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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.

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

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.

Different manufacturers will roll out updates to fix the issue on their own devices which means customers could receive patches at different times, depending on their system.

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

OnePlus said it does not see the factory-installed diagnostic tool as "a major security issue", but will remove it in an upcoming OTA.

The new alerts come amid rising tensions between the US and North Korea over Pyongyang's rapid advancement of its nuclear programme and defiant missile tests.

Forever 21 operates more than 815 stores in 57 countries including the US, UK, Australia,Canada and India.

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.

The elaborate, 3D-printed mask reportedly cost about $150 (£114) to make and can bypass Apple's new Face ID security.

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.

Nearly 20,000 people have potentially unknowingly handed over their personal data and financial details to hackers, according to Proofpoint.

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.

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.

Deep Instinct researchers noticed a new, modified variant of the malware is being distributed via spam emails with Office documents attached.

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".

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.

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

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

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