SECURITY

A hacker seeking revenge on his former company received $1.1 million in damages and 34 months in jail.

A newly discovered threat to Android users dubbed SonicSpy was found in more than 1,000 apps—including some in the Google Play Store.

A Ukrainian citizen was arrested for his or her role in helping spread the malware that was used in the global Petya cyberattack.

Hackers earned more than $130,000 and discovered more than 200 vulnerabilities in Hack the Air Force bug bounty program.

A new mutation of an old MacOS adware attack is hijacking Macs and installing malicious programs to generate a profit for the attackers.

All information is vulnerable As hackers target intellectual property and sought-after content, organizations need to be prepared. Experts’ advice: secure devices, protect the supply chain and encrypt data.

The British government is considering fines of more than $20 million for companies that fail to take proper precautions to protect against cyber attacks.

Instead of waiting for a phishing attack to come from a malicious source, companies can phish their employees first to teach them better security practices.

Hello, Emilia? It’s little.finger66 calling. The latest trove of stolen data from the hack of HBO includes personal phone numbers and email addresses of “Game of Thrones” actors.

Governments and shipping companies are looking for an alternative to GPS due to hacking concerns and are turning to eLoran systems.

Popular VPN service Hotspot Shield has been accused of violating user privacy by the Center for Democracy and Technology.

A security researcher disclosed how an attack on solar plants could lead to global power outages.

Developers believe governments and financial institutions are vulnerable to attack, and internet-connected devices are exasperating the risks.

Following the arrest of a security researcher for his apparent role in creating a banking trojan, is the security research community concerned about their work?

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning about security flaws in medical devices including CT and PET scanners.

Wikileaks released a new trove of documents from the CIA that show how the agency could disable security cameras.

A new Android malware attack known as Invisible Man poses as a Flash update to install on a victim's device, then steals personal and financial information.

More than 175,000 internet-connected cameras from a Chinese manufacturer are vulnerable to being hacked.

The FBI is coming in to investigate the HBO hack that led to 1.5TB of data — including footage and scripts from shows like “Game of Thrones” — being stolen and published online. Company employees fear their emails may leak.

Amazon Echo devices are vulnerable to a physical attack in which a hacker installs malware on the device to record all conversations.

Amazon has pulled Blu smartphones from its marketplace over concerns of the devices collecting personal information without user permission.