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Commercial spyware vendors are behind most zero-day exploits discovered by Google TAG

Security Affairs

Google’s TAG revealed that Commercial spyware vendors (CSV) were behind most of the zero-day vulnerabilities discovered in 2023. Google’s TAG tracked the activity of around 40 CSVs focusing on the types of software they develop. ” reads the report published by Google. ” concludes Google. ” concludes Google.

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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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Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak

Krebs on Security

.” Using those hard-coded credentials, Brown found an attacker could then connect to an application programming interface (API) that Chirp uses which is managed by smart lock vendor August.com , and use that enumerate and remotely lock or unlock any door in any building that uses the technology.

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Google links three exploitation frameworks to Spanish commercial spyware vendor Variston

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) linked three exploitation frameworks to a Spanish surveillance spyware vendor named Variston. While tracking the activities of commercial spyware vendors, Threat Analysis Group (TAG) spotted an exploitation framework likely linked Variston IT, a Spanish firm. ” TAG concludes.

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IoT: Living at the edge  

OpenText Information Management

VIPER: Well, if IoT was an emoji or an expression, it would be: (1) a cloud with legs, (2) a tornado of devices, or (3) an air-tag tracking anything (keys, dog, purse, avocado). VIPER: Technology is allowing us to advance from smart things to smart ecosystems. Good thing there is more nectar to fuel her up, she’s going to need it!

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Google TAG warns of Russia-linked APT groups targeting Ukraine

Security Affairs

The researchers from Google TAG are warning of Russia-linked threat actors targeting Ukraine with phishing campaigns. Russia-linked threat actors launched large-volume phishing campaigns against hundreds of users in Ukraine to gather intelligence and aimed at spreading disinformation, states Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG).

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Facebook to End Use of Its Facial Recognition System

Hunton Privacy

The Facebook platform has long used facial recognition to provide recommendations for who to tag in photos and videos, and to alert users when a photo they were in is uploaded by another user. Users also will no longer see suggested tags or be able to turn on suggested tagging.

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