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A number of Bluetooth implementation vulnerabilities known as "BlueBorne" has been released. These vulnerabilities collectively affect Windows, OS X, and Linux-kernel-based operating systems including Android and Tizen.

A new botnet has emerged with 15,000 infected Windows hosts taking advantage of an array of weak security practices. The botnet is currently used for cryptocurrency mining, making the attacker over $1000 per day.

BrickerBot is a Permanent Denial-of-Service (PDoS) cyber-attack that compromises IoT devices to permanently corrupt their storage.

Researchers from Google's Project Zero have discovered vulnerabilities in Broadcom's Wi-Fi chips which can allow a remote attacker to gain code execution on the chip with the added possibility of privilege escalation into the operating system kernel.

Leaked documents have detailed a malicious software codenamed ‘Brutal Kangaroo’ which can be used to infect targets' air-gapped computers with malware.

It has been discovered that the maintenance application, CCleaner has been delivering Floxif - a family of malware which collects data from infected systems.

Cerber is a family of ransomware, offered as a service which was first discovered in 2016. A recent campaign has been identified which has seen the ransomware delivered via Nemucod.

A new trojan named CertLock has been identified which is designed to stop security applications from running by disallowing security vendor certificates.

A new mobile ransomware has been discovered, hidden in an app called EnergyRescue on the Google Play store. Charger is a zero-day mobile ransomware application.

A code vulnerability has been discovered in the Cherwell Portal which, if exploited, allows standard portal users (Portal Customers) to view more than their own records.