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A data extortion group known as RansomHouse has asserted that it has stolen upwards of 450GB of sensitive data from AMD.

An underground illegal online marketplace that contained and sold sensitive information pertaining to individuals based out of the U.S. has been shut down.

A hacking group has hit Microsoft's DevOps repositories and posted the source code for Cortana and other projects.

The cyberattack that affected Nvidia might have revealed the personal login data of over 70,000 employees, according to a monitoring website.

Microsoft recently discovered FoggyWeb, a new malware currently being used by attackers.

A person claiming to have conducted the recent hack affecting more than 54 million people linked to T-Mobile has described the carrier’s security as awful.

T-Mobile says it's investigating claims that hackers have stolen data belonging to as many as 100 million of its customers.

A computer hacker tried to poison the water supply of a Florida city, local police revealed on Monday, February 8.

As smart appliances continue to evolve, the potential for them to be hacked becomes greater. We spoke with a cybersecurity expert who sheds light on the risks.

Your smart home could be hacked, but you wouldn't even know it. Protect your all your devices against them with a hardware firewall.

Google has announced a potential top payment of $1M as part of its Android bug bounty program. Bug hunters are encouraged to search for a particular kind of security issue linked to the Pixel phone’s Titan M chip. Google’s Android bug bounty program started in 2015, with the single biggest payment so far worth $160K.

You might want to make sure you're up and running with the latest version of Windows and your antivirus software. Researchers have discovered a very dangerous remote access trojan (RAT), which if your PC is not fully patched and updated, could leave even amateur hackers in complete control of your PC.

The Miami-based law firm Colson Hicks Eidson has filed a class-action lawsuit against Capital One Financial Corporation “for negligence in failing to safeguard consumers’ personal information” in the recent data breach that impacted 100 million consumers.

A security researcher has said it’s surprisingly easy to take over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speakers and get them to emit harmful sounds. With a few lines of code and a vulnerable device, Matt Wixey said it’s possible to play sounds that can annoy and intimidate those within earshot, or even damage their hearing.

Intel CPUs have once again required a software patch from operating system developers due to a speculative execution exploit. These bugs have plagued Intel CPUs for years, requiring fixes that can lead to performance degradation by several percentage points in a number of different software scenarios.

A hacker going by the name of Gnosticplayers is selling the personal data of 26 million people who have been using the services of six different companies.The information is up for sale on the dark web for a value of up to 1.4231 bitcoin, or around $4,940. This is Gnosticplayers' fourth hack.

Hackers normally try to take control or manipulate your computer, but internet-connected printers are also at risk. That is all according to a report from Vice, which finds that someone attempted to sell a mass printing service, which could cause your printer to spit out any given message on command.

Security researcher Artem Moskowsky discovered a Steam bug that allowed him to generate infinite free keys for any game on the digital distribution. However, instead of abusing the exploit and selling the keys to pirates, Moskowsky reported the issue to Valve, which gave him a $20,000 reward.

Hackers have a new way to steal your login by looking at heat traces left behind on each key using a $400 FLIR infrared camera. Touch typists are less susceptible to this type of attack than those who hunt and peck at each key, but those who type with acrylic nails are virtually immune to this type of password theft.

Coinhive's javascript cryptocurrency miners have been found installed on more than 400 websites that contained a vulnerability in the Drupal content management system. The cryptojackers behind it have made off with heaps of cryptocurrency off of the backs of unwitting website owners and visitors.

Even with all the high-profile hacks that have been in the news, lots of people continue to fail to keep themselves protected online by using passwords that are not secure. Fortunately, a new Kickstarter campaign is here to help -- courtesy of a Rubik's Cube-style device for generating secure passwords.

With connected devices multiplying every year, security flaws are increasing as well. Once hackers get a toehold into your network, they can use it to steal valuable data, as a casino found out with the aquarium thermostat in its lobby.