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Apple Releases iOS 18.6.2: Zero-Click Spyware Patch for Active ImageIO Exploit
On August 20, 2025, Apple patched CVE-2025-43300, an out-of-bounds write in the ImageIO framework exploited in spyware attacks against…
Samsung Patches Android Zero-Day Discovered by Meta: The Invisible Chain of Responsibility
Samsung has patched CVE-2025-21043, an out-of-bounds write in libimagecodec.quram.so enabling remote code execution. The flaw was repo…
Apple Patches ImageIO RCE: Numeric Truncation Fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.6
CVE-2026-43780 in Apple's ImageIO framework allowed remote code execution via malicious textures. The fix is available today across ei…
Authorities Dismantle Kratos Phishing Kit, but the Code Lives On With 1,800 Customers
German and U.S. law enforcement seized over 200 servers and took down the Kratos phishing-as-a-service platform on July 21, 2026, whil…
PNLD Data Breach: UK Police Contacts Published on Dark Web July 26
The Police National Legal Database confirms the exfiltration of names, organizations, and work emails of officers, government staff, a…
Pass-ta-key Exposes the Gap Between FIDO2 Cryptography and Windows Implementation
Unit 42 reveals three post-compromise techniques that bypass PIN and biometrics on Chrome for Windows. Passkeys resist phishing, not m…
TokenLover and YaksaLover: The PhaaS Kits That Measure Persistence With a 'Password Change Survival Rate'
Italy's ACN details two Phishing-as-a-Service toolkits that abuse the Device Code Flow and NGC keys to achieve persistence that surviv…
Midnight Blizzard Turns Hotel Wi-Fi Into a Trap for Corporate Travelers
Storm-2945, a Midnight Blizzard sub-cluster, compromises captive portal networks worldwide to deliver the CornFlake RAT and steal Micr…
Hotel DNS Attacks: Corporate VPNs Aren't Enough to Protect Microsoft 365
ReliaQuest has documented an active campaign since June 2026 that compromises hotel Wi-Fi gateways to redirect Microsoft 365 logins to…
May 2026 Patch Tuesday: 161 CVEs, No Zero-Days, But Wormable Risks Loom
Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 161 vulnerabilities with no actively exploited zero-days — the first such month since June 20…
Apple Patches ImageIO: Parsing Bug Opens Door to RCE Across Eight Operating Systems
A flaw in Apple's ImageIO framework allows remote code execution via malformed image files. Patches are available for eight operating…
Device Code Phishing: How Attackers Bypass MFA on Microsoft 365
Proofpoint documents threat clusters exploiting Microsoft's legitimate OAuth device authorization flow to compromise Microsoft 365 acc…