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Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2025
LANDFALL spyware exploited Samsung zero-day CVE-2025-21042 in Middle East attacks

A now-patched Samsung Galaxy flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-21042, was exploited as a zero-day to deploy LANDFALL spyware in targeted attacks in Middle East. Samsung patched a flaw exploited as a zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-21042 (CVSS score of 8.8), to deploy LANDFALL spyware on Galaxy devices in Middle East attacks. “Unit 42 researchers have uncovered a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2025
Android Apps misusing NFC and HCE to steal payment data on the rise

Zimperium zLabs found 760+ Android apps abusing NFC and HCE to steal payment data, showing a surge in NFC relay fraud since April 2024. Zimperium zLabs researchers spotted over 760 Android apps abusing Near-Field Communication (NFC) and Host Card Emulation (HCE) to steal payment data and commit fraud, showing rapid growth in NFC relay attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2025
Russian hackers, likely linked to Sandworm, exploit legitimate tools against Ukrainian targets

Russian actors, likely linked to Sandworm, targeted Ukrainian firms using LotL tactics and dual-use tools to steal data and stay hidden, says Symantec and Carbon Black. Russian threat actors, likely linked to the APT Sandworm, targeted Ukrainian organizations to steal sensitive data and maintain long-term network access, Symantec Threat Hunter Team and Carbon Black report. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2025
Apple doubles maximum bug bounty to $2M for zero-click RCEs

Apple raised bug bounties to $2M for zero-click RCEs, doubling payouts. Since 2020, it’s paid $35M to 800 researchers. Apple doubled its bug bounty rewards, now offering up to $2 million for zero-click remote code execution flaws. Since 2020, the tech giant has paid $35M to 800 researchers. Apple aims to pay exploit chains comparable […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2025
Apple urges users to update iPhone and Mac to patch font bug

Apple released iOS and macOS updates to fix a flaw in font processing that could trigger a denial-of-service condition or memory corruption. Apple released iOS and macOS updates to address a medium-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-43400, in font processing that could trigger a denial-of-service condition or memory corruption. The CVE-2025-43400 flaw is an out-of-bounds write […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2025
Apple backports fix for actively exploited CVE-2025-43300

Apple announced it has backported patches for a recently addressed actively exploited vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-43300. Apple has backported security patches released to address an actively exploited vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-43300. In August 2025, Apple addressed the actively exploited zero-day CVE-2025-43300 in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The vulnerability is zero-day out-of-bounds write issue that resides […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
Samsung fixed actively exploited zero-day

Samsung fixed the remote code execution flaw CVE-2025-21043 that was exploited in zero-day attacks against Android devices. Samsung addressed the remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-21043, that was exploited in zero-day attacks against Android users. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds Write in libimagecodec.quram.so prior to SMR Sep-2025 Release 1. A remote attacker can exploit […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
Apple issues spyware warnings as CERT-FR confirms attacks

Apple warned users of a spyware campaign; France’s cyber agency confirmed targeted iCloud-linked devices may be compromised. Apple warned customers last week about new spyware attacks, the French national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) said. The agency confirmed at least four such alerts since early 2025. Apple sent spyware alerts on March 5, April 29, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2025
Google Pixel 10 adds C2PA to camera and Photos to spot AI-generated or edited images

Pixel 10 adds C2PA to camera and Photos, helping users verify authenticity and spot AI-generated or altered images. Pixel 10 integrates C2PA Content Credentials into the camera and Photos, allowing users to verify whether images are real or AI-generated, or edited. The company announced the integration of the new feature during the Made by Google […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2025
Malicious apps with +19M installs removed from Google Play because spreading Anatsa banking trojan and other malware

Experts found 77 malicious Android apps with 19M+ installs on Google Play, spreading malware, including the Anatsa (TeaBot) banking trojan. While investigating Anatsa (Tea Bot) banking trojan infections, Zscaler’s ThreatLabs discovered seventy-seven malicious Android apps with more than 19 million installs. Several Anatsa decoy apps have each been downloaded more than 50,000 times. The malicious apps […]