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DEF CON 2018: Apple 0-Day (Re)Opens Door to ‘Synthetic’ Mouse-Click Attack

2018-08-12 17:00

Apple 0-Day allows hackers to mimic mouse-clicks for kernel access, despite mitigations.

News URL

https://threatpost.com/def-con-2018-apple-0-day-reopens-door-to-synthetic-mouse-click-attack/134951/

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VENDOR	LAST 12M	#/PRODUCTS	LOW	MEDIUM	HIGH	CRITICAL	TOTAL VULNS
Apple		70	245	1597	2293	264	4399

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