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Octo2 malware is targeting Android devices by disguising itself as popular apps like NordVPN and Google Chrome. This…

Android GKI kernels contain broken non-upstream Speculative Page Faults MM code that can lead to use-after-free conditions.

OpenAI on Wednesday said it has disrupted more than 20 operations and deceptive networks across the world that attempted to use its platform for malicious purposes since the start of the year. This activity encompassed debugging malware, writing articles for websites, generating biographies for social media accounts, and creating AI-generated profile pictures for fake accounts on X. "Threat

Microsoft has released security updates to fix a total of 118 vulnerabilities across its software portfolio, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 118 flaws, three are rated Critical, 113 are rated Important, and two are rated Moderate in severity. The Patch Tuesday update doesn't include the 25 additional flaws that the tech giant addressed in its Chromium-based

**According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?** This vulnerability requires that a user with an affected version of Outlook open a malicious meeting or appointment invite from the attacker.

The vast majority of organizations in the region saw more attacks in the past year, but most don't feel prepared for future incidents.

Qualcomm has rolled out security updates to address nearly two dozen flaws spanning proprietary and open-source components, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-43047 (CVSS score: 7.8), has been described as a user-after-free bug in the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Service that could lead to "memory corruption

Apple has fixed a security issue in iOS (and iPadOS) that could have leaked a user's passwords through the VoiceOver feature.

Google has announced that it's piloting a new security initiative that automatically blocks sideloading of potentially unsafe Android apps in India, after similar tests in Singapore, Thailand, and Brazil. The enhanced fraud protection feature aims to keep users safe when they attempt to install malicious apps from sources other than the Google Play Store, such as web browsers, messaging apps,

A list of topics we covered in the week of September 30 to October 6 of 2024