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Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 fix 2 Zero-Days actively exploited

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 address 55 vulnerabilities in multiple products and warn of two actively exploited issues. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 addressed a total of 55 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components, Azure, Azure RTOS, Azure Sphere, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Exchange Server, Microsoft Office […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2021
White hat hackers earn over $1 Million at Pwn2Own Austin 2021

The Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Austin 2021 hacking contest has ended, and participants earned $1,081,250 for 61 zero-day flaws. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Austin 2021 hacking contest has ended, the participants earned a total of $1,081,250 for 61 zero-day exploits. The participants compromised NAS devices, mobile phones, printers, routers, and speakers from Canon, Cisco, HP, NETGEAR, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2021
Google fixes actively exploited Zero-Day Kernel flaw in Android

Google’s Android November 2021 security updates address a zero-day vulnerability in the Kernel that is actively exploited in the wild. Google’s Android November 2021 security updates addressed 18 vulnerabilities in the framework and system components and 18 issues in the kernel and vendor components. One of these issues, tracked as CVE-2021-1048, is a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2021
Google fixes 2 new actively exploited zero-day flaws in Chrome

Google has released Chrome 95.0.4638.69 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. Google has released Chrome 95.0.4638.69 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2021-38000 and CVE-2021-38003, actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Google fixed a total of seven vulnerabilities with the latest release […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2021
Apple silently fixed iOS zero-day without crediting the expet who reported it

Apple has silently addressed a zero-day vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain access to sensitive user data. Apple has silently addressed zero-day vulnerability with the release of iOS 15.0.2, the vulnerability could allow attackers gain access to sensitive user information. The flaw was reported to the IT giant by software developers Denis Tokarev seven […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2021
Chinese APT IronHusky use Win zero-day in recent wave of attacks

A Chinese-speaking hacking group exploited a Windows zero-day vulnerability in a wave of attacks on defense and IT businesses. A Chinese-speaking hacking group exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Win32k kernel driver to deploy a new remote access trojan (RAT), tracked as MysterySnail. The attacks were conducted between late August and early September 2021 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2021
Google addressed the eleventh Chrome zero-day flaw this year

Google released a Chrome emergency update for Windows, Mac, and Linux that addresses a high-severity zero-day flaw exploited in the wild. Google has released Chrome 94.0.4606.61 for Windows, Mac, and Linux that addresses a high-severity zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-37973) exploited in the wild. An attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on systems running vulnerable Chrome versions. This vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2021
Researcher released PoC exploit code for 3 iOS zero-day issues

Researcher release PoC exploit code for three iOS zero-day flaws after Apple delayed addressing them and did not credit him. An unknown researcher publicly released on GitHub proof-of-concept exploit code for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities and one flaw addressed by Apple in July. The experts discovered the four zero-day issues between March 10 and May […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2021
Apple addresses a new zero-day exploited to deploy the NSO Pegasus spyware

Apple has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by threat actors in attacks in the wild to take over iPhones and Macs. Apple has released security updates to address three zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks in the wild to compromise iPhones and Macs running vulnerable iOS and macOS versions. Apple confirmed that at least one of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2021
A zero-day flaw allows to run arbitrary commands on macOS systems

Security researchers disclosed a new zero-day flaw in Apple’s macOS Finder that can allow attackers to run arbitrary commands on Macs. Independent security researcher Park Minchan disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in Apple’s macOS Finder that can be exploited by attackers to run arbitrary commands on Mac systems running any macOS version. The flaw is due […]