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Microsoft July 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 142 flaws, 4 zero-days
2024-07-09 17:52

Today is Microsoft's July 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 142 flaws, including two actively exploited and two publicly disclosed zero-days. [...]

Google now pays $250,000 for KVM zero-day vulnerabilities
2024-07-02 18:06

Google has launched kvmCTF, a new vulnerability reward program first announced in October 2023 to improve the security of the Kernel-based Virtual Machine hypervisor that comes with $250,000 bounties for full VM escape exploits. An active and key KVM contributor, Google developed kvmCTF as a collaborative platform to help identify and fix vulnerabilities, bolstering this vital security layer.

Chinese Hackers Exploiting Cisco Switches Zero-Day to Deliver Malware
2024-07-02 04:48

A China-nexus cyber espionage group named Velvet Ant has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Cisco NX-OS Software used in its switches to deliver malware. The vulnerability, tracked as...

Cisco warns of NX-OS zero-day exploited to deploy custom malware
2024-07-01 17:46

Cisco has patched an NX-OS zero-day exploited in April attacks to install previously unknown malware as root on vulnerable switches. "The threat actors gathered administrator-level credentials to gain access to Cisco Nexus switches and deploy a previously unknown custom malware that allowed them to remotely connect to compromised devices, upload additional files and execute malicious code."

Zero-Day Exploits Cheat Sheet: Definition, Examples & How It Works
2024-06-21 18:00

Highlights Zero-day exploits are vulnerabilities in software or hardware that are unknown to the vendor or developer, so there is no patch or fix available at the time of their discovery. The most infamous cases of zero-day exploits include the MOVEit and Stuxnet vulnerabilities.

Kraken Crypto Exchange Hit by $3 Million Theft Exploiting Zero-Day Flaw
2024-06-19 16:40

Crypto exchange Kraken revealed that an unnamed security researcher exploited an "extremely critical" zero-day flaw in its platform to steal $3 million in digital assets and refused to return...

Google Warns of Pixel Firmware Security Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day
2024-06-13 07:08

Google has warned that a security flaw impacting Pixel Firmware has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day. The high-severity vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-32896, has been described as an...

Ransomware crew may have exploited Windows make-me-admin bug as a zero-day
2024-06-12 22:10

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Google patches exploited Android zero-day on Pixel devices
2024-06-12 19:06

Google added a new CVE ID to track the Pixel fix for CVE-2024-29748, a vulnerability exploited by several forensics companies, as BleepingComputer reported in April. "It's fixed on Pixels with the June update and will be fixed on other Android devices when they eventually update to Android 15. If they don't update to Android 15, they probably won't get the fix, since it has not been backported. Not all patches are backported."

Google warns of actively exploited Pixel firmware zero-day
2024-06-12 19:06

Google has released patches for 50 security vulnerabilities impacting its Pixel devices and warned that one of them had already been exploited in targeted attacks as a zero-day. Google tagged 44 other security bugs in this month's Pixel update bulletin, seven of which are privilege escalation vulnerabilities considered critical and impact various subcomponents.