"Interestingly, the malware is specifically instructed not to gather any data from vk.com, Russia's largest social media platform," Bitdefender noted.
The historic data breach occurred in October when over 46 million Malaysians' records were put up for sale on the dark web.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation also exposed information regarding stock files and production services via unsecured cloud servers.
After a careful analysis of the situation, the Parity confirmed that it was first made aware about the potential dangers of a coding vulnerability months before the incident.
Cash Converters, a pawnbroker and loan firm, has launched an investigation after suffering a data breach impacting a UK customer database.
McAfee ClickProtect email protection service reportedly shared the malware, which was hosted on a third-party site.
An Illinois man who federal prosecutors say worked as a spokesman for a "darknet" marketplace for illicit internet commerce has been charged in Atlanta.
The security expert who found the OnePlus app reportedly believes that the smartphone maker may have intentionally left it on devices.
Industry survey finds financial players lack confidence when it comes to meeting regulations.
Greece's Supreme Court on Wednesday (15 November) postponed until December an extradition hearing for Russian cybercrime suspect Alexander Vinnik.
Up to 17.4 million Android users downloaded a form of Trojan malware found in 144 separate mobile applications, security researchers from McAfee warned this week.
More than 150,000 Twitter accounts located in Russia posted up to 45,000 messages about Brexit in the days around the 2016 EU referendum vote, new research suggests.
OnePlus said it does not see the factory-installed diagnostic tool as "a major security issue", but will remove it in an upcoming OTA.
"We're coming for you," an Anonymous hacker warned "organisation taking part in acts of domestic terrorism in the name of white supremacy".
The hijacked radio station is allegedly used by the Kim Jong-un regime to transmit secret codes days before Pyongyang conducts a weapons test.
The new alerts come amid rising tensions between the US and North Korea over Pyongyang's rapid advancement of its nuclear programme and defiant missile tests.
Forever 21 operates more than 815 stores in 57 countries including the US, UK, Australia,Canada and India.
Customers' names, email addresses, passwords, billing addresses, phone numbers, payment details and more may have been stolen by hackers.
Elections in at least 18 countries over the past 12 months have been influenced by carefully planned "manipulation and disinformation tactics", research suggests.
Anti-virus pioneer John McAfee has signed a partnership with Hacken, an Eastern European cybersecurity start-up built upon a new form of cryptocurrency, IBTimes UK can reveal.
IcedID is fairly new to the cybercrime arena, and its capabilities are believed to be on par with other sophisticated Trojans like Dridex and Zeus.
Sensitive financial documents from consultancy giant KPMG were found to be accessible with credentials not linked to the firm, the BBC has discovered.
The rules governing how UK police forces seize and extract data from digital devices – including laptops and phones – lack transparency and accountability, a report suggests.
Hacking groups linked to North Korea will continue to devastate the UK with major cyberattacks over the next year, former GCHQ director Robert Hannigan has warned.
US president Donald Trump's personal jet, as well as the one frequently used by vice president Mike Pence, is reportedly Boeing 757.
Just hours before Isis' "news agency" website Amaq was reportedly taken down, the site claimed it had beefed up security to handle "any type of hack".
The elaborate, 3D-printed mask reportedly cost about $150 (£114) to make and can bypass Apple's new Face ID security.
Last week, over 580 Parity wallets containing millions of dollars worth of Ethereum were mysteriously locked down and inaccessible.
From the return of WikiLeaks to the Nepal bank cyber-heist: Here are the biggest cybersecurity stories of the week from the IBTimes UK technology team.
The data exposure was caused by an unsecured Apache Hive database, which leaked extensive data about both customers and drivers.