Phoenix IT

Category: Digital Forensics

Phoenix RowHammer Attack Bypasses Advanced DDR5 Memory Protections in 109 Seconds

Phoenix RowHammer Attack Bypasses Advanced DDR5 Memory Protections in 109 Seconds

A team of academics from ETH Zürich and Google has discovered a new variant of a RowHammer attack targeting Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5) memory chips from South Korean semiconductor vendor SK Hynix. The RowHammer attack variant, codenamed Phoenix (CVE-2025-6202, CVSS score: 7.1), is capable of bypassing sophisticated protection mechanisms put in place to resist the attack. “We have proven that reliably triggering

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Apple Backports Fix for CVE-2025-43300 Exploited in Sophisticated Spyware Attack

Apple Backports Fix for CVE-2025-43300 Exploited in Sophisticated Spyware Attack

Apple on Monday backported fixes for a recently patched security flaw that has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-43300 (CVSS score: 8.8), an out-of-bounds write issue in the ImageIO component that could result in memory corruption when processing a malicious image file. “Apple is aware of a report that

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F5 Discloses Major Breach by Nation-State Actor, Source Code Stolen

F5 Discloses Major Breach by Nation-State Actor, Source Code Stolen

A threat actor has breached the internal systems of F5, Inc. (F5), a prominent American technology firm specializing in application security and delivery. In a disclosure filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, F5 attributed the intrusion to a “highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor” who maintained long-term, persistent access to critical company environments. The

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New ClayRat Spyware Targets Android Users via Fake WhatsApp and TikTok Apps

New ClayRat Spyware Targets Android Users via Fake WhatsApp and TikTok Apps

A rapidly evolving Android spyware campaign called ClayRat has targeted users in Russia using a mix of Telegram channels and lookalike phishing websites by impersonating popular apps like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and YouTube as lures to install them. “Once active, the spyware can exfiltrate SMS messages, call logs, notifications, and device information; taking photos with the

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