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Microsoft Security Blog: Investigating targeted “payroll pirate” attacks affecting US universities

Oct 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/10/09/investigating-targeted-payroll-pirate-attacks-affecting-us-universities/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Investigating targeted “payroll pirate” attacks affecting US universities Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified a financially motivated threat actor that we track as Storm-2657 compromising employee accounts to gain unauthorized access to employee profiles and divert salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts, attacks that have been dubbed…

Cloud Blog: Oracle E-Business Suite Zero-Day Exploited in Widespread Extortion Campaign

Oct 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/oracle-ebusiness-suite-zero-day-exploitation/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Oracle E-Business Suite Zero-Day Exploited in Widespread Extortion Campaign Feedly Summary: Written by: Peter Ukhanov, Genevieve Stark, Zander Work, Ashley Pearson, Josh Murchie, Austin Larsen Introduction Beginning Sept. 29, 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and Mandiant began tracking a new, large-scale extortion campaign by a threat actor…

Anchore: Anchore Assessed “Awardable” for Department of Defense Work in the P1 Solutions Marketplace

Oct 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://anchore.com/news/anchore-assessed-awardable-for-department-of-defense-work-in-the-p1-solutions-marketplace/ Source: Anchore Title: Anchore Assessed “Awardable” for Department of Defense Work in the P1 Solutions Marketplace Feedly Summary: SANTA BARBARA, CA – October 9, 2025 – Anchore, a leading provider of software supply chain security solutions, today announced that it has achieved “Awardable” status through the Platform One (P1) Solutions Marketplace. The…

Cisco Talos Blog: Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks

Oct 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/velociraptor-leveraged-in-ransomware-attacks/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has confirmed that ransomware operators are leveraging Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool that had not previously been definitively tied to ransomware incidents. We assess with moderate confidence that this activity can be attributed to…

The Register: Zero-day lets nation-state spies cross-examine elite US law firm Williams & Connolly

Oct 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/zeroday_nationstate_us_law_firm/ Source: The Register Title: Zero-day lets nation-state spies cross-examine elite US law firm Williams & Connolly Feedly Summary: China-linked snoops crack email at DC powerhouse that represented Bill Clinton, Elizabeth Holmes Washington’s elite law firm Williams & Connolly has confirmed that attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability to access a handful of attorney…

Slashdot: Teens Arrested In London Preschool Ransomware Attack

Oct 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/08/2020255/teens-arrested-in-london-preschool-ransomware-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Teens Arrested In London Preschool Ransomware Attack Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant incident involving the arrest of two teenagers related to a ransomware attack on a chain of preschools in London. This case highlights critical issues around cybersecurity, particularly in the…

Slashdot: Salesforce Says It Won’t Pay Extortion Demand in 1 Billion Records Breach

Oct 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/08/208202/salesforce-says-it-wont-pay-extortion-demand-in-1-billion-records-breach?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Salesforce Says It Won’t Pay Extortion Demand in 1 Billion Records Breach Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Salesforce is facing an extortion demand from a crime syndicate that claims to have stolen approximately 1 billion records from various customers, highlighting vulnerabilities in user compliance and security…

Cloud Blog: 150 of the latest AI use cases from leading startups and digital natives

Oct 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/startups/150-ai-use-cases-leading-startups-and-digital-natives/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: 150 of the latest AI use cases from leading startups and digital natives Feedly Summary: We recently hosted our first-ever AI Builders Forum, where we gathered with hundreds of the top founders, VCs, advisors, researchers, and teams powering the startups who are building the future with AI. And…

Unit 42: Responding to Cloud Incidents A Step-by-Step Guide from the 2025 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report

Oct 7, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/responding-to-cloud-incidents/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Responding to Cloud Incidents A Step-by-Step Guide from the 2025 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report Feedly Summary: Cloud breaches are rising. This step-by-step guide from Unit 42 shows how to investigate, contain and recover from cloud-based attacks. The post Responding to Cloud Incidents A Step-by-Step Guide from…

Krebs on Security: ShinyHunters Wage Broad Corporate Extortion Spree

Oct 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/shinyhunters-wage-broad-corporate-extortion-spree/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: ShinyHunters Wage Broad Corporate Extortion Spree Feedly Summary: A cybercriminal group that used voice phishing attacks to siphon more than a billion records from Salesforce customers earlier this year has launched a website that threatens to publish data stolen from dozens of Fortune 500 firms if they…

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