Zoom Exploit on MacOS
August 17 2022This vulnerability was reported to Zoom last December:
The exploit works by targeting the installer for the Zoom application, which needs to run with special user permissions in order...
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Twelve-Year-Old Linux Vulnerability Discovered and Patched
January 31 2022It’s a privilege escalation vulnerability:
Linux users on Tuesday got a major dose of bad news — a 12-year-old vulnerability in a system tool called Polkit gives attackers unfettered...
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Interesting Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
August 26 2021If you plug a Razer peripheral (mouse or keyboard, I think) into a Windows 10 or 11 machine, you can use a vulnerability in the Razer Synapse software —...
Read moreNasty Windows Printer Driver Vulnerability
July 22 2021
From SentinelLabs, a critical vulnerability in HP printer drivers:
Researchers have released technical details on a high-severity privilege-escalation flaw in HP printer drivers (also used by Samsung and...
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Candiru: Another Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer
July 19 2021
Citizen Lab has identified yet another Israeli company that sells spyware to governments around the world: Candiru.
From the report:
Summary:
- Candiru is a secretive Israel-based company that sells spyware exclusively... Read more
Malware Hidden in Call of Duty Cheating Software
April 2 2021
News article:
Most troublingly, Activision says that the “cheat” tool has been advertised multiple times on a popular cheating forum under the title “new COD hack.” (Gamers looking to...
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Docker Desktop danger discovered, patch now
May 26 2020Docker has fixed a vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to gain control of a Windows system using its service.
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