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The attackers were able to steal all the bitcoins stored in the bank’s “hot wallet” - the portion of its funds on computers accessible via the internet - due to a transaction flaw in its code.

When someone says “data privacy” most people think about the information that is available on sites like Google and Facebook, or stored away in some marketing database. But when it comes to very private information, there are few things most of us would be more horrified to find floating around on the Internet than our medical data.

More than 300,000 wireless routers worldwide are under the control of an unknown group of cybercriminals, who have made malicious changes to the devices' settings - and the attack is part of a "growing trend", researchers claim.

Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox has admitted that nearly $500 million in bitcoin has “disappeared”, in a new statement posted online - as chunks of computer code have appeared on Pastebin which appear to be part of the backend for the site.

Yet another innovative tech support scam, using Netflix phishing to get remote access to the victim's system.

Networking giant Cisco has launched a “grand challenge” to invent a security solution for the “internet of things” - a broad term used to describe connected devices from industrial equipment to cars to smart home appliances.

CIA Director John Brennan says that connected appliances and networked vehicles will make the agency’s job harder - with more systems to protect, and more platforms which could be used to launch attacks.

Phishing is unique among cyber attacks - it doesn’t rely on weaknesses in computer software, or new vulnerabilities - it relies, initially at least, on human gullibility. Our guide offers advice on how to avoid the latest scams - and why tablet and smartphone users need to stay alert.

A virus designed to infect Wi-Fi networks can spread through cities “as efficiently as the common cold spreads between humans”, researchers at the University of Liverpool have found.