Firmware Hacking Information Security Spyware 
Security Affairs
JUNE 7, 2023
June 2023 security update for Android released by Google fixes about fifty flaws, including an Arm Mali GPU bug exploited by surveillance firms in their spyware. The June 2023 Android Security Bulletin provides details about the fix for more than fifty vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. In early April, U.S.
Security Affairs
MARCH 29, 2023
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered several exploit chains targeting Android, iOS, and Chrome to install commercial spyware. The exploit chains were used to install commercial spyware and malicious apps on targets’ devices. The experts pointed out that both campaigns were limited and highly targeted.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Security Affairs
APRIL 3, 2024
CVE-2024-29745 CVE-2024-29748″ The company did not provide details about the attacks, but in the past such kind of bugs was actively exploited by nation-state actors or commercial spyware vendors. The 2024-04-01 security patch level addressed eight high-severity flaws in Framework and System.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 5, 2020
A China-linked threat actor used UEFI malware based on code from Hacking Team in attacks aimed at organizations with an interest in North Korea. The experts were investigating several suspicious UEFI firmware images when discovered four components, some of which were borrowing the source code a Hacking Team spyware.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 1, 2023
Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Patch your TeamCity instance to avoid server hack Is Gelsemium APT behind a targeted attack in Southeast Asian Government? Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Experts spotted a new variant of the FinFisher surveillance spyware that is able to hijack and replace the Windows UEFI bootloader to infect Windows machines. Kaspersky experts shared the results of an 8-months investigation into FinSpy spyware at the Security Analyst Summit (SAS) 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FinFisher).
Security Affairs
JANUARY 21, 2022
At the end of 2021, researchers discovered a UEFI firmware-level compromise by analyzing logs from its Firmware Scanner. Threat actors compromised a single component within the firmware image to intercept the original execution flow of the machine’s boot sequence and inject the sophisticated implant. Pierluigi Paganini.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
82 
Let's personalize your content