Cybersecurity

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

Leakbase took to Twitter to deny any links to dark web market Hansa, which reports claimed was used by the service's new owners for drugs deals.

Cybersecurity experts were alarmed by the relaxed attitude on password security – which nonchalantly shunned password best practices issued by the MP's own government.

The new system lures hackers into an alternate reality where they are fooled into believing the attack is a success, while their methods and tools are analysed.

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

Move follows warning by cybersecurity chiefs to government departments about Russian software.

He is already serving a 27-year sentence for a massive computer hacking and credit card fraud scheme targeting US businesses that resulted in nearly $170m in damages.

US authorities have charged the former NSA employee with removing classified information and taking it home over a five-year period.

The exposed data included information such as customers' names, credit reports, full credit card and bank account numbers, and more.

Clarksons confirmed the hack, adding that hackers managed to access its systems by using a compromised user account.

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

Some of the most popular cryptocurrency apps on Google Play, the official Android marketplace, have severe security issues that could leave online currency open to hacking.

Google said that the backdoor spyware, which was found in several Play Store apps, affected around 1,300 devices.

It is not clear why HP Touchpoint is quietly being rolled out and installed in Windows PCs without users' consent or awareness.

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

Mac OS High Sierra has a major security flaw that allows anyone to 'hack' into the system by just typing "root".

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.

Eugene Kaspersky believes that recent bad press around his cybersecurity company is the result of a co-ordinated campaign by US politicians, law enforcement and media.

A group of Iraqi hackers have created fake Isis propaganda sites to disrupt the communication network used be the terrorist organisation.

UK capital has more than 2.5 million exposed electronic devices from routers to medical equipment to company databases.

US authorities linked Boyusec to an elite cyberespionage group APT3, which is believed to have ties to China's spy agency.

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

One of the biggest computer botnets in the world – known as Necurs – recently hosted a massive spam campaign which spewed out more than 12.5 million emails containing ransomware.

Google-owned video platform YouTube is investigating after its autocomplete function was hijacked to show "profoundly disturbing" results including "how to have s*x with your kids."

Prince Philip and Prince Charles - both of whom are honorary club members - were not affected by the theft that was discovered on 16 November.

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

The dark web Wikipedia service can be accessed via Tor and it has its own onion service, protecting users' traffic within Tor's encryption.

From the Uber hack to the rise of commercial spyware applications on Android: These are the biggest cybersecurity and hacking stories of the week from IBTimes UK's tech team.

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said the data leak "demonstrates the risks of outsourcing work on sensitive material to private contractors".

The details of how the hack occurred still remains a mystery as investigations into the incident are temporary stalled due to Thanksgiving holiday.