Vanguard Group, the largest U.S. mutual fund company, said on Thursday that the hack into the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic filings database will not hurt clients. More »
Hackers broke into British company Piriform's free software for optimizing computer performance last month potentially allowing them to control the devices of more than two million users, the company and independent researchers said on Monday. More »
Michael Cohen, one of President Donald Trump's closest business advisers, said on Sunday he would testify on Tuesday to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, as the panel investigates alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. More »
If you were not yet convinced that your personal data was at risk from cyber thieves, the latest breach of 143 million consumer records at credit bureau Equifax should scare you straight. More »
President Donald Trump's eldest son told Senate investigators on Thursday that he had set up a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer because she might have had damaging information about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. More »
U.S. legislation may be needed to require social media companies to disclose more about how their platforms are used for political advertising, a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday, after new signs of Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election. More »
After Taiwan's state-run Mega Financial Holding Co was fined $180 million by U.S. authorities for lax enforcement of anti-money-laundering rules at its New York branch, the bank started a rigorous training program for its staff. More »
President Donald Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has agreed to testify privately to the Senate Judiciary Committee as it looks into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, CNN reported on Tuesday, weeks after he was invited to test... More »
Abbott Laboratories said on Tuesday it would issue updates to reduce the risk of its St. Jude heart implants being hacked and to warn patients that the devices' batteries may run down earlier than expected. More »
When Alexander Vinnik was arrested on money-laundering charges at a Greek hotel in late July, the status of his Jabber secure online messaging account was set to "away". More »
U.S. action against suspected Russian cyber criminals has surged to a record high this year despite efforts by President Donald Trump to improve ties with Moscow. More »
Researchers who warned half a dozen robot manufacturers in January about nearly 50 vulnerabilities in their home, business and industrial robots, say only a few of the problems have been addressed. More »
Hackers have released more unaired episodes of popular HBO shows but the latest leak did not include anything on the hit series "Game of Thrones," the Associated Press reported on Sunday. More »
Time Warner Inc's (TWX.N) HBO network last month offered $250,000 to cyber criminals who hacked into its computer system, asking them to extend a deadline for paying a much larger ransom, according to an email reviewed by Reuters. More »
The risk of cyber attacks targeting ships' satellite navigation is pushing nations to delve back through history and develop back-up systems with roots in World War Two radio technology. More »
The British government issued new guidelines on Sunday requiring manufacturers of internet-connected vehicles to put in place tougher cyber protections to ensure they are better shielded against hackers. More »
Germany's top police official has called for tougher laws to fight cyber crime on the illegal internet - the Darknet - and other organized criminal structures, in an interview published on Saturday. More »
The unaired fourth episode of the new season of HBO's hit series "Game of Thrones" has been leaked online, the premium channel's distribution partner Star India said on Friday. More »
Employees of customer support team of the Wnet internet provider work at the company’s headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine July 26, 2017. When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office u... More »
Cars drive past the U.S. embassy building in Moscow, Russia, July 28, 2017. The U.S. embassy in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of barring diplomatic staff from a property on the outskirts of Moscow, after having earlier agreed to grant access unt... More »
A scene from the latest season of “Game of Thrones”. U.S. cable channel HBO said on Monday that hackers had stolen upcoming programming, and Entertainment Weekly reported that the theft included a script for an unaired episode of the hit fantasy show “Game of ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. A major, global cyber attack could trigger an average of $53 billion of economic losses, a figure on par with a catastrophic natural... More »
FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio U.S. July 19, 2016. A lobbyist who was once a Soviet counter-intelligence officer participated last year in a meeting with senior aides to U.S. President Donald T... More »
A general view of the headquarters of Russian cyber security company Kaspersky Labs in Moscow July 29, 2013. Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab said on Wednesday it had fallen victim to geopolitical sparring between Russia and the United States, but sai... More »
A decision by the Trump administration to remove Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab from two lists of approved vendors used by U.S. government agencies to purchase technology equipment is a “politicized decision,” the Kremlin said on Wednesday. More »
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a news conference during the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in Beijing, China June 19, 2017. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday it was “wild” that U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son w... More »
Commuters are reflected on an advertisement of Reliance Industries’ Jio telecoms unit, at a bus stop in Mumbai, India, February 21, 2017. India’s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd [RELIB.UL], which is looking into reports of a major leak of user data, has filed a poli... More »
FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. stands onstage with his father Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump after Trump’s debate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, U.S. September 26, 2016. Senator Dianne ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Apple logo is seen in front of a displayed cyber code in this illustration taken March 22, 2016. Apple Inc on Wednesday said it is setting up its first data center in China, in partnership with a local internet services company, to com... More »
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Reliance Jio headquarters is seen on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Clara Ferreira Marques/File Photo India’s Reliance Jio said on Monday it was investigating claims that personal data of over 100 million of... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to Washington, U.S., from the G20 Summit in Hamburg, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday backtracked on his push for a cyber sec... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One during their departure back to Washington, at Hamburg International Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria The following statements were posted to the verif... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks with his son Donald Trump Jr. during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., agreed to mee... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday backtracked on his push for a cyber security ... More »
