zero-Day

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2025
Zero-day broker Operation Zero offers up to $4 million for Telegram exploits

Russian zero-day broker Operation Zero is looking for exploits for the popular messaging app Telegram, offering up to $4 million for them. Operation Zero, a Russian zero-day broker, is offering up to $4 million for Telegram exploits, the news was first reported by Tech Crunch. The Russian firm seeks up to $500K for one-click RCE, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2025
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2025 fix six actively exploited zero-days

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2025 address 56 security vulnerabilities in its products, including six actively exploited zero-days. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2025 addressed 56 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, Azure, .NET and Visual Studio, Remote Desktop Services, DNS Server, and Hyper-V Server. This Patch […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2025
Apple fixed the third actively exploited zero-day of 2025

Apple addressed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24201, that has been exploited in “extremely sophisticated” cyber attacks. Apple has released emergency security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24201, in the WebKit cross-platform web browser engine. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write issue that was exploited in “extremely sophisticated” attacks. An attacker can […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2025
XE Group shifts from credit card skimming to exploiting zero-days

The cybercrime group XE Group exploited a VeraCore zero-day to deploy reverse shells, web shells in recent attacks. A recent investigation by researchers from Intezer and Solis Security shed light on the recent operations of the XE Group. Active since at least 2013, XE Group is a cybercriminal group focused on credit card skimming and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2025
Google fixed actively exploited kernel zero-day flaw

The February 2025 Android security updates addressed 48 vulnerabilities, including a kernel zero-day flaw exploited in the wild. The February 2025 Android security updates addressed 48 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-53104, which is actively exploited in attacks in the wild. “There are indications that CVE-2024-53104 may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” reads Google’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2025
Apple fixed the first actively exploited zero-day of 2025

Apple addressed the first zero-day vulnerability of 2025, which is actively exploited in attacks in the wild aimed at iPhone users. Apple released security updates to address 2025’s first zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24085, actively exploited in attacks targeting iPhone users. The vulnerability is a privilege escalation vulnerability that impacts the Core Media framework. “A malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2025
A new campaign is likely targeting a zero-day in Fortinet FortiGate firewalls

Experts warn of a new campaign targeting an alleged zero-day in Fortinet FortiGate firewalls with management interfaces exposed online. Arctic Wolf researchers observed a campaign targeting Fortinet FortiGate firewalls with exposed management interfaces, likely exploiting a zero-day vulnerability. Threat actors gained unauthorized access to network devices, created accounts, and modified configurations. Experts urge organizations to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2024
An X user claimed a 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability, but 7-Zip’s creator says is a fake

An X user using the handle @NSA_Employee39 disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in the open-source file archive software 7-Zip. A verified X account, @NSA_Employee39, claimed to disclose a zero-day vulnerability in the open-source file archive software 7-Zip. The X user announced it would be “dropping 0days all this week,” starting with an arbitrary code execution vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2024
Report claims that Serbian authorities abused Cellebrite tool to install NoviSpy spyware

Researchers warn of previously undetected surveillance spyware, named NoviSpy, that was found infecting a Serbian journalist’s phone. In February 2024, Serbian journalist Slaviša Milanov was summoned to a police station after a routine traffic stop. After the police released him, Milanov noticed suspicious changes to his phone settings, such as disabled data and Wi-Fi. Then […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2024
Palo Alto Networks confirmed active exploitation of recently disclosed zero-day

Palo Alto Networks confirmed active exploitation of a zero-day in its PAN-OS firewall and released new indicators of compromise (IoCs). Last week, Palo Alto Networks warned customers to limit access to their next-gen firewall management interface due to a potential remote code execution vulnerability (CVSSv4.0 Base Score: 9.3) in PAN-OS. The cybersecurity company had no […]