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Separate fixes to macOS and iOS patch respective flaws in the kernel and WebKit that can allow threat actors to take over devices and are under attack.

By Jon Munshaw.  Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.  As the data privacy landscape gets increasingly murky, app developers and device manufacturers are finding new ways to sure up users’ personal information. Of course, all users have to do is go out of their way to opt-in.  Apple recently announced a new Lockdown Mode for the iOS operating system that powers the company’s iPhones. When enabled, it turns off many of the features that attackers will exploit when targeting a mobile device with spyware. Spyware is a growing concern across the world, especially the NSO Group’s Pegasus tool.   With Lockdown Mode enabled, a hypothetical attacker would not have access to certain functions on the phone, and it blocks access to important APIs such as speech and facial recognition, which research has shown are relatively easy to bypass.  In a review of Lockdown Mode, Zack Whittaker of TechCrunch said, “...we didn’t find using our iPhone in Lockdown Mode t...

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An issue in the UPnP protocol in 4thline cling 2.0.0 through 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an unchecked CALLBACK parameter in the request header.

A Q&A with NCC Group's Viktor Gazdag ahead of a Black Hat USA session on CI/CD pipeline risks reveals a scary, and expanding, campaign vector for software supply chain attacks and RCE.

Whether you want to turn off link previews or block unwanted FaceTime calls, here's what you need to know.

Plus: A crypto-heist extravaganza, a peek at an NSO spyware dashboard, and more.

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the httpd unescape functionality of Asuswrt prior to 3.0.0.4.386_48706 and Asuswrt-Merlin New Gen prior to 386.7.. A specially-crafted HTTP request can lead to memory corruption. An attacker can send a network request to trigger this vulnerability.

By Waqas Cellebrite is an Israel-based smartphone hacking (or cracking) firm that previously made headlines for unlocking iPhone devices for… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Anonymous Source Leaks 4TB of Cellebrite Data After Cyberattack

As many as 29 different router models from DrayTek have been identified as affected by a new critical, unauthenticated, remote code execution vulnerability that, if successfully exploited, could lead to full compromise of the device and unauthorized access to the broader network. "The attack can be performed without user interaction if the management interface of the device has been configured

Plus: Google delays the end of cookies (again), EU officials were targeted with Pegasus spyware, and more of the top security news.