CYBERSECURITY

Hackers are reportedly taking advantage of Google's algorithms to infect people with banking malware, gaming the system by using search engine optimisation (SEO) tactics.

A corrupt banking insider working for Barclays, and four other men, have been jailed after helping a gang of Eastern European hackers launder £16m.

Was the BadRabbit cyberattack a red herring, designed to throw people off the scent of the mission's real objective?

Despite the size of the botnet, Sean Tiernan insisted that the profits made from the scheme were "comparatively small".

Fancy Bear first targeted Bellingcat journalists in 2015 and again last year as the journalists probed the mysterious downing of flight MH17.

Google's Advanced Protection Program locks down users' Gmail accounts like never before and is meant for its high-risk users.

The Turkish hacking group named Akincila previously targeted a number of Dutch websites, and posted pro-Turkish and anti-European messages.

The US Department of Justice reportedly has enough evidence to charge six hackers associated with Russian military and intelligence.

What happens when a hacker takes on a cybersecurity company like Mandiant, well-known for investigating major leaks and data breaches. He gets arested.

A fake and potentially malicious application has been discovered on the official Google Play Store posing as WhatsApp Business – and has been downloaded up to 5,000 times.

Hackers have compromised a major database maintained by Hetzner Ltd, one of the largest data centre and web hosting services in South Africa.

Predator from Luton who was caught with an "application form for a secret paedophile club" on his computer has been handed a two-year suspended sentence.

In 2013, hackers with links to Russia allegedly infiltrated the Trump Organisation computer networks, but unlike the Democratic Party attacks years later, did not steal emails.

The malware has been around since last year and has been targeting popular cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, ZCash, Ethereum, Monero and others.

The data left exposed included names, IDs, passwords, phone numbers, addresses, credit card information, staff salary details and more.

Paid Russian trolls linked to the Kremlin tried to sow fear and mistrust in America by pushing an African-American "war on Christmas".

At least 10 financial institutions around the world have been hit with a new banking Trojan by an alleged Russian-speaking cybercrime group codenamed "Silence".

An Apple software update for iPhone and iPad will protect users from the common hacking channel, KRACK. Android users, however, are still very much at risk.

21-year-old Alex Bessell from Liverpool has been accused of using a 9,000-strong botnet army to launch attacks on Google, Skype and Pokemon servers.

A phishing campaign has been spotted spreading via Facebook Messenger and targeting users across Europe including Germany, Sweden and Finland, security experts have found.

Inspired by Guy Fawkes and the mask made famous by the movie "V for Vendetta", the 5 November event will see Trafalgar Square in Westminster become the centre of attention.

A hacking group called The Dark Overlord is currently threatening to leak the internal client data of a Hollywood production studio called Line 204, IBTimes UK has learned.

A security researcher uncovered a series of flaws in Google's bug tracker database that allowed him to spy on the firm's entire list of dangerous bugs.

Days after the British government pointed out North Korea was behind Wannacry, the reclusive regime has come out denying all allegations.

South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding was reportedly hacked last year and around 40,000 documents were stolen.

An unknown hacker reportedly put up millions of sensitive records stolen from Malaysian telecoms and network operators for sale on the dark web.

JsMiner and CpuMiner were discovered by Trend Micro in three Android apps, which could have significant consequences for users.

"In terms of targets, Ursnif malware configurations can be a mixed bag at times," IBM's X-Force research team said.

This week in cybersecurity was defined by major attacks and global concern - here are the biggest cybersecurity stories of the week as chosen by the IBTimes UK tech desk.