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70% of Exploited Security Flaws in 2023 Were Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Google’s Mandiant security team has raised concerns about a troubling new trend in cybersecurity: hackers are getting better at finding and exploiting software flaws known as zero-day vulnerabilities. These types of attacks pose a serious threat because they target weaknesses in software that companies are unaware of, leaving no immediate way to fix the problem. […]

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Firefox Releases Urgent Update to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day

Mozilla has released an urgent update to address a critical zero-day security flaw in the Firefox browser. The issue, identified as CVE-2024-9680, involves a “use-after-free” vulnerability found in the Animation timelines feature of Firefox. This type of vulnerability occurs when a program tries to use memory that has already been freed, which attackers can exploit […]

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Microsoft Patches 5 Zero-Days and 118 Vulnerabilities

Microsoft announced today the release of the October 2024 updates, addressing 118 critical security vulnerabilities. Among these, five are zero-day vulnerabilities, with two currently being actively exploited, and three are classified as critical, all related to remote code execution. It’s important to note that this count does not include three vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge, which […]

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Chrome Security Update: Critical Zero-Day Flaw Patched

On Thursday, May 9, 2024, Google disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting Chrome, the world’s most widely used web browser. This flaw, designated CVE-2024-4671, has already been exploited by attackers, enabling them to take control of vulnerable devices. To safeguard against this severe security threat, users are strongly advised to update Chrome to version 124.0.6367.201/202 […]

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Chrome releases security update to fix zero-day vulnerability

Google has released a security update for Chrome to address a zero-day vulnerability that was exploited during the Pwn2Own 2024 hacking event. This annual event, held in Vancouver, Canada, brings together security researchers from around the world to compete in hacking different operating systems and software. The goal is to uncover security vulnerabilities in software […]

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Security update fixes a Zero-Day vulnerability in Chrome

Google has issued an update that fixes a security vulnerability in its Chrome browser. It is a “Zero-day” vulnerability, which means that it is already widespread among hackers and is unknown to the browser developers until they discover and fixes it. It has been registered under the title CVE-2024-0519. We recommend users update to version […]

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Google fixes a zero-day vulnerability in Android

Google released monthly security updates – September 2023 for Android, to correct a number of security vulnerabilities, including the zero-day vulnerability patch, meaning zero-day. It is a known and widespread vulnerability among hackers and unknown to developers until the time it is discovered and corrected. This vulnerability has been tracked and identified as CVE-2023-35674. We […]

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Google fixes new Chrome zero-day vulnerability

Google issued an update to correct a security vulnerability in its #Chrome browser, which is a “zero-day” vulnerability, which means that it is a vulnerability unknown to browser developers until the time it was discovered and corrected, and it was registered as CVE-2023-3079, and this is the third time that Google has discovered a vulnerability […]

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Apple fixes three zero-days vulnerabilities

Apple has issued security updates to correct 3 serious “Zero Day” security vulnerabilities, which means that it is a vulnerability unknown to developers in the company until the time it was discovered, and is already widespread among hackers. The vulnerabilities were tracked and recorded with CVE-2023-32409, CVE-2023-28204, and CVE-2023-32373. The vulnerabilities are related to the […]

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