Cyber-Security

Cyber attack may have hit 143 million customers, Equifax says

Equifax Inc. said its systems were struck by a cyber attack that may have affected about 143 million U.S. customers…

Instagram hackers may have sold high profile user emails and phone numbers before bug fix

Despite social media platform, Instagram’s alerting verified users last week that it had fixed a security flaw that could give…

Google begins biggest crackdown on extremist YouTube videos

Starting on Thursday, Google will police YouTube like it never has before, adding warnings and disabling advertising on videos that…

Cryptocurrency cyber crime has cost victims millions this year

Here’s another reason to be leery of the initial coin offerings being done at a staggering pace in the cryptocurrency…

Ukraine central bank warns of new cyber-attack risk

The Ukrainian central bank said on Friday it had warned state-owned and private lenders of the appearance of new malware…

China targets Alibaba’s Taobao, other e-commerce sites, in VPN crackdown

Chinese authorities have issued a warning to the country's top e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba Holding Group Ltd's, Taobao.com, over the…