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Google: China dominates government exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant reported a surge in the number of actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023. In 2023, Google (TAG) and Mandiant discovered 29 out of 97 vulnerabilities exploited in the wild. . ” reads the report published by Google TAG.

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Update now! Apple issues patches for older iPhones and other devices

Malwarebytes

Updates are available for: Safari 17.2 Updates are available for: Safari 17.2 If a Safari update is available for your device, you can get it by updating your iPhone or iPad or updating your Mac. But both vulnerabilities were credited to ClĂ©ment Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). and iPadOS 17.2

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Recently patched Apple and Chrome zero-days exploited to infect devices in Egypt with Predator spyware

Security Affairs

Citizen Lab and Google’s TAG revealed that the three recently patched Apple zero-days were used to install Cytrox Predator spyware. citizenlab in coordination with @Google ’s TAG team found that former Egyptian MP Ahmed Eltantawy was targeted with Cytrox’s #Predator #spyware through links sent via SMS and WhatsApp. .

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Apple addressed 2 new iOS zero-day vulnerabilities

Security Affairs

The fact that the issues were discovered by Google TAG suggests they were exploited by a nation-state actor or by a surveillance firm. iPadOS 17.1.2 , macOS Sonoma 14.1.2 , and Safari 17.1.2. ClĂ©ment Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group discovered both vulnerabilities. inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch,

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macOS Zero-Day exploited in watering hole attacks on users in Hong Kong

Security Affairs

Google TAG researchers discovered that threat actors leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in macOS in a watering hole campaign aimed at delivering malware to users in Hong Kong. “To protect our users, TAG routinely hunts for 0-day vulnerabilities exploited in-the-wild. The macOS exploits were different from the iOS ones.

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Google Chrome tweaks data privacy with FLoC technology

CyberSecurity Insiders

As this technology was following web surfers without their permission, Safari and Firefox said goodbye to this tech long back. Each person’s identity will be kept under wraps and instead their profile will be tagged with a number through an AI based algorithm called SimHash.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2022 Edition

Krebs on Security

The vulnerability allows attackers to craft documents that won’t get tagged with Microsoft’s “Mark of the Web,” despite being downloaded from untrusted sites. The bug already seeing exploitation is CVE-2022-44698 , which allows attackers to bypass the Windows SmartScreen security feature.