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Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2024
Threat actors may have exploited a zero-day in older iPhones, Apple warns

Apple rolled out urgent security updates to address code execution vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads, and macOS. Apple released urgent security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads, macOS. The company also warns of a vulnerability patched in March that the company believes may have been exploited as a zero-day. The issue impacts older iPhone […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2024
Apple warns of mercenary spyware attacks on iPhone users in 92 countries

Apple is warning iPhone users in over 90 countries of targeted mercenary spyware attacks, Reuters agency reported. Apple is alerting iPhone users in 92 countries about mercenary spyware attacks, reported Reuters. Reuters only mentioned India as one of the countries where users were targeted by the attacks. According to a threat notification email sent to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2024
Apple emergency security updates fix two new iOS zero-days

Apple released emergency security updates to address two new iOS zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild against iPhone users. Apple released emergency security updates to address two iOS zero-day vulnerabilities, respectively tracked as CVE-2024-23225 and CVE-2024-23296, that were exploited in attacks against iPhone devices. CVE-2024-23225 is a Kernel memory corruption flaw, the company addressed it […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2023
Operation Triangulation attacks relied on an undocumented hardware feature

Experts discovered that Operation Triangulation targeting Apple iOS devices leveraged an undocumented hardware feature. Researchers from the Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky discovered that threat actors behind the Operation Triangulation exploited an undocumented hardware feature to target Apple iOS devices. In early June, Kaspersky uncovered a previously unknown APT group that is targeting iOS devices with zero-click exploits as part […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2023
Apple released iOS 17.2 to address a dozen of security flaws

Apple rolled out emergency security updates to backport patches for two actively exploited zero-day flaws to older devices. The company released iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 which address a dozen of security flaws. The most severe flaw is a memory corruption issue that resides in the ImageIO. Successful exploitation of the flaw may lead to arbitrary code […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2023
Experts demonstrate a post-exploitation tampering technique to display Fake Lockdown mode

Researchers devised a new post-exploitation tampering technique to trick users into believing that their iPhone is in Lockdown Mode. Researchers from Jamf Threat Labs devised a new post-exploit tampering technique to trick users that their compromised iPhone is running in Lockdown Mode while they are performing malicious activities. The researchers pointed out that the issue […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2023
Apple releases iOS 16 update to fix CVE-2023-42824 on older devices

Apple released versions iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1 to address the CVE-2023-42824 vulnerability that has been actively exploited in attacks. Apple has released iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1 to address the recently disclosed zero-day CVE-2023-42824. The vulnerability is a privilege escalation issue that resides in the Kernel, it was addressed with improved checks. Last week, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2023
Apple fixed the 17th zero-day flaw exploited in attacks

Apple released emergency security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability impacting iPhone and iPad devices. Apple released emergency security updates to address a new zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-42824, that is exploited in attacks targeting iPhone and iPad devices. The vulnerability is a privilege escalation issue that resides in the Kernel, it was addressed […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2023
Russian zero-day broker is willing to pay $20M for zero-day exploits for iPhones and Android devices

A Russian zero-day broker is willing to pay $20 million for zero-day exploits for iPhones and Android mobile devices. The Russian zero-day broker firm Operation Zero is increasing payouts for top-tier mobile exploits. The company is willing to pay up to $20,000,000 for zero-day exploits for iPhone and Android devices. The Russian company pointed out […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2023
The iPhone of a Russian journalist was infected with the Pegasus spyware

The iPhone of a prominent Russian journalist, who is at odds with Moscow, was infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The iPhone of the Russian journalist Galina Timchenko was compromised with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. A joint investigation conducted by Access Now and the Citizen Lab revealed that the journalist, who is at odds with the Russian government, […]