Cyber security

No. 10 and Foreign Office phones targeted on multiple occasions, say cybersecurity experts

Fake social media accounts increasingly used by harassers to target victims

Defence officials point finger at Iran after government websites knocked offline

GCHQ helping Kyiv as Moscow blamed for strike on key infrastructure

Users may need to verify their age with a passport or credit card under new Online Safety Bill

Security chiefs warn British firms to brace for Moscow-linked cyber disruption

Police issue warning over criminal extortion using threat of sharing sexual images

Vice president insists on using wired headphones for security reasons, report claims

Joe Biden orders probe into latest hack of hundreds of US businesses

MI5 chief attacks plans to provide end-to-end encryption on social media platform

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New research suggests two-thirds of older network devices in use in UK may have security flaws

How hackers made China one of ‘the world’s pre-eminent cyber players’

Defence review says the nuclear superpower represents ‘systemic challenge’ to British prosperity and values

Space defence, cyber-offence and artificial intelligence to benefit from funding surge

A cybersecurity and defence expert on the history and development of Russian cyberwarfare

UK government accused of turning ‘blind eye’ to fears of foreign interference in Brexit vote

Experts say cyberattack like that on Amazon CEO’s phone is ‘horribly easy to do’

Congress alerts military officials over possibility of Chinese government using social media to harvest personal data of recruits

Party hit by two ‘sophisticated and large-scale’ hacks in two days

Boris Johnson accused of suppressing report assessing security threat posed by Kremlin-sponsored disinformation

Tech giant claims its rival withheld key information about recent security flaws

Phone numbers and IDs were stored in online server that was not password protected

Bug-hunting Project Zero team says latest software exploit exposed users’ ‘deepest secrets’

Company admits its contractors transcribed Messenger app voice recordings, but insists it has now stopped the practice

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Israeli cybersecurity firm alerted the social media giant to flaws a year ago

UN report says Pyongyang may have stolen as much as $2bn through cyberattacks on financial institutions

Hacker arrested after data of 106 million Americans and Canadians are stolen

The app’s alleged ties to Russian intelligence have triggered calls for FBI investigation - but are the fears justified?

Access codes were stored in plaintext and could have been seen by 20,000 staff

Study finds only four of the 11 vehicles tested can withstand ‘relay’ attack

The World Wide Web creator says governments and tech giants must act to safeguard online environment

Parents complain that creepy doll is still appearing in children’s clips