President Donald Trump was “not aware of and did not attend” a 2016 meeting between his son, Donald Trump Jr., and a Kremlin-connected lawyer that the New York Times reported on Sunday followed promises of damaging information on Hillary Clinton, Mark Corallo,... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday that he discussed forming a cyber security unit to guard against election hacki... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a veteran businessman and a former spy, meet in person for the first time on Friday ... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Germany’s BSI federal cyber agency said on Friday that the threat posed to German firms by recent cybe... More »
The logo of Mondelez International is pictured at the company’s building in Zurich November 14, 2012. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ.O), the world’s second-largest confectionary company, said its second-quarter revenue growth would b... More »
FILE PHOTO: Empty Maersk shipping containers are seen stacked at Peel Ports container terminal in Liverpool northern England, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo Maersk said it was too early to predict the financial impact of last month’s global Pe... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo Ukrainian cyber police have blocked the second cyber attack against Ukraine, Ukrainian... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., upon his return to Washington after a weekend at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, July 3, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas During his presidential campaign, Republican D... More »
Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang/File Photo The U.S government warned i... More »
FILE PHOTO: A message demanding money is seen on a monitor of a payment terminal at a branch of Ukraine’s state-owned bank Oschadbank after Ukrainian institutions were hit by a wave of cyber attacks, in Kiev, Ukraine, June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko U... More »
China and Canada have signed an agreement vowing not to conduct state-sponsored cyberattacks against each other aimed at stealing trade secrets or other confidential business information. More »
House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Schiff speaks to reporters about the appointment of a Special Counsel in the Russia investigations on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Zach Gibson The top Democrat on the U.S. House In... More »
FILE PHOTO: An encryption message is seen on the WhatsApp application on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble Australia said on Sunday it will push for greater powers to tackle the use of encrypted messaging services used by ter... More »
The Union Flag flies near the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Britain’s parliament was hit by a “sustained and determined” cyber attack on Saturday designed to identify weak email passwords, just over a month aft... More »
A sign marks the Raytheon offices in Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S. January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder U.S. missile maker Raytheon’s (RTN.N) cybersecurity unit could thrive were it to be listed separately, the head of the unit, Forcepoint, told German busines... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks in Ypilanti Township, Michigan March 15, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2017 in a combination of file photos. REUTERS/Jonath... More »
The North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su The U.S. government on Tuesday issued a rare alert squarely blaming the North Korean government for a raft of cyber atta... More »
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testifies about the Justice Department’s budget before a subcommittee hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst The No. 2 official at the... More »
FILE PHOTO – Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) questions National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael Rogers, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., May 9, 2017. REUTE... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses the National Law Enforcement Conference on Human Exploitation in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a letter on Saturday that he ... More »
Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. President Donald Tru... More »
Germany should consider imposing a “quiet period” immediately before the federal election in September, similar to a media policy in place in France, election director Dieter Sarreither said, amid concerns about possible meddling by Russia. More »
The Swift bank logo is pictured in this photo illustration taken April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Dealing with cyber hacks on banks ate into profit last year at the SWIFT messaging system, which financial institutions use to move trillions of d... More »
FILE PHOTO: European Union Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova holds news conference at the EC headquarters in Brussels, Belgium January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman The European Union wants to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to get electronic ev... More »
FILE PHOTO — Filmmaker Michael Moore poses as he arrives for the 20th Annual Webby Awards in Manhattan, New York, U.S., on May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Documentary filmmaker and liberal activist Michael Moore launched a website called “TrumpiLea... More »
FILE PHOTO: A woman uses a computer in an internet cafe at the centre of Shanghai, China January 13, 2010. REUTERS/Nir Elias/File Photo China, battling increased threats from cyber-terrorism and hacking, will adopt from Thursday a controversial law that mandat... More »
People wait with their luggage at the British Airways check in desks at Heathrow Terminal 5 in London, Britain May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall London’s Heathrow Airport said early on Monday that there were still some disruptions to British Airways (ICAG.L) fli... More »
Signage for a Chipotle Mexican Grill is seen in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Hackers used malware to steal customer payment data from most of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc’s (CMG.N) restaurants over a s... More »
Alex Cruz, Chairman and Chief Executive of British Airways attends The British Air Transport Association (BATA) Annual Lecture in London, Britain October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth British Airways said a power supply issue was to blame for a global compu... More »
British Airways (ICAG.L) said it had canceled all flights from London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports on Saturday following a global IT system failure. More »
A Canadian suspected of involvement in a massive 2014 breach of Yahoo email accounts linked to Russia is appealing a decision to hold him in custody pending an extradition hearing, the man’s lawyer said on Friday. More »
FILE PHOTO: A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration A newly found flaw in widely used networking software leaves ten... More »
A man walks out of a branch of Russian Post in Moscow, Russia, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Russia’s postal service was hit by Wannacry ransomware last week and some of its computers are still down, three employees in Moscow said, the latest sign of we... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Asian governments and businesses reported some disruptions from the WannaCry ransomware worm on Monday... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Officials across the globe scrambled over the weekend to catch the culprits ... More »
