Google uncovers new iOS security feature Apple quietly added after zero-day attacks

Google Project Zero on Thursday disclosed details of a new security mechanism that Apple quietly added to iOS 14 as a countermeasure to prevent attacks that were recently found to leverage zero-days in its messaging app. Dubbed "BlastDoor," the improved sandbox system for iMessage data was...

Google uncovers new iOS security feature Apple quietly added after zero-day attacks

Google Project Zero on Thursday disclosed details of a new security mechanism that Apple quietly added to iOS 14 as a countermeasure to prevent attacks that were recently found to leverage zero-days in its messaging app. Dubbed "BlastDoor ," the improved sandbox system for iMessage data was...

Apple Patches Three Actively Exploited Zero-Days, Part of iOS Emergency Update

Apple continues to put out potential security fires by patching zero-day vulnerabilities, releasing an emergency update this week to patch three more recently discovered in iOS after a major software update in November already fixed three that were being actively exploited. The newly patched bugs...

Apple Warns of 3 iOS Zero-Day Security Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

Apple on Tuesday released updates for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS with fixes for three security vulnerabilities that it says may have been actively exploited in the wild. Reported by an anonymous researcher, the three zero-day flaws — CVE-2021-1782, CVE-2021-1870, and CVE-2021-1871 — could have allowed...

Apple Warns of 3 iOS Zero-Day Security Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

Apple on Tuesday released updates for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS with fixes for three security vulnerabilities that it says may have been actively exploited in the wild. Reported by an anonymous researcher, the three zero-day flaws — CVE-2021-1782, CVE-2021-1870, and CVE-2021-1871 — could have allowed...

FannyBMP or DementiaWheel Detection Registry Check

This module searches for the Fanny.bmp worm related reg keys. fannybmp is a worm that exploited zero day vulns more specifically, the LNK Exploit CVE-2010-2568. Which allowed it to spread even if USB Autorun was turned off. This is the same exploit that was used in StuxNet. Module Options msf use...

North Korea Targets Security Researchers in Elaborate 0-Day Campaign

Hackers linked to North Korea are targeting security researchers with an elaborate social-engineering campaign that sets up trusted relationships with them — and then infects their organizations’ systems with custom backdoor malware. That’s according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group TAG, which...

SonicWall Breach Stems from ‘Probable’ Zero-Days

UPDATE SonicWall is investigating “probable” zero-day flaws in its remote access security products that have been targeted by “highly-sophisticated” attackers. The company says it is investigating the attack and will update customers within 24 hours. The security company said it is currently...

Exclusive: SonicWall Hacked Using 0-Day Bugs In Its Own VPN Product

SonicWall, a popular internet security provider of firewall and VPN products, on late Friday disclosed that it fell victim to a coordinated attack on its internal systems. The San Jose-based company said the attacks leveraged zero-day vulnerabilities in SonicWall secure remote access products suc...

Exclusive: SonicWall Hacked Using 0-Day Bugs In Its Own VPN Product

SonicWall, a popular internet security provider of firewall and VPN products, on late Friday disclosed that it fell victim to a coordinated attack on its internal systems. The San Jose-based company said the attacks leveraged zero-day vulnerabilities in SonicWall secure remote access products suc...

Sophisticated Hacks Against Android, Windows Reveal Zero-Day Trove

Google researchers have detailed a major hacking campaign that was detected in early 2020, which mounted a series of sophisticated attacks, some using zero-day flaws, against Windows and Android platforms. Working together, researchers from Google Project Zero and the Google Threat Analysis Group...

Microsoft Issues Patches for Defender Zero-Day and 82 Other Windows Flaws

For the first patch Tuesday of 2021, Microsoft released security updates addressing a total of 83 flaws spanning as many as 11 products and services, including an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. The latest security patches cover Microsoft Windows, Edge browser, ChakraCore, Office and...

Microsoft Issues Patches for Defender Zero-Day and 82 Other Windows Flaws

For the first patch Tuesday of 2021, Microsoft released security updates addressing a total of 83 flaws spanning as many as 11 products and services, including an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. The latest security patches cover Microsoft Windows, Edge browser, ChakraCore, Office and...

January 2021 Patch Tuesday – 83 Vulnerabilities, 10 Critical, One Zero Day, Adobe

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 83 vulnerabilities. The 10 Critical vulnerabilities cover Windows codecs, Office, HEVC video extensions, RPC runtime, and several other workstation vulnerabilities. Adobe released patches today for Photoshop, Campaign Classic, InCopy, Illustrator,...

Prepare for more sophisticated security threats in 2021

As computing becomes more distributed to achieve greater optimization and efficiency, the threats posed by cyberattackers are destined to become increasingly more sophisticated. Here are some steps organizations should take in 2021 to mitigate such sophisticated security threats. Start with...

Inbox Attacks: The Miserable Year (2020) That Was

Purging your inbox has become a year-end tradition for many. A short hiatus for the holidays often provides a quiet moment to flush the previous year’s mountain of spam. And, from the looks of our 2020 inbox, years of herculean efforts to harden email defenses have fallen short. The most-targeted...

A New SolarWinds Flaw Likely Had Let Hackers Install SUPERNOVA Malware

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the SolarWinds Orion software may have been leveraged by adversaries as a zero-day to deploy the SUPERNOVA malware in target environments. According to an advisory published yesterday by the CERT Coordination Center, the SolarWinds Orion API that's used t...

A New SolarWinds Flaw Likely Had Let Hackers Install SUPERNOVA Malware

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the SolarWinds Orion software may have been leveraged by adversaries as a zero-day to deploy the SUPERNOVA malware in target environments. According to an advisory published yesterday by the CERT Coordination Center, the SolarWinds Orion API that's used t...

Windows Zero-Day Still Circulating After Faulty Fix

A high-severity Windows zero-day that could lead to complete desktop takeover remains dangerous after a “fix” from Microsoft failed to adequately patch it. The local privilege-escalation bug in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 CVE-2020-0986 exists in the Print Spooler API. It could allow a local attack...

Google Discloses Poorly-Patched, Now Unpatched, Windows 0-Day Bug

Google's Project Zero team has made public details of an improperly patched zero-day security vulnerability in Windows print spooler API that could be leveraged by a bad actor to execute arbitrary code. Details of the unpatched flaw were revealed publicly after Microsoft failed to rectify it with...