Hackers

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A cybersecurity expert has revealed four items you should immediately remove from your phone

Four things you should immediately remove from your phone

Signs your phone may have been hacked. (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Silent Crime: terrifying signs your phone has been hacked

23andMe is facing an uncertain future - how to delete your data. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

How to delete your DNA from 23andMe as company is 'on the brink'

Signs of cyber attack you should never ignore. Photo: Eakrin - stock.adobe.com

The creepy computer glitch you should never ignore

Woman scrolls on a mobile phone. Photo: A_B_C - stock.adobe.com

I’m a cybersecurity expert and this trick is a hackers' nightmare

A charity was targeted in a “relentless” cyber attack. Gorodenkoff - stock.adobe.com

Charity hit by 'relentless' cyber attack as suspected hacker arrested

Disney has allegedly been hacked.

Disney hit by 'major hack' as 'unreleased projects' leaked

Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Pavan Davuluri speaks about Recall. Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images

Microsoft u-turns on ‘complete nightmare’ AI feature

A cybercrime gang thought to be based in Russia has issued an ultimatum to victims of a mass hack (Photo: Getty Images)

BBC, BA and Boots issued with ultimatum by cyber gang Clop

34,000 British Airways staff have been hit by a cyber breach revealling personal information

BA staff hit by cyber security breach with personal information hacked

43 per cent of leaders anticipate suffering a cyber-attack within the next two years

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WhatsApp fraud: How to spot three different scams - and prevent them

WhatsApp fraud: How to spot three different scams - and prevent them

WH Smith cyber attack targets company data and information of current & former employees

Everything you need to know about the WH Smith cyber attack

Apple has released a new update (image: Getty Images)

iPhone users urged to install new Apple update fixing hacker loophole

Retail chain JD Sports

JD Sports hit by data breach

Hackers selling database with 500 million WhatsApp phone numbers

Twitter security breach: A possible 200 million email addresses stolen

Five ways to protect your Twitter account from being hacked including using two-factor authentication.

Five ways to protect your Twitter account from being hacked

Piers Morgan had his Twitter account hacked

Piers Morgan's Twitter account hacked - with host of offensive posts sent

Creators of GTA 6 have reacted to a leak of the new Grand Theft Auto Game (Rockstar)

GTA 6: When is the release date & what to expect as footage is leaked

Warning over WhatsApp scam that can take over your account with just one call

(Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

KP Snacks cyber attack could lead to a shortage of nuts, crisps and popular snac...

Joanna Goddard, Director of Programmes, Business Resilience International Management (BRIM) and Board Member of Converge.

Prevention is the key weapon in fight against cyber attacks - Joanna Goddard

Users are warned not to send on the code (Photo: Shutterstock)

Whatsapp users warned over scam giving crooks access to private messages

Amazon is being sued over its Ring security doorbells and cameras - here’s what ...

Criminals can now 3D print your house keys from a Facebook photo

These common mobile phone mistakes could put your personal data in danger

Virgin Media admits a data breach that affected 900,000 customers - are you one ...

A security flaw in this baby monitor allowed hackers to take videos of children

Hackers managed to post from Facebook's Twitter account - here's how

British Airways has issued a final deadline for customers affected by its data b...

The data breach compromised the personal information of around 14 million people (Photo: Shutterstock)

Dixons Carphone put the personal data of millions of customers at risk - here’s ...

Hackers holding Travelex to ransom after huge cyber-attack forced it to shut dow...

Is your password on this list? (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the worst passwords of 2019 - is yours on the list?

Will you be texting your text door neighbour? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s everything you need to know about the ‘text door neighbour’ trend

Fewer than one in 10 people are ‘very confident’ they know how to stay safe while using public hotspots (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why using public wifi could be more risky than you think

The flaw could allow hackers to access your iPhone remotely (Photo: Shutterstock)

Hackers could access your iPhone because of iMessage app design flaws - here's h...

Netflix, Spotify and EA are among the most hacked online accounts - here’s how t...

Outlook users could have had their emails read by hackers for up to six months (Photo: Shutterstock)

Hackers may have been accessing your Outlook email account for up to six months ...

UK's small firms are hot targets for cyber crime, says Hiscox's James Brady. Picture: Contributed

UK firms face 65,000 cyber attacks a day
Small businesses in the UK are the target of an estimated 65,000 attempted cyber attacks each day, according to figures released today by Hiscox to help raise a...

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary's A&E Department. Lothian has by far the highest proportion of computers running XP. Picture: Greg Macvean

NHS computers still run system attacked by WannaCry hack

Yuwei Lin is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Communications, Media and Culture in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Stirling.

Yuwei Lin: Digital tech companies need to be more open to protect our privacy an...

Hackers infected Pornhub users in year-long attack, experts say

The trade in stolen identity information is being fuelled by the dark web. Picture: Concept

Hackers trade 100,000 items of online ID from Edinburgh

A defaced poster for Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Picture: JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

Hackers leak data in last-minute bid to disrupt Macron's campaign

French Presidential Candidate Emmanuel Macron. Picture: Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images.

Russia-linked Hackers target Emmanuel Macron campaign

'Don't put all your eggs in the basket of password controls,' urges Scott-Moncrieff partner Fraser Nicol. Picture: Contributed

Fraser Nicol: Take control in the cyber-crime fight

Researchers were able to crack people's PINS purely by the way the phone was tilted (EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images)

How hackers can guess your phone's PIN with 100% accuracy

Agents representing David Beckham reportedly received demands for payment of one million euros after the footballer's emails were hacked. Picture: Sophie Mutevelian/BBC/PA Wire

David Beckham email hackers '˜demanded one million euros'

Millions of customers could have their bank details stolen after the cyber attack on TalkTalk's website. Picture: PA

Hackers send ransom to TalkTalk after cyber attack

The NCA website is said to have been targeted in response to the arrests of Lizard Stresser users. Picture: PA

Cyber revenge as hackers hit crime agency website

There has been an 'enormous social and economic fallout' from the Ashley Madison hack. Picture: AP

Police captain suicide after Ashley Madison hack

SNP MP Michelle Thomson has said computer hackers are to blame for the presence of an email address among a list of users of the extramarital dating website Ashley Madison. Picture: TSPL

SNP MP denies Ashley Madison adultery site use

Ashley Madison has apologised for the "unprovoked and criminal intrusion" of their database of over 37 million members worldwide. Picture: AP

Hackers target controversial online dating site

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