Hacker pleads guilty after stealing PII on US soldiers, fed employees for ISIS

In a first of its kind case, an ISIS-linked hacker pleaded guilty to providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organisation.

30% of UK councils victimised by ransomware in 2015

Councils in the UK are being held to ransom by cyber-criminals attempting to collect profitable financial rewards.

Distil says 50 percent of sites have increased anti-bot security

OSGP update doesn't use RC4 encryption that researchers say vulnerable to attack

Hacker posts gay porn on IS social in retaliation for Orlando

Following the Orlando tragedy, an Anonymous hacker hijacked the Twitter accounts of ISIS supporters and flooded their profiles with gay porn.

IBM & Ponemon study: Data breach costs rising, now £2.8 mil per incident

IBM Security today announced the results of a global study which found that the average cost of a data breach for companies surveyed has grown to £2.8 million, representing a 29 percent increase since 2013.

IT pros are not sure how to properly secure their IoT devices

While most IT professionals acknowledge the growing amount of IoT devices on their networks, they are unaware of how to properly secure them.

Online travel fraud increases worldwide during summer months

Along with the significant worldwide increase of mobile transactions for the booking of flights, hotels and rental cars during the summer months, fraudulent activity against online travel companies go up as well.