Lithuania said it had been hit by an "intense" cyberattack, probably Russian, days after Moscow protested restrictions Vilnius imposed on the rail transit of certain goods to Kaliningrad.
Google's said spyware made by RCS Lab targeted the phones using a combination of tactics including unusual "drive-by downloads" that happen without victims being aware.
The body of software entrepreneur John McAfee remained at a morgue in Spain Thursday a year after his death as a legal case filed by his family, who do not believe he committed suicide, is yet to be resolved.
An exiled Iranian opposition group claimed a hacking attack which it said temporarily took control of dozens of websites run by Tehran's municipality and thousands of the capital's surveillance cameras.
Dutch secret services have used the controversial Israeli spyware known as Pegasus to hack targets including the country's most-wanted criminal, a news report said.
Hundreds of Indian air travellers were stranded inside their planes after the low-cost airline SpiceJet cancelled or delayed flights due to an "attempted ransomware attack".
Spain's prime minister vowed to tighten oversight of the country's secret services in the wake of a scandal over the hacking of top politicians' mobile phones that has roiled his fragile coalition government.
Vietnamese hacker Ngo Minh Hieu made a fortune stealing the personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans, but has since turned his back on his criminal past and works on cybersecurity for the government
The United States and the European Union announced on a joint effort to boost microchip manufacturing and tackle Russian disinformation around the war in Ukraine.
Western powers accused Russian authorities of carrying out a cyberattack against a satellite network an hour before the invasion of Ukraine to pave the way for its assault.
Spain's government sacked the country's spy chief (Paz Esteban) as part of a widening scandal over the hacking of the mobile phones of the prime minister and Catalan separatist leaders.
Startup Clearview AI has agreed to limit access to its controversial facial recognition database in the United States, settling a lawsuit filed by privacy advocates, a court filing showed.
Germany's financial regulator BaFin warned of the "very big" risk of cyberattacks targeting the financial sector, a threat it said had become "more likely" since Russia's war on Ukraine.
Three young Israelis formerly serving in military cyber units have figured out how to locate your digital footprint -- and give you the tools to delete it.
Internet and phone services were down or running slowly in several French cities on Wednesday after fibre optic cables were cut overnight in suspected attacks on the crucial data infrastructure, telecom operators said.
Members of the "Five Eyes" intelligence sharing network warned that "evolving intelligence" indicated Russia was poised to launch powerful cyberattacks against rivals supporting Ukraine.
Apple CEO Tim Cook attacked moves to regulate his company's App Store in a rare speech in Washington, arguing that new rules could threaten iPhone users' privacy.
Facebook said Russian state actors and others are relentlessly trying to use the social network against the Ukraine with deception, hacking and coordinated bullying campaigns.
India says it foiled an cyberattack by Chinese hackers targeting its power distribution system near a disputed frontier where the two countries are engaged in a military stand-off.
Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri filed a complaint in France against surveillance firm NSO Group for having "illegally infiltrated" his mobile phone with the Pegasus spyware.
Facebook owner Meta gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials last year, a company source said Wednesday, highlighting the risks of a measure used in urgent cases.