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 flaw made headlines because it was exploited by surveillance firms for their spyware. This vulnerability grants the attacker system access. 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.
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WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 5, 2020
The tool attacks a device’s UEFI firmware—which makes it especially hard to detect and destroy.
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. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Android)
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
ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang hacked the hotel chain Motel One FBI warns of dual ransomware attacks Progress Software fixed two critical severity flaws in WS_FTP Server Child abuse site taken down, organized child exploitation crime suspected – exclusive A still unpatched zero-day RCE impacts more than 3.5M
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).
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