Apple patches another iOS zero-day under attack (CVE-2023-42824)

Apple has released a security update for iOS and iPadOS to fix another zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-42824) exploited in the wild. About CVE-2023-42824 CVE-2023-42824 is a kernel vulnerability that could allow a local threat actor to elevate its pri… Continue reading Apple patches another iOS zero-day under attack (CVE-2023-42824)

Critical Atlassian Confluence zero-day exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-22515)

Atlassian has fixed a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-22515) in Confluence Data Center and Server that is being exploited in the wild. “Atlassian has been made aware of an issue reported by a handful of customers where external attacker… Continue reading Critical Atlassian Confluence zero-day exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-22515)

Qualcomm patches 3 actively exploited zero-days

Qualcomm has fixed three actively exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-33106, CVE-2023-33107, CVE-2023-33063) in its Adreno GPU and Compute DSP drivers. Vulnerabilities exploited in Qualcomm GPU and DSP drivers The US-based semiconductor company has bee… Continue reading Qualcomm patches 3 actively exploited zero-days

Critical vulnerability in WS_FTP Server exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-40044)

Progress Software, the company behind the recently hacked MOVEit file-sharing tool, has recently fixed two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-40044, CVE-2023-42657) in WS_FTP Server, another popular secure file transfer solution. Proof-of-concept code … Continue reading Critical vulnerability in WS_FTP Server exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-40044)

Most dual ransomware attacks occur within 48 hours

Since July 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has noticed a new trend: dual ransomware attacks on the same victim, occurring in close proximity of one another. Dual ransomware attacks Dual ransomware attacks are when against the same victi… Continue reading Most dual ransomware attacks occur within 48 hours

Malicious ads creep into Bing Chat responses

Users of Bing Chat, the GPT-4-powered search engine Microsoft introduced earlier this year, are being targeted with ads leading to malware. According to Malwarebytes researchers, searching for Advanced IP Scanner (network-scanning software) or MyCase (… Continue reading Malicious ads creep into Bing Chat responses

Yet another Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild! (CVE-2023-5217)

Google has fixed another critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-5217) in Chrome that is being exploited in the wild. About CVE-2023-5217 The vulnerability is caused by a heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx – a video codec library fr… Continue reading Yet another Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild! (CVE-2023-5217)

New twist on ZeroFont phishing technique spotted in the wild

Cybercriminals are leveraging the ZeroFont technique to trick users into trusting phishing emails, SANS ISC handler Jan Kopriva has warned. The ZeroFont phishing attack Documented and named by Avanan in 2018, the ZeroFont technique involves using text … Continue reading New twist on ZeroFont phishing technique spotted in the wild

Fake Bitwarden installation packages delivered RAT to Windows users

Windows users looking to install the Bitwarden password manager may have inadvertently installed a remote access trojan (RAT). The ZenRAT malware A malicious website spoofing Bitwarden’s legitimate one (located at bitwariden[.]com) has been offer… Continue reading Fake Bitwarden installation packages delivered RAT to Windows users