It took Twitter longer to secure Jack Dorsey's account from hackers than it...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was hacked on Friday. The hackers unleashed a tweetstorm of offensive, racist tweets. Everyone who watched the events seemed to have the same thought: If Twitter...
View ArticleInside the secretive Israeli spyware startup scene, where the notorious NSO...
The Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group has been accused of selling sophisticated digital surveillance technology to Saudi Arabia and other countries that have allegedly used it to attack dissidents...
View ArticleApple just put Google on blast for trying to stoke 'fear among all iPhone...
Last week, researchers at Project Zero, Google's cybersecurity division, published a blog post saying that a handful of hacked websites had been used to quietly infiltrate iPhones for the past two...
View ArticleRussia hacked the FBI to prevent the bureau from being able to track Russian...
Russian operatives hacked into the FBI's communication systems beginning in 2010 as part of a broad effort to monitor and cripple the bureau's surveillance of Russian spies in the US, Yahoo News...
View Article5 recent hacks that show smartphones are more vulnerable than we thought
Hackers are increasingly targeting mobile users, with a series of attacks targeting smartphone carriers and software in recent months. Many of the hacks are undetectable, but this information could...
View Article10 ways to make your phone safer, according to security experts
The typical smartphone contains tons of personal information, like credit card numbers, passwords, addresses, and other data. Business Insider asked experts how people can make their smartphones more...
View ArticleCybersecurity experts warn that these 7 emerging technologies could put your...
Advances in artificial intelligence, computing, and wireless networks have made technology faster and more reliable, but they come with new cybersecurity threats. Hackers capitalize on people's lack...
View ArticleGoogle just rolled out 3 new security features that let you limit what...
Google rolled out a trio of new security features Monday that let you reduce how much of your personal activity the company tracks through its apps and sites. The features include incognito mode in...
View ArticleCybersecurity firm FireEye spikes after reportedly hiring Goldman Sachs for a...
Cybersecurity firm FireEye skyrocketed as much as 11% after sources told Business Insider it hired Goldman Sachs to advise the company on a potential sale. The jump came amid broad losses across major...
View ArticleA cybersecurity expert describes the underground hacker network where stolen...
Hackers use secret networks to aggregate and trade millions of stolen login credentials and passwords, according to a cybersecurity expert. While high-profile data breaches make headlines, the real...
View ArticleA cybersecurity expert says you can take these steps to make sure your...
Most cyber-attacks target people who haven't taken basic precautions to secure their accounts, making them "low-hanging fruit" to potential hackers. Changing passwords frequently, limiting the...
View ArticleMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella says stopping the firm's controversial research...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said halting the firm's research in China would "hurt more" than it helped. Nadella was speaking to BBC News about Microsoft's work in the world's most populous...
View ArticleMost Americans don't know Facebook owns Instagram and WhatsApp (FB)
A majority of U.S. adults performed poorly on a digital knowledge quiz carried out by Pew Research, answering fewer than half of questions correctly. Most respondents didn't know that Facebook owns...
View ArticleA cybersecurity expert explains why we're likely to see more Apple hacks in...
Apple has historically been seen as the gold standard of cybersecurity. Two recent hacks may have changed that perception, and Apple is now a top target for hackers. Future cyberattacks are likely to...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors just shut down the 'largest child porn marketplace' on...
Federal prosecutors have shut down the "largest dark web child porn marketplace" and charged a South Korean man with running it, NBC News first reported. The site hosted over 200,000 videos and...
View ArticleHackers have become so sophisticated that nearly 4 billion records have been...
The past decade has seen an explosion in the number of people entrusting massive tech companies with their personal data. There has also been a rise in large-scale data breaches and hacks. Of the 15...
View ArticleTrading in your smartphone could be a 'ticking time bomb' for your personal...
As phones become more expensive, trading in older models is one way for consumers to afford to buy new editions. But trading in old devices can be risky if any data is left behind. Russ Ernst, an...
View ArticleProfessional hackers managed to sneak fake horoscope apps past Amazon and...
Whitehat hackers have proven that it's possible to develop malicious apps hosted by Google Home or Amazon Alexa that spy on users' conversations and phish for personal information like passwords. The...
View ArticleAn internal memo warns that the White House may get hacked again because so...
An internal White House memo written by a senior cybersecurity official at the time, obtained by Axios, warned: "The White House is posturing itself to be electronically compromised once again." The...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren is urging the FTC to investigate Amazon over concerns that...
US Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon over concerns that it could have played a role in the massive Capital One data breach in July....
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