According to Patchstack, world’s #1 WordPress vulnerability intelligence provider, 7,966 new vulnerabilities were identified in the WordPress ecosystem in 2024; most of these bugs affected plugins and themes.

According to EclecticIQ, Black Basta Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) group has developed its own automated brute-forcing framework dubbed BRUTED. It’s used to hack edge network devices (e.g. firewalls and VPN).

According to Tenable, the AI chatbot DeepSeek R1 from China can be used to write malware (e.g. keyloggers and ransomware).

GreyNoise and Cisco Talos experts warn that hackers are actively exploiting CVE-2024-4577, a critical PHP-CGI vulnerability that was discovered and fixed in early June 2024.

According to Microsoft, nearly 1 million Windows devices fell victim to a sophisticated malvertising campaign in recent months. Cybercriminals were able to steal credentials, cryptocurrency, and sensitive information from infected workstations.

According to YouTube, scammers use an AI-generated video of the company’s CEO in phishing attacks to steal user credentials.

Last weekend, the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) had to disconnect all of its systems from the Internet to localize an attack targeting its IT infrastructure.