Zero-Day
Windows vulnerability abused braille “spaces” in zero-day attacks
A recently fixed “Windows MSHTML spoofing vulnerability” tracked under CVE-2024-43461 is now marked as previously exploited after it was used in attacks by the Void Banshee APT hacking group. When first disclosed as part of the September 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft had not marked the vulnerability as previously exploited. However, on Friday, Microsoft updated the CVE-2024-43461 advisory to indicate it […]
Adobe fixes Acrobat Reader zero-day with public PoC exploit
A cybersecurity researcher is urging users to upgrade Adobe Acrobat Reader after a fix was released yesterday for a remote code execution zero-day with a public in-the-wild proof-of-concept exploit. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-41869 and is a critical use after free vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution when opening a specially crafted PDF […]
North Korean hackers exploit Chrome zero-day to deploy rootkit
North Korean hackers have exploited a recently patched Google Chrome zero-day (CVE-2024-7971) to deploy the FudModule rootkit after gaining SYSTEM privileges using a Windows Kernel exploit. “We assess with high confidence that the observed exploitation of CVE-2024-7971 can be attributed to a North Korean threat actor targeting the cryptocurrency sector for financial gain,” Microsoft said on Friday, […]
Versa fixes Director zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks
Versa Networks has fixed a zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild that allows attackers to upload malicious files by exploiting an unrestricted file upload flaw in the Versa Director GUI. Versa Director is a platform designed to help managed service providers simplify the design, automation, and delivery of SASE services, offering essential management, monitoring, and […]
Google tags a tenth Chrome zero-day as exploited this year
Today, Google revealed that it patched the tenth zero-day exploited in the wild in 2024 by attackers or security researchers during hacking contests. Tracked as CVE-2024-7965 and reported by a security researcher known only as TheDog, the now-patched high-severity vulnerability is caused by a bug in the compiler backend when selecting the instructions to generate for just-in-time (JIT) compilation. Google […]
Chinese Volt Typhoon hackers exploited Versa zero-day to breach ISPs, MSPs
The Chinese state-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon is behind attacks that exploited a zero-day flaw in Versa Director to upload a custom webshell to steal credentials and breach corporate networks. Versa Director is a management platform ISPs and MSPs use to manage virtual WAN connections created using SD-WAN services. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-39717 […]
Google fixes ninth Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks this year
Today, Google released a new Chrome emergency security update to patch a zero-day vulnerability tagged as exploited in attacks. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-7971 exists in the wild,” the company said in an advisory published on Wednesday. This high-severity zero-day vulnerability is caused by a type confusion weakness in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. Security researchers with […]
Windows driver zero-day exploited by Lazarus hackers to install rootkit
The notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a zero-day flaw in the Windows AFD.sys driver to elevate privileges and install the FUDModule rootkit on targeted systems. Microsoft fixed the flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-38193 during its August 2024 Patch Tuesday, along with seven other zero-day vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-38193 is a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function […]
Microsoft August 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 9 zero-days, 6 exploited
Today is Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 89 flaws, including six actively exploited and three publicly disclosed zero-days. Microsoft is still working on an update for a tenth publicly disclosed zero-day. This Patch Tuesday fixed eight critical vulnerabilities, which were a mixture of elevation of privileges, remote code execution, and […]
New Windows SmartScreen bypass exploited as zero-day since March
Today, Microsoft revealed that a Mark of the Web security bypass vulnerability exploited by attackers as a zero-day to bypass SmartScreen protection was patched during the June 2024 Patch Tuesday. SmartScreen is a security feature introduced with Windows 8 that protects users against potentially malicious software when opening downloaded files tagged with a Mark of […]