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Google names 97 observed zero-day vulnerabilities
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There are many zero-day vulnerabilities, but not all of them are widely exploited. Google and Mandiant observed 97 zero-day vulnerabilities that were heavily exploited - an increase of 50 percent compared to the previous year. Google and Mandiant released a new study that observed 2023 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 97. That's over 50 percent more than in 2022 (62 vulnerabilities), but less than the record-breaking 106 vulnerabilities exploited in 2021. TAG and Mandiant were responsible for the original discovery of 29 of these…

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IT threats: for a handful of dollars
IT threats: for a handful of dollars

In the new, hybrid world, IT users work from anywhere - with many new ways to connect applications and devices. This places a great deal of responsibility on end users, as many of the most common and widespread threats, such as phishing, are designed to interact with end users. This fact often makes people, rather than technology, an organization's first line of defense to ward off attackers. For the best possible protection, organizations need to know what to protect against and how to educate all employees about the latest threats...

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Kaspersky discovers zero-day exploits
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Targeted attacks: Kaspersky detects zero-day exploits in the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer. APT actor DarkHotel could be behind the exploits. In late spring 2020, Kaspersky's automated detection technology prevented a targeted attack on a South Korean company. When investigating the attack more closely, Kaspersky researchers found two previously unknown vulnerabilities: an exploit to execute third-party code in Internet Explorer 11 and an Elevation of Priviliges (EoP) exploit to obtain higher access rights in current versions of Windows 10. Patches for the both exploits have already been published. Zero-day vulnerabilities are previously unknown software bugs….

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