The number of Apple
exploits discovered appears to have risen sharply over the past year.
It was
exploited by an unidentified criminal group in an attempt to gain full control over a targeted device.
According to the Kaspersky Lab report, the vulnerability exists in the kernel mode module of the operating system, the
exploit is particularly dangerous and can be used to bypass built-in
exploit mitigation mechanisms in modern web browsers, including Chrome and Edge.
Exploit Database was created with the needs of the community in mind and we've been honored to continue that tradition for almost a decade, said Mati Aharoni, Founder, Offensive Security.
'We must
exploit the coal reserves ourselves and for our benefits,' she said at a press conference.
Microsoft's March update included vulnerability fixes which countered four of the
exploits. Microsoft stated the remaining
exploits were patched during previous updates for supported operating systems.
A new trove of alleged surveillance tools and
exploits from the National Security Agency's elite hacking team have been released by the Shadow Brokers' hacking group.
I would imagine that, if the vulnerability and
exploit can be verified, Microsoft will likely buy it.
Israeli security researchers at Northbit, a security firm, claim to have further
exploited that hack and have devised a method to hack any unpatched Android device.
"The first
exploit showed rather primitive download-and-execute payload behavior but the second one tried to interact with Cisco Meeting Place Express Add-In - a special Flash plugin for co-working, in particular, for joint viewing of documents and pictures on a presenter's PC desktop.
Another change from last year is that researchers must provide TippingPoint with a fully-functional
exploit and all the details of the vulnerability used in the attack.