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Trump administration vowed that Pyongyang would be held accountable for a May cyberattack that affected 150 countries - but what can it do?

Security experts have linked the malware to the Sphinx cyberespionage campaign, which saw APT-C-15 hacker group target PC users in the Middle East.

Zachary Buchta admitted to running a phone-bombing scheme that let customers pay to target someone with relentless, harassing phone calls.

The South Korean Bitcoin exchange was first hacked in April, which saw hackers steal nearly 4,000 Bitcoins, now worth over $70m.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency warned that China is allegedly using social networks to try to cultivate lawmakers and other officials as sources.

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

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

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

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.

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

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