A security researcher claims to have received a significant bug bounty from Apple for reporting a series of Safari and macOS vulnerabilities that could have been exploited to hijack a user’s online accounts and webcam.
Polkit Vulnerability Provides Root Privileges on Linux Systems
Qualys security researchers warn of an easily exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability in polkit’s pkexec, a SUID-root program found in all Linux distributions.
Europe’s Hypocrisy Over Personal Data Privacy Exposed
There seems to be a strong likelihood that European hypocrisy over personal data privacy might continue indefinitely
Two More Poles Identified as Victims of Hacking With Spyware
Two more Poles have been identified as victims of phone hacking with the notoriously powerful spyware from Israel’s NSO Group: an agrarian political leader at odds with Poland’s right-wing government and the co-author of a book about the head of Poland’s secret services.
SonicWall Customers Warned of Possible Attacks Exploiting Recent Vulnerability
Hackers have started targeting a recently patched vulnerability affecting SonicWall’s Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances, and while the attacks observed to date do not appear to have been successful, that could soon change.
New macOS Malware ‘DazzleSpy’ Used in Hong Kong Attacks
A recent campaign targeting individuals in Hong Kong has leveraged at least two pieces of malware designed to target macOS systems.
UK’s NCSC Pushes NMAP Scanner Scripts to Fill Defender Gap
The U.K. government’s cybersecurity agency has announced plans to ship a collection of well-tested, reliable scanning scripts to help defenders find and fix high-priority software security vulnerabilities.
PrinterLogic Patches Code Execution Flaws in Printer Management Suite
PrinterLogic has released security updates to address a total of nine vulnerabilities in Web Stack and Virtual Appliance, including three security defects that carry “high severity” ratings.
XDR Firm Hunters Raises $68 Million in Series C Funding Round
Extended detection and response (XDR) company Hunters on Tuesday announced raising another $68 million, which brings the total investment secured by the firm to $118 million.
Revelstoke Emerges From Stealth With SOAR Platform
California-based Revelstoke on Tuesday emerged from stealth mode with a security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) platform designed to help organizations customize and automate their security operations center (SOC).












