Zero-Day
Google fixes Android zero-day exploited by Serbian authorities
Google has released patches for 43 vulnerabilities in Android’s March 2025 security update, including two zero-days exploited in targeted attacks. Serbian authorities have used one of the zero-days, a high-severity information disclosure security vulnerability (CVE-2024-50302) in the Linux kernel’s driver for Human Interface Devices, to unlock confiscated devices. The flaw was reportedly exploited as part of an Android zero-day exploit […]
Serbian police used Cellebrite zero-day hack to unlock Android phones
Serbian authorities have reportedly used an Android zero-day exploit chain developed by Cellebrite to unlock the device of a student activist in the country and attempt to install spyware. Cellebrite is an Israeli digital forensics company that develops tools used by law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and private companies to extract data from smartphones and other digital […]
Exploits for unpatched Parallels Desktop flaw give root on Macs
Two different exploits for an unpatched Parallels Desktop privilege elevation vulnerability have been publicly disclosed, allowing users to gain root access on impacted Mac devices. Parallels Desktop is a virtualization software that allows Mac users to run Windows, Linux, and other operating systems alongside macOS. It is very popular among developers, businesses, and casual users […]
PostgreSQL flaw exploited as zero-day in BeyondTrust breach
Rapid7’s vulnerability research team says attackers exploited a PostgreSQL security flaw as a zero-day to breach the network of privileged access management company BeyondTrust in December. BeyondTrust revealed that attackers breached its systems and 17 Remote Support SaaS instances in early December using two zero-day bugs (CVE-2024-12356 and CVE-2024-12686) and a stolen API key. Less than one […]
Microsoft February 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 55 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 55 flaws, including four zero-day vulnerabilities, with two actively exploited in attacks. This Patch Tuesday also fixes three “Critical” vulnerabilities, all remote code execution vulnerabilities. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: The above numbers do not include a critical […]
Fortinet discloses second firewall auth bypass patched in January
Furthermore, even though today’s updated advisory indicates that both flaws were exploited in attacks and even includes a workaround for the new CSF proxy requests exploitation pathway, Fortinet says that only CVE-2024-55591 was exploited. Fortinet told GeekFeed that if a customer previously upgraded based on the guidance in FG-IR-24-535 / CVE-2024-55591, then they are already protected against the […]
Apple fixes zero-day exploited in ‘extremely sophisticated’ attacks
Apple has released emergency security updates to patch a zero-day vulnerability that the company says was exploited in targeted and “extremely sophisticated” attacks. “A physical attack may disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device,” the company revealed in an advisory targeting iPhone and iPad users. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have […]
7-Zip MotW bypass exploited in zero-day attacks against Ukraine
A 7-Zip vulnerability allowing attackers to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) Windows security feature was exploited by Russian hackers as a zero-day since September 2024. According to Trend Micro researchers, the flaw was used in SmokeLoader malware campaigns targeting the Ukrainian government and private organizations in the country. The Mark of the Web […]
Google fixes Android kernel zero-day exploited in attacks
The January 2025 Android security updates patch 48 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day kernel vulnerability tagged as exploited in the wild. This high-severity zero-day (tracked as CVE-2024-53104) is a privilege escalation security flaw in the Android Kernel’s USB Video Class driver that allows authenticated local threat actors to elevate privileges in low-complexity attacks. The issue occurs because the driver […]
Laravel admin package Voyager vulnerable to one-click RCE flaw
Three vulnerabilities discovered in the open-source PHP package Voyager for managing Laravel applications could be used for remote code execution attacks. The issues remain unfixed and can be exploited against an authenticated Voyager user that clicks on a malicious link. Vulnerability researchers at SonarSource, a code quality and security company, say that they tried to report the […]