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Software Security

Issued by: SecurityWeek

The critical bug, tracked as CVE-2024-31320, impacts Android versions 12 and 12L and allows an attacker to escalate privileges on a vulnerable device. “The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in the Framework component that could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed,” Google explains in…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Affairs

Google has issued a Chrome 126 security update, addressing six vulnerabilities, including a flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-6100 which was demonstrated during the SSD Secure Disclosure’s TyphoonPWN 2024. TyphoonPWN is a live hacking competition held annually at TyphoonCon, an Offensive Security Conference in Seoul, South Korea. The vulnerability is a high-severity type confusion issue in the…

News

Issued by: DataBreach Today

An investigation into infostealer-driven attacks on Snowflake customers shows that approximately 165 clients potentially had data stolen by financially-motivated hackers, says cyber threat intel firm Mandiant. Snowflake, an data management platform provider, disclosed the campaign earlier this month along with a warning that customers without multifactor authentication enabled are vulnerable (see: Snowflake Clients Targeted With…

News

Issued by: Dark Reading

Google is settling a class-action lawsuit over how it tracks data from individuals using browsers in “private” or “incognito” mode. The plaintiffs in Brown et al v. Google LLC alleged that Google violated US federal laws regarding wiretapping and invasion of privacy, by continuing to track, collect, and identify browsing data from users of “Incognito…

News

Issued by: CSO Online

Nation-state hacking groups based in China have sharply ramped up cyberattacks against Taiwan this year, according to multiple reports. With geopolitical tensions and a trade war acting as a backdrop, China-led cyberattacks on Taiwan are rising sharply, according to multiple security reports. In the latest report about alleged China-sponsored cyberattacks on Taiwan, Kate Morgan, a…

Application Security

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Google released a fix on Monday for a Chrome zero-day. Like the three before it, this fourth Chrome zero-day vulnerability found in 2023 allows an attacker to remotely target a vulnerable version of the browser. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, mishandle the data in the browser’s memory and eventually crash…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Security Affairs

Google released September 2023 Android security updates that address tens of vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw tracked as CVE-2023-35674 that was actively exploited in the wild. This high-severity vulnerability CVE-2023-35674 resides in the Framework component, a threat actor could exploit the issue to escalate privileges without requiring user interaction or additional execution privileges. “There are…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Why are so many fresh zero-day vulnerabilities getting exploited in the wild? A new study from Google says that last year, 41 new zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild. While that’s welcome news in terms of recent volume – it’s a 40% decrease from the all-time annual high of 69 in 2021 – it’s…