CYBERSECURITY

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.

The Kremlin-linked "troll farm", Internet Research Agency, bought ads on Facebook and ran popular Twitter accounts to post politically divisive stories and sow discord.

Upon analysis, multiple cybersecurity firms – including Cisco Talos, FSecure and Symantec – have now concluded that an exploit known as 'EternalRomance' helped the malware spread.

A San Francisco-based company, Vicarious, has built an AI that can see and read like a human brain, effectively rendering Captchas obsolete.

The National Audit Office (NAO) led an investigation into NHS response to the cyberattack, one of the largest to hit the healthcare service.

The lawsuit by voting transparency activists sought a review of the state's voting systems and called for an overhaul of its outdated election technology.

The Basetools site went offline shortly after the hacker dumped a sample of Basetools' database and posted the ransom demand.

Dell confirmed the URL was briefly taken over by another third-party at some point between June and July.

Some criminals lurking on the underground internet are building dedicated marketplaces for Android users, typically masked by the anonymity provided by Tor's "Orbot" app.

Krause said giving apps access to the camera will let them take images without your consent, record you at any time, and upload the footage to a company server.

Experts from cyber firm Check Point, who dubbed the flaws "HomeHack", were able to use the flaws to take control of LG user accounts which, by extension, gave them access.

The revelations come amid the ongoing multiple congressional investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election and alleged ties between Trump's team and Russia.

The scam involves hackers tricking victims into divulging their wallet account passwords, which they would then use to clear out the victims' wallets.

Dark web vendors are selling credentials to hacked Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) servers, which allow hackers to spy on and steal data from companies, without using malware.

The news comes nearly a year after disclosures from the Panama Papers shook the global political elite and triggered investigations into prominent figures worldwide.

The data of Tarte Cosmetics' customers was left publicly exposed via two unsecured MongoDB databases, which were later accessed by the Cru3lty ransomware gang.

The hackers reportedly had control over Coinhive's domain name for around six hours.