It is taking more than 200 days before many firms realise they have had a cybersecurity breach plus another 60 to remedy the damage caused, an expert has said.

In the ever-growing realm of cybercrime, the botnet is another technology villain to give all computer users sleepless nights.

The cybersecurity of all taxpayer-funded bodies is set to be investigated after a foundation used to raise donor funds for Trinity College lost almost €1m when it was targeted by fraudsters in an online scam.

Creaking IT systems pose a serious threat to Irish banks, which could fold “like a house of cards” with a serious cyber-attack, a cybersecurity expert has warned.

Web users are being warned today that cyber criminals are gathering information on us all the time.

UK banks still aren’t telling regulators about all the cyber attacks on the financial services industry despite a ten-fold increase in reports to the Financial Conduct Authority over the last four years, writes Suzi Ring.

Cyber crimes targeting the Christmas market are becoming more sophisticated.

If there were still people who believed that cybercrime was a concern solely of big business and multinational corporations, the events of last week represented a rude awakening. 

Cyber crime insurers largely avoided costly claims from the recent attacks that hit businesses around the globe but the next global virus could change that, a leading global insurer has warned.

The admission of global consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser that a recent global cyber attack cost it millions in revenue should be a wake-up call to all businesses that nobody is immune, warns an Irish cyber security expert.

This week’s attack on Europe’s computer networks marked the beginning of a sinister all-out war on business data with no chance of recovery, according to one of Ireland’s top cyber security experts.

Social media and tech giants, including Facebook, Twitter, and Google, are to meet the Government about plans to set up a cyber watchdog for online abuse and bullying.

Smartphones, watches, televisions, and fitness trackers could be targeted by cyber criminals seeking to hold users to ransom over their personal data, security chiefs have warned.

Sentences of up to 10 years will be available to the courts to deal with new offences to protect state bodies and businesses from cyber criminals and hackers.

Britain’s banks are not reporting to regulators the full extent of cyber attacks, for fear of punishment or bad publicity, bank executives and providers of security systems say.

More than one third of Irish businesses believe cyber crime poses a significant risk to their operations.

With 80% of Irish firms falling victim to cyber crime last year, Peter O’Dwyer talks to a cyber security specialist who urges problem appraisal and straightforward solutions.

Millions of people could have had their credit card and bank details stolen after a “significant and sustained cyber attack” on TalkTalk’s website.

The personal data of up to 2.4m customers of Dixons Carphone may have been exposed in a cyber attack, the electrical goods and mobile phone retailer confirmed.