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Orbit Downloader by Innoshock is a popular browser add-on often used to download embedded videos from sites such as YouTube. But the popular add-on has disturbing hidden functions.

A hacker claims to have access to “the entire database of users on Twitter”, warning that “no account is safe”. He has leaked 15,000 account details via a file-sharing service as “proof” of his claims - although experts are skeptical.

Personal information for 14,000 U.S. Department of Energy employees has leaked in a data breach, according to the Wall Street Journal. It's the second major breach the Department has suffered this year.

Apps with a hidden “dark side” could sneak past Apple’s approval process, according to researchers at Georgia Tech. The researchers proved this theory using a malicious app which was approved and downloaded via App Store in March this year.

Most of us have faced cyber attacks sent by our best friends - Facebook "offers" they've clicked by accident, spamming everyone on their friends list, or Twitter stories they've shared without checking.

A Texas family were horrified by an apparent hacker attack in which a criminal was able to spy on their two-year-old daughter and insult her through an internet-connected webcam.

An infographic of recent healthcare IT security statistics paints a striking picture of much security work yet to be done, even as new medical privacy regulations go into effect.

Two video plug-ins for YouTube hijack users visits to the site and insert extra adverts - some of which are being hijacked by “malvertisers”, sending users to fake adverts which attempt to infect their PCs.