Moscow had dismissed hacking allegations as "baseless" while Trump has continued to denounce the ongoing Russia probe as a "witch hunt".
Security experts believe that the prolific hacker group has launched a phishing campaign against cryptocurrency companies.
David Chukwuneke Adindu tricked victims into wiring millions of dollars into bank accounts he opened in China.
The malware surreptitiously harvests victims' credit card data, by conducting man-in-the-middle attacks.
A 46-year-old "career criminal" has been convicted after trying to buy three grenades on the dark web using bitcoin, the UK's National Crime Agency said Friday (15 December).
An alleged computer hacker living in a caravan park on an island off the Kent coast has admitted to illegally stealing customer data from the websites of over a dozen companies.
Security experts suspect the malware, which has already been used against a target in the Middle East, was created by state-sponsored hackers.
35-year-old Louis Meza from New Jersey was charged with kidnapping and robbery. If found guilty, he could face upto 25 years in prison.
Researchers found that around 27 of the top 100 most popular websites, as ranked by Alexa, were vulnerable to the ROBOT exploit.
"Come on Anderson. We're ok with you telling the truth..." one Twitter user said.
Anonymous' call to arms to hacktivists across the world – hack, deface, dox, hijack, leak and DDoS any target linked to US and Israeli government.
Jha, a 21-year-old computer science student at Rutgers University, admitted to writing and implementing the Mirai code in July 2016.
More than 80 malicious apps were discovered lurking on Google's official Play Store that were designed to hijack credentials for VK, the Facebook-like Russian social network.
The threat actors even provide instructions on how to download and use the Tor browser to access the payment site.
Numerous companies and websites have been found running similar code on their own sites to covertly generate digital currencies as an alternative to advertising.
A Google researcher had teased the release of the exploit last week, inflaming the infosec community about the potential uses of the tool.
Konstantin Kozlovsky said he began cooperating with the FSB back in 2008 at the age of 16 and "did everything that they said".
"This experience of searching and finding passwords within this database is as scary as it is shocking," researchers said.
A Russian-speaking hacking group – dubbed "MoneyTaker" – has covertly stolen up to $10 million from global banking targets in under two years, new research suggests.
Dashlane has listed some of the government officials, major companies and notable figures that suffered the most embarrassing password-related gaffes this year.
The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency warned that China is allegedly using social networks to try to cultivate lawmakers and other officials as sources.
The Vietnamese hacker has previously compromised numerous Vietnamese websites including those of telecom firms, banks and an online military newspaper.
Several popular websites and their software have already been found to be targeted by the StrongPity group.
The week in cybersecurity was largely dominated by cryptocurrency. That's unsurprising, given that bitcoin spiked in value, reaching $17,000 at one point.
The trojan's varied capabilities include disabling the light indicator on the webcam and even triggering the Blue Screen of Death if anyone tries to shut down the process.
The critical remote code execution flaws have not been exploited in the wild and Microsoft has already issued a patch for them.
From the Star Wars BB-8 toy to smart-tracking watches for children, new cybersecurity research suggests that some products under the Christmas tree this year can easily be hacked.
From Anthem and Chipotle to Equifax and Uber, this year saw several data breaches and leaks.
A Google security researcher tweeted about dropping a powerful iOS 11 tool, which the infosec community reportedly suspects may allow a full iPhone jailbreak.
As the price of the world's most popular virtual currency keeps surging — to a record $17,000 on Thursday — here's a quick look at what it is and how it is "mined."
