Cybercrime & Digital Threats

Fake dating apps were cited as one of the most notable sources of #malware in Africa, with 7,000 attacks detected in 2019.

Before, the Emotet malware mostly spread through spam campaigns. Now, it can also propagate via Wi-Fi.

Over 30K records of US inmates were inadvertently exposed through a leaky AWS S3 cloud storage bucket.

In a quest to clamp down on synthetic and manipulated media, Youtube and Twitter ban deepfakes.

Trend Micro researchers detect a spam campaign targeting South Korea. Cybercriminals send out emails written as a notice from the Korean Fair Trade Commission.

Trickbot and Emotet were concealed by using text from articles about #Trump and placing them in the file metadata.

Researchers discovered a vulnerability in smart light bulbs that can allow hackers to install malware and infect other IoT devices.

Vulnerable video surveillance storage systems are exploited by the two Mirai variants, SORA and UNSTABLE.

US government contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) was infected with Ryuk ransomware, compromising web servers and subsidiary websites.