World's most common passwords revealed
Keeper, a password management firm based in Chicago, looked at 10 million passwords that became public through data breaches last year.
Keeper, a password management firm based in Chicago, looked at 10 million passwords that became public through data breaches last year.
A bank sent account details of 60,000 customers to an adult website owner in an embarrassing email bungle.
Why does it take companies so long to tell us we've been hacked?
COMMENT: It is up to privacy scholars to come up with solutions that allow technological progress to take place, but not at the expense of our humanity.
Online retail, IT security and sports administration are tipped to boom over the next five years.
The GSCB wants to give internet service providers more information and power to block cyber threats.
Parts of file sharing site Mega.nz has been hacked, with documents and application source code taken.
The US has levelled an extraordinary threat against Russia admitting it has laid the groundwork for a devastating cyber assault against the country.
COMMENT: Some of the most popular sites in the world went offline over the weekend. There's no excuse for poor security, Juha Saarinen writes.
Someone attacked a major part of the Internet's infrastructure.
COMMENT: The pressure's off to get your Ultrafast Broadband fibre connection installed as soon as possible.
Online stores have been infected by credit card skimming software that can steal customers' payment information.
Agents accessed deleted files and installed spy software on trade officials' devices after breaking into hotel room.
EXCLUSIVE: An open database with 1.5 million records of users of New Zealand dating sites has been discovered.
COMMENT: Yahoo reportedly has helped take government intrusion to a new level, breaking customers trust.
The $37.8 million programme involves listed healthcare system software developer Orion Health, the University of Auckland, and DHBs.
Yahoo last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers' incoming emails.
Yahoo should face an investigation into whether it properly disclosed a massive data breach, Virginia Senator Mark Warner says.
The percentage of women in IT declined by 6 per cent over the past decade, a study.
Tim Cook discusses the right to privacy, something he considers a civil liberty and a core value of Apple as a company.
The increasingly popular answer to password rage is not complexity - it's length.
IT services provider Datacom Group has boosted 2016 revenue over the $1 billion mark.
Many savvy Australians has used their spare Census time to hit back at the government on social media, with memes and a rap.
The minister responsible for the Census has denied that the national survey was "hacked," despite public statements from the ABS claiming otherwise.
COMMENT: Online convenience comes with new and additional responsibilities to keep our personal information safe.
Hong Kong-based exchange Bitfinex halted trading, withdrawals and deposits after discovering a security breach.
Of the many offices at Microsoft, one of the more intriguing is its Digital Crimes Unit.
A new kind of army, of private cyberdefense contractors, is stepping up and gaining power in the wake of hacks such as the one on the Democratic National Committee.
COMMENT: Expect to see more politically motivated hacks and leaks that aim to influence politics in New Zealand, writes Juha Saarinen.
One of the most common security mistakes made it easy for one of US sports' biggest hacking scandals.