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Many AIB customers complained to the bank after being told their device was ‘rooted’.
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Many AIB customers complained to the bank after being told their device was ‘rooted’.
An online security expert say he’s been inundated with questions since the breach.
Phishing is surprisingly lucrative.
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An attack by Russian hackers has seen 1.2 billion passwords stolen.
It shows a sharp increase since the last survey in 2013.
Google sites such as GMail and YouTube are clear, the company says.
Fake emails headed “Notice of Tax Return. Client No.” are being sent from accounts purporting to be from the Revenue Commissioners.
The majority come from search engines and analytics tools, while malware have decreased overall.
An attack by hackers had been initially estimated to affect three million customers but it is now believe 38 million accounts have been compromised.
Gardaí have issued a fresh warning about phishing emails.
Major security breaches at large international businesses such as Sony, LinkedIn, Global Payments and RSA are a warning to Irish businesses, says a leading security specialist.
If someone is claiming benefits, should the government be allowed to monitor their online job searches on an official website?
The website allows unemployed users to upload a CV to be matched to suitable job openings.
MEPs have called for children, parents and teachers to be given education in new digital media for young people.
There’s now a way to check if your LinkedIn or eHarmony passwords were among those hacked, while Last.fm is the latest site with security problems.
Oversharing and excessive data collection are growing concerns of Facebook users, a US consumer reports has claimed.
A virus has been locking computers, displaying a police logo and demanding payment of a fine to have it unlocked again.
Thousands of personal details and credit card information were stolen from the Stratfor site, according to hackers.
Messages on a Bank of America Google Plus page questioned the bank’s reputation and made light of rising mortgage rates.
A hacker claiming to have begun ‘Operation Facebook’ says the plan had been abandoned before a video about it was released.
Hacking group has issued online warnings against the social network, which it calls the “medium of communication you all so dearly adore”.
The singer’s UK fan site is hacked by ‘SwagSec’, with names and email addresses of thousands of fans copied.
Hackers have claimed that they have hit Sony for a second time – taking over one million passwords, emails, and other user information – by accessing unencrypted data stored by the corporation.
Chinese state media says Google “arbitrarily pointing the finger at China” for a second time, after the internet company warned users it had detected a Gmail account hacking scame.
Latest security breach comes soon after the Japanese company announced a serious attack on its online gaming site, affecting over 100m registered users around the world.
Hundreds of thousands of Facebook apps may have leaked ‘access tokens’ to Facebook users’ actions and profiles, according to security company Symantec.
The party confirms that 2,000 details had their emails, mobiles and IP addresses taken, as the FBI is called in to investigate.
The full text of the party’s statement on the “hacking crime” that saw the details of almost 2,000 people compromised.
Security breach also affects other sites in the Gawker group such as Gizmodo, Jezebel and Deadspin.
The breach allowed the email address of any person signed into a Google account to be accessed.
A new hack can give complete access to your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.