Google reveals sophisticated Italian spyware campaign targeting victims in Italy, Kazakhstan
The campaign is just the latest example of the increasingly sophisticated world of private zero-day exploit development, researchers said.
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Zero-day exploits found and disclosed hit a record high in 2021, Google Project Zero says
There were 58 total. The good news: Detection and disclosure of zero-day exploits have increased, the research team says.
Project Zero researchers see promising trends in vulnerability fixes
Data from the Google-based team seems to reflect an industry getting faster at fixing bugs and deploying patches.
Bad patching practices are a breeding ground for zero-day exploits, Google warns
Vulnerabilities can come back to bite you.
An iOS exploit that enables iPhone takeover is cybersecurity researcher’s ‘work of art’
Researcher Ian Beer earned high praise for his persistence in working out the attack, which involves an iPhone feature called Apple Wireless Direct Link.
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Apple releases patches for 3 iOS zero-days that hackers used for targeted attacks
Two of the bugs affect the kernel, in the core of the device’s operating system.
Google researcher beefs up iMessage security by demonstrating clickless exploit
Google's Samuel Gross poked holes in some conventional wisdom around iOS.
Binaries and Brews: Jailbreak Security Summit convenes hackers on NSA’s doorstep
"The training is really good; the beers are even better,” one DOJ employee attending told CyberScoop.
A cyber-espionage effort against Tibetan leaders leveraged known Android, iOS vulnerabilities
Citizen Lab says the spyware campaign involved attackers who posed as journalists, Amnesty International researchers, nongovernmental organization workers through May 2019.
‘Indiscriminate’ iOS hacking was relatively limited, Apple says. Try telling that to the Uighur population.
Apple's iPhone and the operating system it relies on have enjoyed a reputation for having relatively strong security.
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