August has seen a flurry of patches released by technology giants like Microsoft, Google Chrome, and Firefox to fix serious vulnerabilities. These patches are crucial as some of the flaws are already being exploited in attacks. While there was no iPhone update from Apple, major fixes were released for enterprise software, including Ivanti, SAP, and Cisco. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday fixed numerous vulnerabilities, including ones being actively targeted. Google Chrome also issued updates, addressing high impact flaws in V8 and WebRTC. Firefox patched various vulnerabilities, some of which could lead to arbitrary code execution. Lastly, Google patched several critical vulnerabilities in its Android operating system, including RCE issues in System and Media Framework.
Apple has released emergency security updates to fix two new zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in attacks targeting iPhone and Mac users, bringing the total number of exploited zero-days patched this year to 13.
Google has released an emergency security update for Chrome users to address a zero-day threat related to the WebP image format, potentially connected to the recent BLASTPASS exploit affecting iPhones.
Many popular web browsers including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Brave have issued security updates to fix a critical vulnerability that could allow malicious code to be run on users' computers.
Google has released the September security update for Pixel phones, which is still based on Android 13, addressing 32 vulnerabilities and including a Pixel-specific CVE.
Apple has released urgent security updates to patch vulnerabilities actively exploited, including flaws in WebKit, certificate validation, and kernel access, which were part of an exploit chain used to plant the Pegasus and Predator spyware.
Google has resubmitted a disclosure of a critical code-execution vulnerability, originally thought to only affect the Chrome browser, revealing that thousands of apps and software frameworks are affected by the flaw.
Google has released an emergency patch for a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor, and the vulnerability has been linked to the zero-click iMessage exploit chain used to deploy the NSO Group's Pegasus spyware on compromised iPhones.
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox exposes the internet to potential attacks, with the flaw affecting the widely-used libvpx code library for processing media files in the VP8 format.
Google has released the October 2023 security updates for Android, addressing 54 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited flaws, with one impacting various software products and the other affecting multiple versions of Arm Mali GPU drivers on Android devices.
