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Report: Mercenary spyware exploited Google Chrome zero

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2022-2294
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2 min read at therecord.media

A zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome was discovered when attackers exploited it to target users in the Middle East, including journalists, cybersecurity firm Avast said Thursday. The company attributed the attacks to a secretive Israeli firm known as Candiru — named after a notorious parasitic fish — that sells spyware to governments.

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