zero-Day

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2020
Google reported that Microsoft failed to fix a Windows zero-day flaw

Google’s Project Zero experts publicly disclosed details of an improperly patched zero-day code execution vulnerability in Windows. White hat hackers at Google’s Project Zero team has publicly disclosed details of an improperly patched zero-day vulnerability in Windows. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-0986, resides in the Print Spooler API and could be exploited by a threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2020
Zero-day exploit used to hack iPhones of Al Jazeera employees

Tens of Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. Researchers from Citizen Lab reported that at least 36 Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. The attackers used an […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2020
HPE discloses critical zero-day in Systems Insight Manager

HPE has disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in the latest versions of its HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) software for both Windows and Linux. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has disclosed a zero-day remote code execution flaw that affects the latest versions of its HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) software for Windows and Linux. HPE SIM is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2020
WordPress Easy WP SMTP zero-day potentially exposes hundreds of thousands of sites to hack

Threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the popular Easy WP SMTP WordPress plugin installed on more than 500,000 sites. Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the popular Easy WP SMTP WordPress plugin to reset passwords for admin accounts. The SMTP WordPress plugin is installed on more than 500,000 sites, but […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2020
Interview with Massimiliano Brolli, Head of TIM Red Team Research

Interview with Massimiliano Brolli, Head of TIM Red Team Research, which is a team of experts that focus on zero-day hunting. For some time now we have been witnessing a series of undocumented vulnerabilities issued by a TIM IT Security laboratory called Red Team Research RTR, which already has 31 new CVEs to date in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2020
A zero-day in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 has yet to be fixed

Researcher discovers a zero-day vulnerability in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 while he was working on a Windows security tool. The French security researcher Clément Labro discovered a zero-day vulnerability was discovered while the security researcher was working on an update Windows security tool. The researcher was developing his own Windows privilege escalation enumeration […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2020
VMware discloses critical zero-day CVE-2020-4006 in Workspace One

VMware discloses a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2020-4006) in multiple VMware Workspace One components and released a workaround to address it. VMware has released a workaround to address a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-4006, that affects multiple VMware Workspace One components. The flaw could be exploited by attackers to execute commands on the host Linux […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2020
Google addresses two new Chrome zero-day flaws

Google has released Chrome version 86.0.4240.198 that addresses two additional zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in the wild. Google has addressed two zero-day vulnerabilities, actively exploited in the wild, with the release of Chrome version 86.0.4240.198. The IT giant has fixed a total of five Chrome zero-day vulnerabilities in only three weeks. Both zero-day flaws, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2020
Google fixes the second zero-day in Chrome in 2 weeks actively exploited

Google released Chrome 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix 10 security vulnerabilities, including an RCE zero-day exploited in the wild. Google has released Chrome 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac, and Linux that address ten security vulnerabilities including a remote code execution (RCE) zero-day (CVE-2020-16009) exploited by threat actors in the wild. The RCE is […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2020
Google discloses unpatched Windows zero-day exploited in the wild

Google researchers disclosed today a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows operating system that is currently under active exploitation. Security researchers from Google have disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows operating system, tracked as CVE-2020-17087, that is currently under active exploitation. Ben Hawkes, team lead for Google Project Zero team, revealed on Twitter that the vulnerability […]