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The new malware variant indicates that the hacking group is still active and continues to improve their product, researchers said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 19, 2017

The attribution, reportedly supported by private security firms and the UK, serves as an aggressive move for the Trump administration.

India Ashok Dec 19, 2017

British firms are stockpiling cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and ethereum so they can pay off hackers in the event of a ransomware or malware attack.

Jason Murdock Dec 18, 2017

While most of the names and some information in the Jacobs letter have been redacted, the letter outlines some shady unlawful activities within Uber's "ThreatOps" division.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 18, 2017

Russian authorities are currently working to create a legal framework to regulate virtual currencies as their value and interest continues to boom.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 16, 2017

Moscow had dismissed hacking allegations as "baseless" while Trump has continued to denounce the ongoing Russia probe as a "witch hunt".

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 16, 2017

Security experts believe that the prolific hacker group has launched a phishing campaign against cryptocurrency companies.

India Ashok Dec 16, 2017

David Chukwuneke Adindu tricked victims into wiring millions of dollars into bank accounts he opened in China.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 16, 2017

The malware surreptitiously harvests victims' credit card data, by conducting man-in-the-middle attacks.

India Ashok Dec 16, 2017

Security experts suspect the malware, which has already been used against a target in the Middle East, was created by state-sponsored hackers.

India Ashok Dec 15, 2017

Researchers found that around 27 of the top 100 most popular websites, as ranked by Alexa, were vulnerable to the ROBOT exploit.

India Ashok Dec 14, 2017

Anonymous' call to arms to hacktivists across the world – hack, deface, dox, hijack, leak and DDoS any target linked to US and Israeli government.

India Ashok Dec 14, 2017

Jha, a 21-year-old computer science student at Rutgers University, admitted to writing and implementing the Mirai code in July 2016.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 14, 2017

Alongside the rest of the world, experts warn that North Korea is likely profiting from the rise of bitcoin, a cryptocurrency the regime has been hacking, stealing and mining.

Jason Murdock Dec 13, 2017

Anonymous will reportedly launch a "destructive" cyberattack against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website in protest of plans to dismantle net neutrality

Jason Murdock Dec 13, 2017

The threat actors even provide instructions on how to download and use the Tor browser to access the payment site.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 13, 2017

Numerous companies and websites have been found running similar code on their own sites to covertly generate digital currencies as an alternative to advertising.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 13, 2017

A Google researcher had teased the release of the exploit last week, inflaming the infosec community about the potential uses of the tool.

India Ashok Dec 12, 2017

"This experience of searching and finding passwords within this database is as scary as it is shocking," researchers said.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 12, 2017

The Vietnamese hacker has previously compromised numerous Vietnamese websites including those of telecom firms, banks and an online military newspaper.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 11, 2017

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

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 09, 2017

The week in cybersecurity was largely dominated by cryptocurrency. That's unsurprising, given that bitcoin spiked in value, reaching $17,000 at one point.

Jason Murdock Dec 09, 2017

The trojan's varied capabilities include disabling the light indicator on the webcam and even triggering the Blue Screen of Death if anyone tries to shut down the process.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Dec 09, 2017

The critical remote code execution flaws have not been exploited in the wild and Microsoft has already issued a patch for them.

India Ashok Dec 09, 2017

A Google security researcher tweeted about dropping a powerful iOS 11 tool, which the infosec community reportedly suspects may allow a full iPhone jailbreak.

India Ashok Dec 08, 2017

The then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanic was reoprtedly aware of the breach and the bug bounty payment, which was made in November 2016.

India Ashok Dec 08, 2017

Major banking applications used by HSBC, NatWest and Co-op had potential to let hackers steal usernames and passwords of account holders.

Jason Murdock Dec 07, 2017

The state-sponsored hackers used Israeli-made spyware to spy targets residing in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Australia, India and others.

India Ashok Dec 07, 2017

Hackers have reportedly threatened to leak more explicit photos of the wrestler in an upcoming Fappening-like leak.

Staff Reporter Dec 07, 2017

The data leak is caused by the website's flawed default security settings, leaving users vulnerable to blackmail and hacking.

India Ashok Dec 07, 2017