools for Russian hackers targetting defence contractors Pawn Storm has adopted new tools in an ongoing attack campaign against defence organisations with the goal of defeating network isolation policies 7 Dec
Pro No indication of Irish customers affected in JD Wetherspoon breach Firm representing pub chain says investigations are ongoing 4 Dec
Life Netflix log-in credentials for sale on the Dark Web Cord criminals join the ranks of cord cutters, cord cheaters, and cord nevers, selling stolen log-ins for major media-streaming services 3 Dec
Life Data breach of toy maker VTech leaked photos of children, parents Hong Kong-based toy manufacturer breach appears to have included photos of children and parents, including those of Irish customers 1 Dec
Life Hackers target toy maker VTech making off with customer data Hackers made their way into Learning Lodge app store customer database, according to the company 30 Nov
Life Police arrest blackmail suspect in TalkTalk data breach case This is the fifth arrest in the investigation of the attack on TalkTalk's website 25 Nov
Life Hack to cost TalkTalk up to £35m The hack put at risk personal data of 4% of the company's customers 11 Nov
Pro VBulletin resets passwords, issues emergency patches following breach Evidence suggests that hackers had access to at least one zero-day exploit 5 Nov
Pro UK police arrest second teenager over TalkTalk hack London police arrested the 16-year-old in Feltham, on the outskirts of London 30 Oct
Pro Fake LinkedIn profiles lure unsuspecting users Hackers create fictional people on LinkedIn to engage in industrial espionage and social engineering attacks 13 Oct
Life Journalist convicted of helping Anonymous hack the LA Times Matthew Keys faces up to 25 years in prison 8 Oct
Pro Developers find themselves in hackers’ crosshairs Here's what enterprises need to do in order to protect their development environments from attack 1 Oct
Pro Malware is so last year for discerning hackers Fraudsters increasingly rely on legitimate admin tools instead of malware to successfully breach systems and steal data 8 Sep
Pro LinkedIn-based intel gathering campaign targets security industry Suspect activity prompts fears of imminent hack 7 Sep
Life ALM counts human cost of Ashley Madison hack Internal documents reveal security concerns were ignored 25 Aug
Life Latest Ashley Madison data dump reveals e-mails, source code for websites New leak could spell end for parent company 21 Aug
Life Hackers release full data dump from Ashley Madison Affairs website user data out in the open, many will have explaining to do 19 Aug
Pro Nine charged in press release breaches, stock trading scheme Defendants allegedly traded on nonpublic information stolen by hackers 12 Aug
Life Carphone Warehouse hack exposes 2.4m UK customers Irish customers unaffected after security breach discovered last week 10 Aug
Life Tesla patches Model S after researcher software hack Demonstration allowed engine to be turned off while driving 7 Aug
Pro Ransomware not all it’s cracked up to be Readily detectable and in some cases can be forced to cough up frozen data without paying up, says researcher 5 Aug
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