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Microsoft, Google, Citizen Lab blow lid off zero-day bug-exploiting spyware sold to governments Google

Microsoft, Google, Citizen Lab blow lid off zero-day bug-exploiting spyware sold to governments

Analysis Software patches from Microsoft this week closed two vulnerabilities exploited by spyware said to have been sold to governments by Israeli developer Candiru. On Thursday, Citizen Lab released a report fingering Candiru as the maker of the espionage toolkit, an outfit Microsoft code-named Sourgum. It is understood the spyware,…
bubmag
July 16, 2021
Google details recent malware campaigns amid uptick in zero-day attacks Google

Google details recent malware campaigns amid uptick in zero-day attacks

Google has released new details about four zero-day security vulnerabilities that were exploited in the wild earlier this year. Discovered by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Project Zero researchers, the four zero-days were used as part of three targeted malware campaigns that exploited previously unknown flaws in Google Chrome,…
bubmag
July 14, 2021
Flash Briefing: SA protests turn deadly; Google fined €500m; another black mark for J&J’s vaccine Google

Flash Briefing: SA protests turn deadly; Google fined €500m; another black mark for J&J’s vaccine

Listen on iTunes  Deadly protests that erupted in South Africa following former President Jacob Zuma’s jailing showed no signs of letting up, even as the authorities pledged to clamp down on the violence. Hundreds of stores in the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, which account for about half the nation’s economic output,…
bubmag
July 13, 2021