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Security experts analysed over 18,000 apps across 20 app stores to find that 661 blacklisted Bitcoin apps were still available to users.

The discovery comes as cybercriminals increasingly tap into cryptocurrency as lures, payment options or attacks.

"It is also possible for an attacker to take control over the profile pictures the user sees, swapping them for inappropriate content," researchers said.

"With a maximum child tax credit of $1,000 per child, that is a potentially significant return on investment," researchers said.

Cybercriminals exploit hype and basic coding errors to target Initial Coin Offerings in phishing attacks, Ernst & Young research finds.

The security researcher said Uber marked his bug report as "informative", which means it contains "useful information but did warrant an immediate action or fix".

Hackers frequently look to target and exploit curious users by tapping into trending issues, events in the news or widely publicised ones in their attacks.

Clarke is the latest in a slew of US conservative political figures and reporters targeted by the Turkish hacking group.

"Since both the Chrome and Firefox extensions mostly add themselves through forced installs, it's not always possible to avoid getting them," researchers said.

Security researchers suspect that the Necurs botnet may be giving the new Dridex campaign a boost – something the botnet has done before.

The data breach is suspected to be the work of an "advanced and professional" hacker or hacker group, and could impact nearly half of Norway's population.

The Lebanon-linked hacker group has successfully targeted mobile devices of military personnel, medical professionals, journalists, lawyers, activists and more.

Hackers are using new Microsoft Office bugs to spread Zyklon in a new spam campaign targeting the telecommunications, insurance and financial services industries.

For several months, a primary router of the Muscat Securities Market has both its username and password as "admin".

More than 50 Android apps on Google's Play Store found to be housing malicious code hackers could use to steal Facebook passwords.

High-risk vulnerabilities found in SinVR app leaked personally identifiable information of customers for around five days.

Swisscoin is an obscure cryptocurrency and its trading was briefly suspended after it was reported to be a ponzi scheme.

The attack comes just days after the group hacked the accounts of India's top diplomat to the United Nations and World Economic Forum president.

The hacker claimed that the sale of the malware's source code made him "very rich", which experts suspect may be true.

Researchers spotted the extensions while investigating a recent suspicious spike in outbound network traffic from a customer's work station.

ARC-embedded processors are found in a wide range of internet-connected devices including cars, mobiles, TVs and cameras.

North Korean hackers have increasingly targeted cryptocurrency firms and users to generate funds for a country squeezed by sanctions and trade restrictions.

The malware is believed to have been created by a nation-state and has reportedly been publicly available online for nearly a month.

A US hospital has paid hackers $55,000 (£39,900) to restore control of its computer systems after they were infected with a strain of ransomware known as "SamSam".

Researchers say hackers are constantly looking to exploit anxious users, particularly during widely publicised events such as the recently disclosed Meltdown and Spectre flaws.

The latest attacks come as hackers increasingly target cryptocurrency using various nefarious methods amid the growing popularity and value of virtual currency.

The critical vulnerability in the popular Transmission BitTorrent app was exposed by Google Project Zero researchers.

This isn't the first time hackers have targeted crypto-related businesses and exchanges in recent months.

"We will show you the power of the Turk!" the hackers tweeted from the compromised accounts.

"The only differences, at least at first glance, are the misspelling of Telegram," security researchers warned.