This Week in Security News - July 16, 2021

Trends and Shifts in the Underground N-Day Exploit Market and Scams Make Getting Verified on Social Media a Minefield...

Microsoft, Adobe Exploits Top List of Crooks’ Wish List

A year-long study into the underground market for exploits in cybercriminal forums shows that crooks are salivating for Microsoft bugs, which are far and away the most requested and most sold exploits. According to researchers see chart below Microsoft products made up a whopping 47 percent of th...

Russian Hacker put up an Android Firefox Zero-Day Exploit for Sale

A Russian Exploit writer and underground Hacker who goes by the handle "fil9" put up an Android Firefox Zero-Day Exploit for Sale in an open Exploit Market. Author claims a Zero Day vulnerability in Firefox for Android, which works on Firefox versions 23/24/26 Nightly. The advertisement was spott...

ReVuln Emerges as New Player in Vulnerability Sales Market

It’s getting difficult these days to keep track of all of the companies, public and otherwise, that are buying and selling vulnerabilities or information on bugs, and now there’s another group on the scene: ReVuln. But, unlike other companies in the industry, ReVuln is mostly focusing its efforts...