zero-Day

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2022
Zero-day are exploited on a massive scale in increasingly shorter timeframes

Microsoft warns of an uptick among threat actors increasingly using publicly-disclosed zero-day exploits in their attacks. According to the Digital Defense Report published by Microsoft, threat actors are increasingly leveraging publicly-disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities to target organizations worldwide. The researchers noticed a reduction in the time between the announcement of a vulnerability and the commoditization of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2022
Actively exploited Windows Mark-of-the-Web zero-day received an unofficial patch

An unofficial patch for an actively exploited flaw in Microsoft Windows that allows to bypass Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) protections. 0patch released an unofficial patch to address an actively exploited security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that could allow bypassing Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) protections by using files signed with malformed signatures. The issue affects all supported and multiple legacy […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2022
Google fixes a new actively exploited Chrome zero-day, it is the seventh one this year

Google Thursday released an emergency patch for Chrome 107 to address the actively exploited zero-day vulnerability CVE-2022-3723. Google released an emergency update for the Chrome 107 to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-3723. The CVE-2022-3723 flaw is a type confusion issue that resides in the Chrome V8 Javascript engine. The flaw has been reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2022
Apple backports fixes for CVE-2022-42827 zero-day to older iPhones, iPads

Apple released updates to backport the recently released security patches for CVE-2022-42827 zero-day to older iPhones and iPads. Apple has released new security updates to backport security patches released this week to address actively exploited CVE-2022-42827 in older iPhones and iPads, addressing an actively exploited zero-day bug. Early this week, Apple addressed the ninth zero-day […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2022
Apple fixed the ninth actively exploited zero-day this year

Apple released security updates that addressed the ninth zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in the wild since the start of the year.  Apple has addressed the ninth zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks in the wild since the start of the year. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42827, is an out-of-bounds write issue that can be exploited by an attacker to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2022
Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day actively exploited in the wild

Security researchers are warning of a new Microsoft Exchange zero-day that are being exploited by malicious actors in the wild. Cybersecurity firm GTSC discovered two Microsoft Exchange zero-day vulnerabilities that are under active exploitation in attacks in the wild. Both flaws were discovered by the researchers as part of an incident response activity in August […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2022
Apple fixed the eighth actively exploited zero-day this year

Apple has addressed the eighth zero-day vulnerability that is actively exploited in attacks against iPhones and Macs since January. Apple has released security updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-32917, which is actively exploited in attacks against iPhone and Mac devices. This is the eighth zero-day vulnerability fixed by the IT giant since […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2022
Experts warn of attacks exploiting zero-day in WordPress BackupBuddy plugin

Threat actors are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in a WordPress plugin called BackupBuddy, Wordfence researchers warned. On September 6, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team was informed of a vulnerability being actively exploited in the BackupBuddy WordPress plugin. This plugin allows users to back up an entire WordPress installation, including theme files, pages, posts, widgets, users, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2022
Google rolled out emergency fixes to address actively exploited Chrome zero-day

Google rolled out emergency fixes to address a vulnerability in the Chrome web browser that is being actively exploited in the wild. Google on Friday released emergency fixes to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3075, in the Chrome web browser that is being actively exploited in the wild. The CVE-2022-3075 flaw is caused by insufficient data […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2022
Threat actors are stealing funds from General Bytes Bitcoin ATM

Threat actors have exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the General Bytes Bitcoin ATM servers to steal BTC from multiple customers. Threat actors have exploited a zero-day flaw in General Bytes Bitcoin ATM servers that allowed them to hijack transactions associated with deposits and withdrawal of funds. GENERAL BYTES is the world’s largest Bitcoin, Blockchain, and […]