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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.

OSX MaMi is a DNS hijacker but also features a slew of other malicious capabilities, security researchers said.

The fake article appeared on the All Whites' official website claiming his resignation was effective immediately.

The data-stealing malware is also capable of performing click ad frauds, remote command execution, sending SMS and more.

Researchers presented their findings at the Real World Cryptosecurity conference in Zurich.

The malicious banking malware has been spotted targeting users in Russia and other Russian-speaking countries.

"We greatly regret this error and we apologise to all Mac users," Apple said in a statement.

Netflix users are being warned to avoid clicking on suspicious email links after a phishing scam was uncovered that security experts say is designed to steal credit card details.

A Twitter profile linked to suspected Russian hackers, which last year pushed out stolen health documents of Olympic athletes, resurfaced on Wednesday - leaking files.

The group has been using this attack technique in campaigns since at least July 2016, ESET researchers said.

The attacks are thought to have begun after a security researcher published a proof-of-concept exploit in December.

The Meltdown and Spectre flaws affect nearly every modern processor and impact a range of devices such as computers, smartphones, tablets and servers.

Although Twitter is no stranger to phishing scams, the latest incident does highlight serious flaws in Twitter's ad approval system.

Researcher Arnau Code said he has already successfully tested the CoffeeMiner attack in real-life scenarios including in cafes.

"It's not clear if we're looking at an early test of an attack, or part of a 'legitimate' mining operation," researchers said.

Florida's AHCA said one of its employees fell victim to a "malicious phishing email" late last year.

Since the source code for version 2.0.8.9 of the ZeuS trojan was leaked in 2011, other threat actors have taken inspiration from the malicious code.

Android users should be on alert for a new malware variant posing as ride hailing app Uber in an attempt to steal passwords, security researchers warn.

Users are even asked to sign and agree to an end-user licence agreement (EULA) that describes the information to be gathered and used by the app.

The vulnerable GPS services are exposing location data, phone numbers, device model, IMEI numbers, photos and more.

"When an IoT exploit becomes freely available, it hardly takes much time for threat actors to up their arsenal," NewSky Security warned.

The zero-day vulnerability is a local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw and can only be exploited when the attacker has local access to the targeted device.