Google Threat Assessment Group tackles smartphone malware

This is a follow-up to last week’s story: New commercial spyware for phones – Smart Thinking Solutions This is Google describing how they countered the Hermit smartphone malware and discusses their Project Zero for countering zero-day threats. Spyware vendor targets users in Italy and Kazakhstan (blog.google) Your best defence against …

Zero-day security vulnerabilities exploited in 2021 – UPDATED 25 4 2022

Magnifying glass looking for a zero-day attack

This post was first made on 22 April 2022 I regularly write about the issues around the zero-day vulnerability and our Social Engineering and Email Cyber Security Training course aims to equip individuals and organisations to meet the challenge that the zero-day poses. Google’s Project Zero has reported on it’s …

Vendors are patching vulnerabilities faster

Updates and patches are an essential part of any comprehensive business cyber security plan. This report from Google’s Project Zero shows that vendors are patching software vulnerabilities faster – which means we get the patches faster. Project Zero: A walk through Project Zero metrics (googleprojectzero.blogspot.com)