When we talk to people whose computers have been infected, they often ask how it happened. In a growing number of cases, they have been doing nothing more than reading a news website or browsing for ...

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Cybercriminals are taking a page from the software-as-a-service playbook: they’re now selling exploit kits complete with hosting services, with customers paying for the length of time the exploits are ...

Another threat group using an Android exploit kit, and a backdoor that targets both Android and Windows users, could easily slip under your reading radar. After all, there are just so many ...

The creators of a Web-based attack tool called Angler Exploit Kit have added an exploit for a known vulnerability in Microsoft’s Silverlight browser plug-in to the tool’s arsenal. Exploit kits are ...

A newly identified cyber-threat operation is using a known exploit kit to target security vulnerabilities in the popular WeChat app, to deliver previously unreported spyware to both Android and ...

Attackers are using compromised websites to exploit a new and currently unpatched vulnerability in Flash Player, a malware researcher has reported. The new exploit was observed in drive-by-download ...

The U.S. Department of State and the Secret Service have announced a reward of $2,500,000 for information leading to Belarusian national Volodymyr Kadariya (Владимир Кадария) for cybercrime activities ...

The State Department has placed a bounty of up to $2.5 million on information leading to Volodymyr Kedariya’s arrest. The US Department of State is offering a reward of $2.5 million for information ...

In a significant development impacting the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, the decentralized exchange SushiSwap (CRYPTO: SHUSHI) has reportedly fallen victim to a front-end exploit. Matthew ...

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