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Hackers can gain control of internet-enabled sex devices, including a male chastity cage, according to new research.

Fraudsters are targeting last-minute Christmas shoppers via email and hackers are targeting electronic devices that feature on many wish lists.

Attackers did not spare clinics where COVID-19 patients were being treated or pharmaceutical sites where vaccine research was being conducted.

Almost half of all actions by attackers are identical to the usual activities of users and admins, a new report has found.

Research has identified a total of 9,517 unsecured databases containing 10,463,315,645 entries with such data as emails, passwords, and phone numbers.

New Zealand ranks eighth in NordVPN's Cyber Risk Index, identifying it as highly vulnerable to cyber attacks due to high internet penetration and usage.

Access to corporate networks on the dark web has surged by 69% in Q1 2020, putting remote working businesses at high risk, according to Positive Technologies.

Disney+ subscribers are falling victim to credential stuffing, with hacked accounts already up for sale. Users advised to follow best practices.

While the internet has transformed the learning process in schools, it's also given rise to new dangerous online threats.

Seventy-two percent of professionals surveyed believe nation-states have the right to 'hack back' cybercriminals.

Tesla is offering white hat hackers what could be the chance of a lifetime – the opportunity to hack one of its Model 3 vehicles.

MagBo marketplace trades in 3,000 hacked websites, with some access starting at 50p, impacting diverse sectors.

Tesla has taken a former employee to court for allegedly hacking company data and handing it over to third parties.

China's biggest hacker community has launched its 2018 Global Hackathon Programme and plans to expand it across Asia, India, the UK and Europe.

A vulnerability in Oracle's POS systems may affect more than 330,000 payment systems across the globe, putting files and sensitive information at risk.

​Back in the day it was not uncommon for people to ransack stagecoaches and rob armoured trucks, but now they're robbing servers.

78% of respondents said they would deem an act as cyber war if a nation-state was behind a successful or attempted hack of another country's election.

Both Yahoo and victims of its multiple data breaches have been granted – and denied – the ability to dismiss lawsuits after its massive data breaches.

A newly-discovered exploit called ROPEMAKER allows an attacker to remotely change the content of any email post-delivery.

Malaysian websites have been hit by hacks and DDoS attacks reportedly in response to an error in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games 2017 booklet.