Recent data by the creators of the PYPL index shows that the title of the ‘most popular’ programming language is not held by Java.

Numerous technical requirements scare capable people away when a large portion of the vacancies do not require people to be hoodie-wearing hackers.

Far from the nightmarish scenarios of all-consuming AI of the Terminator franchise, in reality groups of neural networks are being deployed to protect humans.

Technology is prone to lose functionality over time. Diminished performance, however, can be compensated by growing nostalgia.

For years, Lisa Ventura had been working in the entertainment industry in the UK. Yet, she decided to quit show business for cybersecurity.

We examined the top 1,000+ apps on Google Play and analyzed the dangerous permissions they were asking for. What we found was quite alarming.

Digital currency bitcoin has emerged as a rival to gold and could trade as high as $146,000, JPMorgan (JPM) said on Tuesday.

2020 was an impressive year in many ways but one. Deepfakes haven’t destroyed the social order. Experts fear that can create a false sense of security.

Our research team discovered an unsecured database containing detailed records of more than 200 million American users. Here's what we found inside.

Since personal computers have been around for decades, some hobbyists take up bringing gorgeous devices back to life.

Along with the pandemic, copyright trolls are coming out the the woodwork to steal money from users who end up paying out of fear.

French data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet's Google 100 million euros ($121 million) for breaching rules on online trackers (cookies).

Is Big tech finally trying to lead the way in becoming carbon neutral?

The mass switch to WFH due to the pandemic has created new and unexpected security challenges. Here are a few ways that remote workers can keep themselves and company data secure.

The scam begins as a Facebook message sent by one of your friends that leads you through a chain of malicious websites.

2020 may be known as the year of cyberattacks, with the attack surface available to threat actors expanding massively during the year.

The hackers behind the worst intrusion of U.S. government agencies in years won access to Microsoft's secret source code for authenticating customers.

The data in the MyFreeCams database can be used in many ways against the users whose data was exposed, including blackmail and extortion.

Being very good at something can quickly become very dull. That is how troves of peculiar programming languages, dubbed esoteric, were born.

There’s so much hype around quantum computing because it comes with a promise to solve problems that were previously unsolvable.

Digital immortality could be achieved by using your digital footprint to create an AI-powered clone of yourself.

Emotet bots now distribute a payload that acts as a self-destruct button for the botnet.

According to a recent study, spam calls and texts have increased by an average of 9.7% month on month in 2020.

Ukraine’s PrivatBank database is up for sale on a popular hacking forum. The database is said to contain 40 million entries.

Everyone’s information is available. It doesn’t matter how rich, poor, or educated you are, says Brett Johnson, dubbed the “Original Internet Godfather.”

A Portuguese startup's software is being used in major Hollywood studios and productions, such as Game of Thrones and Star Wars.

Glacier Kwong from Keyboard Frontline welcomes Google’s decision to reject direct data requests from the Hong Kong government.

In 2020, there was a rise in cybercrime. Yet nothing caused disruption or damage beyond repair, the head of EC3 Edvardas Šileris told CyberNews.

We look at the privacy policies of mainstream & alternative social media platforms and compare them. The results are eye-opening for privacy

“Technology is changing much faster than our ability to secure it,” Katie Moussouris, a hacker and a pioneer in vulnerability disclosure, told CyberNews.

The FireEye hack is a timely reminder of the developments which will certainly carry on into our immediate future.

The most populous US cities are under heavy surveillance. But do these security measures actually provide safety to those who are being watched?

Even though deepfakes didn't wreak havoc, the idea that anyone can fake a video allows for a different type of problem: a threat to video evidence.

An online copy of me lied to the world that NATO troops are being withdrawn from my home country. Months later, online remnants of the attack remain.

Morici's dream to be a diplomat shattered. Six years and many broken stereotypes later, she proudly calls herself a cybersecurity expert.

Research shows that ransomware double extortion, leaking your data until you pay the ransom, is growing exponentially. Here's how to avoid it.

As remote workforces operate out of the oversight of IT professionals, insider threats need to be taken seriously.

Stories about data breaches can be unnerving. Want something a little bit more wholesome? Enjoy some of our best interviews from last year.

If you're wondering how to access the deep or dark web, read this article. We're going to tell you everything about it and how to stay safe while you're there.

Malicious actors exploited the COVID-19 to the fullest, and attacks on such security bastions as FireEye left many cybersecurity experts uneasy.

Shares of U.S. videogame retailer GameStop skyrocketed by 144% on Monday as short sellers scrambled to cover their positions in the stock.

Learn all about tech support scams, how to spot them, and how you can avoid them. Dive in to know everything.

Life forces us to think out of the box to continue working with available tools. Take a look at the most impressive ‘MacGyver’ fixes we’ve come across.

73% of the world’s most popular and weakest passwords can be cracked in less than a second.

A conservative estimate by threat hunters sets profits from 2019-2020 ransomware attacks at $1 billion.

What is quantum-based internet and how would it change the landscape of cybersecurity?

Mobile phishing attacks can fool even the smartest of us. But it’s not always greater sophistication that enables successful attacks.

A Sheriff’s office in Pasco County, Florida, has adopted an intelligence-led policing method that used AI algorithms to identify repeat offenders.

CyberNews discovered an unsecured database containing 130,000+ extremely sensitive, explicit private photos, videos, and audio recordings.

After detecting an attempt to infect one of our systems, our curiosity led us to a potentially much bigger cybercrime operation.

Russia had nothing to do with alleged monitoring by hackers of internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments, the Kremlin said.

Users of Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad could soon be able to play Fortnite again via Nvidia's cloud gaming service, the BBC reported on Thursday.

Will the journalists’ well of information run dry in case Julian Assange is extradited to the United States?

Let's look back at the most popular and most impactful cybersecurtiy investigations we performed at CyberNews for 2020.

The digitizing of physical places is daring to upgrade our customer experience and journey.

What are the most secure messaging apps? Let's look at Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp & others to see if they are really as secure as they claim.

Data engineer George Paw created a fake person generator Fakes.io. CyberNews sat down with him to discuss his product and how it came to be.

The pandemic caused years of progress in a few months over the last year. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the adoption of cloud technology.

As workers move to work from home, security teams can't protect what they can't see. Ensuring safety will require a different approach.

Researchers predict that the techniques and tricks cybercriminals use will continue to evolve next year.

Apple on Tuesday launched the iPhone 12 with faster 5G connectivity starting at $799.

The data includes blueprints, machine-readable manufacturing code, financial data, and various legal documents.

Britain will impose a new competition regime to prevent Google and Facebook using their dominance to push out smaller firms and disadvantage consumers.

MeWe is criticized for becoming a right-wing conspiracy echo chamber. But here's the #1 reason you should leave Facebook and join MeWe.

A retiree on a fixed income lost her money to a PayPal-UPS scam. We helped her win back her money, then uncovered a cluster of 39 scam sites.

CyberNews found an unsecured database with 1 million+ private photos, many NSFW. The database appears to belong to the Korean dating app 스윗톡.

What is a password manager? How do password managers work? Learn how to make your credentials management not only safer but effortless.

Cybersecurity is pictured as a profession requiring only hard skills, and therefore not always considered as a career choice, especially by girls.

The fact we are migrating away from the traditional reactive approach to cybersecurity is something we should celebrate rather than fear.

Brazilian plane manufacturer Embraer had been targeted by hackers, who obtained the "disclosure of data allegedly attributed to the company."

The time has come to look at the cyber skills gap from a new perspective and cast your net wider.

Virtual offices provide companies with physical office space on an 'as-needed' basis, helping cut costs in the process.