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga leaves the prime minister’s office after a news conference on reports of the launch of a North Korean missile, in Tokyo, Japan May 14, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai – RTX35PYQ Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide ... More »
South Korea’s presidential Blue House office said on Monday there have been nine cases of ransomware found in the country so far, but did not provide details on where the cyber attacks were discovered. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers keynote address at Liberty University’s commencement in Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S., May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas U.S. lawmakers on Sunday called on President Donald Trump to turn over any tapes of conversations with fir... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in front of the displayed cyber code in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo Many companies outside the United States may not have cover for a recent comp... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Hackers either working for the Vietnamese government or on their behalf have... More »
Australia and New Zealand appeared to have escaped largely unscathed as they woke up for their first business day since a massive ransomware worm hit thousands of computer systems around the world, disrupting operations at hospitals, shops and schools. More »
Tom Bossert, Homeland Security Advisor to President Trump, announces that Trump today signed an executive order to bolster the government’s cyber security and protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks, during a news briefing at the White ... More »
Canada’s Finance Minister Bill Morneau (R) speaks with Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann during the G7 for Financial ministers meeting in the southern Italian city of Bari, Italy May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi An economic recovery and robust outlook... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while attending a “celebration of military mothers” at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque A unit of the U.S. Treasury Department that fights money laundering will provide financial rec... More »
FILE PHOTO: Rod Rosenstein, nominee to be Deputy Attorney General, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein does not see a nee... More »
FILE PHOTO: Defense Intelligence Agency director U.S. Army Lt. General Michael Flynn testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on ‘Worldwide Threats’ in Washington February 4, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee... More »
President Donald Trump’s dismissal of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey has raised questions about the future of the agency’s probe into Russian attempts to sway the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion with Trump’s campaign.... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Not even a week after the Trump administration and Congress rekindled opt... More »
FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the Microsoft office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo To understand why it is so difficult to defend computers from even moderately capable hackers, consider the case of the security f... More »
People wearing balaclavas are silhouetted as they pose with a laptops in front of a screen projected with the word ‘cyber crime’ and binary code, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic The German government registered... More »
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (not pictured) in Moscow’s Kremlin, Russia April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to sw... More »
Facebook logo is seen on a wall at a start-up companies gathering at Paris’ Station F in Paris, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer Facebook Inc said on Thursday it suspended 30,000 accounts in France as the social network giant steps up efforts... More »
FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the Microsoft office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Thursday it had received at least a thousand surveillance requests from the U.S. government that s... More »
FILE PHOTO: A computer keyboard lit by a displayed cyber code is seen in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo Cyber security breaches erode companies’ share prices permanently, with financials the wors... More »
FILE PHOTO – A web page on a voting registration site for the forthcoming British EU referendum is seen on a laptop computer and a smart phone in London, Britain, June 8, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo A website which allowed Britons to register to vot... More »
One-time advisor of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump Carter Page addresses the audience during a presentation in Moscow, Russia, December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin The FBI secured a court order in 2016 to secretly surveil the communications of Carter... More »
FILE PHOTO: Swift code bank logo is displayed on an iPhone 6s among Euro banknotes in this picture illustration January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo Interbank messaging service SWIFT, which is used to transfer trillions of dollars between banks ever... More »
The John Sopinka Courthouse, where Karim Baratov appeared in front of a judge, in connection with a U.S. Justice Department investigation into the 2014 hacking of Yahoo, is pictured in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada March 15, 2017 . REUTERS/Peter Power A Canadian j... More »
A group of U.S. state insurance regulators should use New York’s sweeping cyber security rules as a model for how insurers must protect their networks from hackers and when they must disclose cyber events, New York’s financial regulator said on Sunday. More »
U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ranking member Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks with reporters about the Committee’s Russia investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas The top Democrat on... More »
The New York Post apologized early on Sunday hours after its app was apparently hacked with what was reported to be alerts about President Donald Trump. More »
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), accompanied by Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), vice chairman of the committee, speaks at a news conference to discuss their probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election on Capitol Hill in Washi... More »
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) speaks to the media about President Donald Trump’s allegation that his campaign was the target of wiretaps on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein The ... More »
A message to Donald Trump appears on the McDonald’s Twitter account timeline — which McDonald’s said was hacked — in a screen capture March 16, 2017. REUTERS/TV McDonald’s Corp quickly deleted a tweet sent from the company’s handle slamming President Donald Tr... More »
FILE PHOTO: Cast member Emma Watson poses at the premiere of ”Beauty and the Beast” in Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo “Beauty and the Beast” star Emma Watson is planning legal action over photos said to have been ... More »
A man walks past a Yahoo logo during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo/File Photo U.S. Justice Department officials are expected to announce indictments on Wednesday against suspects in at least one... More »
