Google fixes Chrome zero-day with in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2024-4671)
Google has fixed a Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-4671), an exploit for which exists in the wild. About CVE-2024-4671 CVE-2024-4671 is a use after free vulnerability …
Bug hunters can get up to $450,000 for an RCE in Google’s Android apps
Google has drastically increased the rewards bug hunters can get for reporting vulnerabilities in Android apps it develops and maintains. “We increased reward amounts by …
Microsoft, Google widen passkey support for its users
Since 2013, the first Thursday in May is marked as World Password Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the need for using strong, unique passwords to secure out …
How Google’s 90-day TLS certificate validity proposal will affect enterprises
Announced last year, Google’s proposal to reduce the lifespan of TLS (transport layer security) certificates from 13 months to 90 days could be implemented in the near future. …
April 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: New and old from Microsoft
April 2024 Patch Tuesday is now live: Microsoft patches actively exploited security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-29988) This month, we have a new product preview …
Zero-day exploitation surged in 2023, Google finds
2023 saw attackers increasingly focusing on the discovery and exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in third-party libraries (libvpx, ImagelO) and drivers (Mali GPU, …
March 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: A popular framework updated
UPDATE: March 12, 3:55 PM ET – March 2024 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical bugs in Windows Hyper-V We’re almost at our third Patch Tuesday and wrapping up the …
Inside the book: Androids – The Team That Built the Android Operating System
In 2004, Android was two people who wanted to build camera software but couldn’t get investors interested. Android is a large team at Google today, delivering an OS to …
10 cybersecurity startups to watch in 2024
At Help Net Security, we’ve been following the cybersecurity business landscape closely for the past 25 years. Through our Industry News section, we’ve been …
Rise in cyberwarfare tactics fueled by geopolitical tensions
In this Help Net Security interview, Matt Shelton, Head of Threat Research and Analysis at Google Cloud, discusses the latest Threat Horizons Report, which provides …
February 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Zero days are back and a new server too
UPDATE: February 13, 14:55 ET – February 2024 Patch Tuesday is live. January 2024 Patch Tuesday is behind us. A relatively light release from Microsoft with 39 CVEs …
The fight against commercial spyware misuse is heating up
Though there are organizations out there investigating how commercial spyware is misused to target journalists, human rights defenders and dissidents, the growing market …
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