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Refugees, defectors and journalists who have escaped Pyongyang's clutches targeted by mobile malware via social networking and chat apps.

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

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.

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

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.

Hackers targeting February's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, using a booby-trapped Microsoft Word document to infect computers.

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

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.

The vulnerability shows how seemingly insignificant side-channels can exploited to infiltrate even strong smartphone security measures.

Users of the popular Chrome extension Archive Poster reported observing the change around the beginning of December.

Forever 21 has over 815 stores in 57 countries including the US, UK, Australia, China, India, Germany, Japan and Latin America.

UK-based Bitcoin exchange Exmo, took to Twitter to inform its users about having suffered a DDoS attack just days after one of its employees was kidnapped.

McAfee claims his Twitter account was used by unknown hackers to promote little-known cryptocurrencies.

"While these devices are never supposed to be exposed on the internet, we have shown that they can and will find their way directly on the internet," Trend Micro said.

The FBI reportedly purchased biometric data from a French firm, which contains code created by a Russian company with close ties to the Kremlin.

28-year-old Todd Michael Gori was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for threatening cyberattacks against a company.

The malware installs a Monero miner and a malicious Chrome extension, which helps it spread to other victims.

Security experts said that they detected a barrage of attacks exploiting the zero-day flaw, with the U.S., Italy, Germany and Egypt being hit the hardest.

The breach impacts Nissan's Canadian customers and may have involved hackers stealing extensive personal information.

Experts believe that the hackers were likely employed by a private company that was contracted by the Chinese military.

The WWE wrestler's private WhatsApp conversations and nude photos were also leaked by hackers just last month.

The hackers allegedly spoofed the website's domain and customers who unknowingly visited the fake site reportedly had their funds stolen.

North Korea said Thursday (20 December) that a US accusation that it was behind a major ransomware attack was a "grave political provocation" and vowed to retaliate.

Symantec has warned that user interest, paired with detection by security firms, will "trigger a new arms race between cybercriminals and defenders".

"This case illustrates the Crime-as-a-Service (CaaS) model, as the services were offered to any criminal online," Europol said.

A new strain of Android malware has the ability to pose as more than 2,200 banks – including Santander and Barclays – in order to steal passwords and empty accounts.

Some sites have found a new way to make money from you: using your computer to generate virtual currencies.