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The programme encourages researchers to scour for bugs in select popular apps created by Google as well as third-party developers,

The zero-day vulnerability, which was previously exploited by the BlackOasis group, was made public and patched on 16 October.

Malaysian technology website Lowyat reported that the files were offered for sale by an unknown user of its forums.

The hacker group has been active since 2014 and is particularly interested in naval industries, primarily focusing on targets in the US, Western Europe and the South China Sea.

Hackers have now reportedly launched a new site called ATMjackpot that sells a modified version of CutletMaker, complete with video tutorials on how to successfully exploit it.

Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) released a report this week detailing the issues after testing a number of the devices: the Gator 2, Tinitell, Viksfjord and Xplora.

The latest cryptominer comes amid an uptick in cryptocurrency mining malware campaigns and growing JavaScript-based cryptominers

Microsoft believed that no customer was put at risk by the loss of data. As a result, officials decided not to tell the public about the breach.

BlackOasis targets various figures involved in Middle Eastern politics, including people in the UN, opposition bloggers, activists and regional news reporters, researchers said.

Security experts say the attack was reminiscent of the infamous $81m Bangladesh Bank cyberheist, with similar malware and hacking tools used.

Entitled 'Opposite Number' the 10-part Channel 4 TV drama that was being produced by Mammoth Screen. The show, set in Pyongyang, was targeted by hackers in 2014.

The spam email campaign was sent from domains that closely resembled those used by the legitimate HMRC – in this case it was using hmirc-gov.co.uk, Trustwave experts said.

Pizza Hut said that its website was compromised and hackers stole some of its customers' card data between 1 and 2 October.

The news comes as US President Donald Trump refused to certify the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which he has continued to describe as a "terrible" deal.

DoubleLocker is based on a banking trojan and could become a "ransom-banker" that tries to wipe out victims' bank or PayPal accounts.

Security experts say that the cybercriminals operating this scam have also been targeting customers of Wells Fargo, Comcast Chase Bank and TD Bank since June.

The internet's largest torrent portal is running Coinhive, which currently runs alongside the site's ads and mines Monero.

The malware, which security experts uncovered in April, only targets ATM machines running Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

A security researcher described the incident as a "very critical data breach, making every T-Mobile cell phone owner a victim".

Security experts suspect the attack was an "early-stage reconnaissance" mission instead of a disruptive cyberattack.

The data targeted by the hackers contained records dated between 2011 and 2016. The NCSC issued out a statement advising affected users on how to handle the breach.

Accenture left at least 4 cloud servers publicly exposed, leaving sensitive corporate and customer data potentially freely accessible to hackers.

The hackers used specialised malware to leave no trace of their activities, their "tradecraft" suggesting involvement with an organised cybercrime group.

The malware has been sold in underground hacking forums with prices ranging from $29 a week to $299 for a full-package "pro" deal.

The attack allows hackers to infiltrate firms' Office 365 accounts by attempting to "knock" on backdoor system accounts.

North Korean hackers reportedly accessed secret Seoul-Washington war plans that detail procedures on how to handle an all-out war with Pyongyang.

Millions of internet users in the US, Canada, UK and Australia were recently targeted by a hacking group called KovCoreG which took advantage of PornHub to spread adware.

There is no evidence to suggest that confidential client and employee data, as well as financial information, were accessed.

Jeremy Fleming says government funding is now being used "to make GCHQ a cyber organisation as well as an intelligence and counter-terrorism one."

Researchers said this technique has already been used to infiltrate the networks of a Middle Eastern bank and also of "individuals with indirect ties to a country in North East Asia".