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The Fallout Exploit has been distributing the GandCrab Ransomware for the past few weeks, but has now switched its payload to the Kraken Cryptor Ransomware. Kraken Cryptor is a Ransomware as a Service ...

The Sodinokibi Ransomware has been spotted being distributed through malvertising that redirects to the RIG exploit kit. With the use of exploit kits, Sodinokibi is now using a wide stream of vectors ...

A major JavaScript supply chain attack targeting crypto wallets through compromised GitHub packages has stolen only $1,043.

The RIG Exploit kit that infected 1.3 million devices a few years ago is back and it’s up to no good again. The RIG Exploit kit was responsible for infecting computers globally at a rate, on average, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thirteen people, including the creator of Blackhole, a popular exploit tool used to infect computers with malware, were arrested and charged in Russia with creating and participating in a criminal ...

A red-team framework released for penetration testing has become a weapon in the wild, repurposed by hackers to accelerate ...

The creator of a widely used cybercrime tool kit is going after more exclusive clientele by packaging expensive exploits into a pricier bundle being used to execute online extortion campaigns. Even ...

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 ...

Hackers backed by North Korea's government exploited a critical Chrome zero-day in an attempt to infect the computers of hundreds of people working in a wide range of industries, including the news ...