Samsung to pay $1,000,000 for RCEs on Galaxy’s secure vault

Samsung has launched a new bug bounty program for its mobile devices with rewards of up to $1,000,000 for reports demonstrating critical attack scenarios. The new ‘Important Scenario Vulnerability Program (ISVP)’ program focuses on vulnerabilities related to arbitrary code execution, the unlocking of devices, data extraction, arbitrary application installation, and bypassing device protections. Highlighted payouts […]

France’s Grand Palais discloses cyberattack during Olympic games

The Grand Palais Réunion des musées nationaux (Rmn) in France is warning that it suffered a cyberattack on Saturday night, August 3, 2024. Grand Palais Rmn is an institution responsible for managing several museums and cultural sites in France. It oversees various aspects of the museum’s operations, including exhibitions, cultural programming, and operations. The institute […]

Hacker wipes 13,000 devices after breaching classroom management platform

A hacker has breached Mobile Guardian, a digital classroom management platform used worldwide, and remotely wiped data from at least 13,000 student’s iPads and Chromebooks. Mobile Guardian, a ‘Google for Education’ partner, is a cross-platform (Android, Windows, iOS, ChromeOS, macOS) one-on-one solution for K-12 schools that offers a complete suite of device management, parental monitoring and […]

Google fixes Android kernel zero-day exploited in targeted attacks

Image: MidjourneyAndroid security updates this month patch 46 vulnerabilities, including a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) exploited in targeted attacks. The zero-day, tracked as CVE-2024-36971, is a use after free (UAF) weakness in the Linux kernel’s network route management. It requires System execution privileges for successful exploitation and allows altering the behavior of certain network connections. […]

Ransomware gang targets IT workers with new SharpRhino malware

The Hunters International ransomware group is targeting IT workers with a new C# remote access trojan (RAT) called SharpRhino to breach corporate networks. The malware helps Hunters International achieve initial infection, elevate their privileges on compromised systems, execute PowerShell commands, and eventually deploy the ransomware payload. Quorum Cyber researchers who discovered the new malware report […]

Windows Smart App Control, SmartScreen bypass exploited since 2018

A design flaw in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen that enables attackers to launch programs without triggering security warnings has been under exploitation since at least 2018. Smart App Control is a reputation-based security feature that uses Microsoft’s app intelligence services for safety predictions and Windows’ code integrity features to identify and block untrusted (unsigned) […]