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Several popular websites and their software have already been found to be targeted by the StrongPity group.

Prison service, tax collection and social services for the elderly among victims of vicious hack attack on North Carolina local government.

"If they can't cope with a few naked bums, then frankly that's quite sad," Angus Malcolm, producer and photographer of the Warwick Rowers calendar, said.

As cryptocurrency continues to grow exponentially in popularity and value, this isn't the first time hackers have targeted a digital currency platform

Europol, the FBI and other European law enforcement authorities recently took down the massive Andromeda malware botnet that has been active since 2011.

The malware called "Troubleshooter" infects a targeted device and displays the infamous, nerve-rattling BSOD to unsuspecting users.

Konrads Voits used classic phishing, social engineering techniques and malware to carry out the attack over several months.

Over the past six months, the Andromeda botnet has been detected or blocked on an average of nearly 1.1 million machines a month.

"The security of TIO's systems and the protection of TIO's customers are our highest priorities," PayPal said.

"The public will want to know how there could be this catastrophic breach of personal data security," London Mayor Sadiq Khan said.

Researchers at Fortinet said threat actors have been using the CVE-2017-11882 exploit which has been active for nearly a decade.

Karim Baratov admitted to hacking more than 11,000 email accounts in total for both the FSB and customers between 2010 until his arrest in March 2017.

"From an identity thief's perspective, it seems like the only question missing from this list is, 'What was the name of your first pet?'," security expert Brian Krebs said.

The company said it discovered "unauthorised computer code" added to the software that operates the checkout page on its website.

Fancy Bear is widely believed to have orchestrated the cyberattacks against the Democratic National Party during the 2016 presidential election.

The company confirmed the breach a day later and published a public disclosure notifying users of the intrusion.

With the cacophony of deals this holiday season, shoppers need to be extra careful and be wary of the risks when making purchases.

"We expect this technique to be rehashed, broadened, and repurposed for other cyberattacks," Trend Micro researchers said.

"Interestingly, the malware is specifically instructed not to gather any data from vk.com, Russia's largest social media platform," Bitdefender noted.

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.

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

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

SchoolDesk is currently working with various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, to investigate the source of the attack.

Some of the websites compromised belong to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China's BDStar and the Armed Forces of the Philippines among others.

Sexual images of two more female WWE personalities – Maria Kanellis and Joseann 'JoJo' Offerman – appear to have been leaked online, reportedly after being stolen by hackers.

The sites were reportedly infiltrated a few months before Trump traveled to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant in November 2013.

The latest breach impacted six websites, including Toyotanation.com and Jeepforum.com – the company's second most popular website.

Equifax has drawn intense scrutiny since the disclosure of the massive hack that compromised valuable personal and financial information of 145.5 million Americans.

The AP investigation revealed that Russian-linked hackers used brute force tactics for months to try and break into the emails of people across the Democratic Party.

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