CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of 'PwnKit' Linux Vulnerability in the Wild

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA this week moved to add a Linux vulnerability dubbed PwnKit to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The issue, tracked as CVE-2021-4034 CVSS score: 7.8, came to light in January 2022 and...

Google Says ISPs Helped Attackers Infect Targeted Smartphones with Hermit Spyware

A week after it emerged that a sophisticated mobile spyware dubbed Hermit was used by the government of Kazakhstan within its borders, Google said it has notified Android users of infected devices. Additionally, necessary changes have been implemented in Google Play Protect — Android's built-in...