CYBERSECURITY

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.

A Reddit user reported that Lovense's remote control vibrator app recorded a six-minute session without their knowledge.

The Dark Overlord hackers stole a trove of confidential photos of high-profile clients from the plastic surgery clinic last month.

The flaw doesn't depend on jailbreak or rooting, instead capitalises on a simple developer error to expose massive amounts of sensitive data.

Trend Micro researchers found two malicious apps lurking in the Google Play Store masquerading as app lockers that were used to spread the malware.

The FBI's investigation into child pornography involved the agency hacking targets in hostile nations.

Former Marine Corps Captain Robert said the phishing attack was incredibly successful with click-through rates going "through the roof."

A banking Trojan that can mirror legitimate applications in order to steal credentials was recently discovered on Google's marketplace posing as a cryptocurrency service.

A cybercrime group is causing havoc in the US and Canada by hacking into the websites of police stations and schools and defacing them with pro-Islamic State propaganda.

Joseph Willner and his co-conspirators made at least $700,000 in profits through the hack-and-trade scheme

The leak comes just months after a university staffer leaked sensitive data, including family bereavements, health problems and personal issues, of students in another mass email.

Marissa Mayer, former CEO of Yahoo, apologised for the data breaches in 2013 and 2014 that affected 3 billion user's privacy.

The use of two notorious strains of banking Trojan that are able to silently infect computers, steal login details and empty accounts has spiked in recent months.

The hacker reportedly claims that he can track international flight data, access tax records and Interpol searches.

The Russian hackers' new phishing campaign involves the use of a blank malicious document titled "IsisAttackInNewYork".

Personal information of scores of people was reportedly publicly leaked via the Scottish Appropriate Adult Network (SAAN) website.

Multiple civil rights groups have brought forward the first major lawsuit against British intelligence agencies since Snowden's revelations on mass spying.

The hurdle echoes the legal battle between the FBI and Apple last year over whether the firm should help law enforcement authorities break into the iPhone of the 2015 San Bernardino shooter.

Officials from the NIC Asia Bank based in Kathmandu have been scrambling in recent weeks to recover from a hack on its computer networks.