Cybercrime & Digital Threats

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.

5 years after the Ashley Madison breach, cybercriminals still capitalize on the incident by introducing a new sextortion scheme.

Cybercriminals used the 2019-nCoV scare to trick people into downloading email attachments that carry the Emotet malware.

Cybercriminals were found selling over 30 million credit card details from around 40K U.S. states and 100 countries.

The Interpol, together with the Indonesian National Police, announced the arrest of three Indonesian men suspected of being behind Magecart attacks.

Google indefinitely suspends extensions that use the Chrome Web Store payments while Mozilla bans 197 add-ons in a quest to halt fraudulent activities.

Over 2,000 WordPress sites were compromised by a malicious script that redirects visitors to scam sites, gains admin access, and installs fake plugins.