Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2018
The security researcher SandboxEscaper has released the proof-of-concept exploit code for a new Windows zero-day, Windows users are now exposed to attacks. The security researcher using the Twitter handle @SandboxEscaper is back and has released the proof-of-concept exploit code for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability. At the end of August, the same researcher disclosed the details of zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2018
A Windows zero-day flaw addressed by Microsoft with its latest Patch Tuesday updates is exploited by an APT group in attacks aimed at entities in the Middle East. The Windows zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-8453 is a privilege escalation flaw that was exploited by an APT group in attacks against entities in the Middle East. The flaw, tracked as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2018
A security researcher from Trend Micro Security Research team disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft Windows. The researcher Lucas Leong of the Trend Micro Security Research team publicly disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft Windows. The flaw is an out-of-bounds (OOB) write in the JET Database Engine […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2018
Zero-day broker Zerodium has disclosed a NoScript vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Tor Browser. Zero-day broker Zerodium has disclosed a NoScript vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Tor Browser. NoScript is a popular Firefox extension that protects users against malicious scripts, it only allows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2018
Security researchers from the opatch community released a micropatch for the recently disclosed Windows zero-day vulnerability. A few days ago, the security researcher who handles the Twitter account @SandboxEscaper has disclosed the details of zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoftâs Windows operating systems that could be exploited by a local attacker or malicious program to obtain system privileges […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2018
A security researcher has publicly disclosed the details of zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all Microsoft’s Windows operating systems A security researcher who handles the Twitter account @SandboxEscaper has disclosed the details of zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoft’s Windows operating systems that could be exploited by a local attacker or malicious program to obtain system privileges on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2018
Microsoft published technical details of 2 zero-days that have been recently discovered after someone uploaded a weaponized PDF file to VirusTotal. Security researchers from Microsoft have published technical details of two zero-day vulnerabilities that have been recently discovered after someone uploaded a weaponized PDF file to VirusTotal. The two issues were addressed by Microsoft with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 07, 2018
Adobe has recently fixed several vulnerabilities, including the CVE-2018-5002 Flash Zero-Day exploited in targeted attacks in the Middle East Adobe has released security updates for Flash Player that address four vulnerabilities, including a critical issue (CVE-2018-5002) that has been exploited in targeted attacks mainly aimed at entities in the Middle East. The CVE-2018-5002 vulnerability, reported by researchers at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2018
Cyber criminals recently added the code for the CVE-2018-8174 Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability to the infamous RIG exploit kit. Crooks recently added the code for an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability to the infamous RIG exploit kit. The Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-8174, was first discovered a few weeks ago, it affects VBScript implemented in Internet Explorer and Microsoft […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2018
A North Korea-linked APT group, tracked as Andariel Group, leveraged an ActiveX zero-day vulnerability in targeted attacks against South Korean entities. According to a report published by South Korean cyber-security firm AhnLab, the Andariel Group is a division of the dreaded Lazarus APT Group, it already exploited ActiveX vulnerabilities in past attacks The attackers exploited at […]
