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The European Parliament has switched off its public Wi-Fi system after an anonymous hacker broke into the personal emails of several Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from outside the building, using only a laptop.

A large-scale “heist” targeting Bitcoin site BIPS led to the theft of $1 million in Bitcoin - the second such major attack this month. BIPS was blasted with a massive DDoS attack two days before the theft on November 15.

A major British horse racing website has been hit by an “aggressive” and “malicious” cyber attack - and user details have leaked, including some passwords which the owners warn “could be deciphered.”

The company, E-Sports Entertainment, served up malware which used PCs to mine Bitcoins, an attack which earned $3,602. The malware was delivered surreptitiously alongside the company's official client.

Dating site Cupid Media left personal details and plain text passwords for 42 million users exposed after an attack earlier this year. The details included names, emails and birthdays for users of the dating service, according to reporter Brian Krebs.

In the first of a series of guest blog posts AV industry veteran Graham Cluley voices his opinion on how security has changed - and the changes we all need to make for the future.

By the middle of May, users around the world started to receive messages from their contacts through different instant-messaging applications, such as Skype and Gtalk - an attack that showed off how age-old techniques can ensnare thousands of users. Here, we analyze this attack.

CME, described by Bloomberg as the world’s largest futures trader, said in a statement that “to date” there was no evidence that the unknown attackers had affected trades on CME Globex, but customer information had leaked.