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2.11.24 |
Gatekeeper Bypass: Uncovering Weaknesses in a macOS Security Mechanism | Unit 42 researchers have found that certain third-party utilities and applications pertaining to archiving, virtualization and Apple’s native command-line tools do not enforce the quarantine attribute. This can pose a threat to the integrity of a security feature on macOS known as Gatekeeper, which is responsible for ensuring that only trusted software runs on the system. A bypass of Gatekeeper could leave the user unprotected from risky applications that may attempt to execute malicious content. | OS Blog | Palo Alto |
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2.11.24 | MacOS Malware Surges as Corporate Usage Grows | As more companies adopt macOS for their corporate needs, attackers are adapting their techniques to get what they want | OS Blog | Trelix |
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2.11.24 | Why system resilience should mainly be the job of the OS, not just third-party applications | Building efficient recovery options will drive ecosystem resilience | OS Blog | |
14.9.24 | Microsoft Security Bulletin Coverage For September 2024 | Microsoft’s September 2024 Patch Tuesday has 79 vulnerabilities, of which 30 are Elevation of Privilege. SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team has analyzed and addressed Microsoft’s security advisories for the month of September 2024 and has produced coverage for 9 of the reported vulnerabilities. | OS Blog | SonicWall |
31.8.24 | Exploring Android threats and ways to mitigate them | Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast (ep. 5) | |||
24.8.24 | How multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft apps for macOS pave the way to stealing permissions | An adversary could exploit these vulnerabilities by injecting malicious libraries into Microsoft's applications to gain their entitlements and user-granted permissions. | OS Blog | Cisco Blog |
24.8.24 | NGate Android malware relays NFC traffic to steal cash | Android malware discovered by ESET Research relays NFC data from victims’ payment cards, via victims’ mobile phones, to the device of a perpetrator waiting at an ATM | OS Blog | |
24.8.24 | Be careful what you pwish for – Phishing in PWA applications | ESET analysts dissect a novel phishing method tailored to Android and iOS users | OS Blog | |
17.8.24 | Microsoft Security Bulletin Coverage For August 2024 | Microsoft’s 2024 Patch Tuesday has 87 vulnerabilities, 36 of which are Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities. The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team has analyzed and addressed Microsoft’s security advisories for the month of 2024 and has produced coverage for ten of the reported vulnerabilities | OS Blog | SonicWall |
17.8.24 | Talos discovers 11 vulnerabilities between Microsoft, Adobe software disclosed on Patch Tuesday | Eight of the vulnerabilities affect the license update feature for CLIPSP.SYS, a driver used to implement Client License System Policy on Windows 10 and 11. | OS Blog | Cisco Blog |
3.8.24 | Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in NVIDIA driver; Open-source flashcard software contains multiple security issues | A binary in Apple macOS could allow an adversary to execute an arbitrary binary that bypasses SIP. | OS Blog | Cisco Blog |
27.7.24 | Telegram for Android hit by a zero-day exploit – Week in security with Tony Anscombe | Attackers abusing the "EvilVideo" vulnerability could share malicious Android payloads via Telegram channels, groups, and chats, all while making them appear as legitimate multimedia files | ||
| 15.6.24 | Driving forward in Android drivers | Android's open-source ecosystem has led to an incredible diversity of manufacturers and vendors developing software that runs on a broad variety of hardware. This hardware requires supporting drivers, meaning that many different codebases carry the potential to compromise a significant segment of Android phones | OS Blog | Project Zero |
| 15.6.24 | Arid Viper poisons Android apps with AridSpy | ESET researchers discovered Arid Viper espionage campaigns spreading trojanized apps to Android users in Egypt and Palestine | OS Blog | Eset |
18.5.24 | Talos releases new macOS open-source fuzzer | Compared to fuzzing for software vulnerabilities on Linux, where most of the code is open-source, targeting anything on macOS presents a few difficulties. | OS Blog | Cisco Blog |
| 4.2.24 | Financial Fraud APK Campaign | During our research discovering threats in legitimate network traffic, activity generated by a certain type of Android Package Kit (APK) files kept hitting our radar. This activity led us to conduct an in-depth investigation on the associated APK files. Our research revealed a family of malicious APKs targeting Chinese users that steals victim information and conducts financial fraud. | OS Blog | Palo Alto |
20.1.24 | CHECK POINT RESEARCH ALERTS ON A NEW NFT AIRDROP CAMPAIGN | A traffic direction system (TDS) nicknamed Parrot TDS has been publicly reported as active since October 2021. Websites with Parrot TDS have malicious scripts injected into existing JavaScript code hosted on the server. This TDS is easily identifiable by keywords found in the injected JavaScript that we will explore to show the evolution of this threat. | OS Blog | Checkpoint |