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

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.

Over the past few years, DDoS attacks have become more sophisticated, common and cheaper to carry out as a popular tool in cybercriminals' arsenal.

The disclosure comes several days after users who purchased products on OnePlus' website reported credit card fraud earlier this month.

A 21-year-old computer hacker from the UK who made more than $700,000 by selling malware on the dark web has been jailed after being found guilty of multiple cybercrime charges.

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".

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

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.

Skygofree dubbed "one of the most powerful spyware tools" ever spotted exposed by cybersecurity researchers.

The website was abruptly shut down in January 2017 leading many to believe the service was raided by law enforcement.

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

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus has launched an investigation after a number of customers who used its website to purchase products complained of attempted fraud.

A US hospital has been forced to shut down its computer systems for days after criminal hackers infected its network with file-locking ransomware and demanded payment.

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.

Malicious code that displays pornographic advertising on Android applications, including several intended for use by children, has been found lurking in 60 gaming apps.

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.