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  • The Register: Criminal background checker APCS faces data breach

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/apcs_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Criminal background checker APCS faces data breach Feedly Summary: The attack first affected an upstream provider of bespoke software Exclusive A leading UK provider of criminal record checks for employers is handling a data breach stemming from a third-party development company.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • The Register: Fake CAPTCHA tests trick users into running malware

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/clickfix_report/ Source: The Register Title: Fake CAPTCHA tests trick users into running malware Feedly Summary: ClickFix tricks Microsoft’s security team has published an in-depth report into ClickFix, the social engineering attack which tricks users into executing malicious commands in the guise of proving their humanity.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s security…

  • Slashdot: Coinbase Reverses Remote-First Policy After North Korean Infiltration Attempts

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/1515238/coinbase-reverses-remote-first-policy-after-north-korean-infiltration-attempts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Coinbase Reverses Remote-First Policy After North Korean Infiltration Attempts Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the increasing security vulnerabilities associated with remote work policies, particularly in sensitive roles within cryptocurrency firms. It emphasizes the proactive measures taken by Coinbase to mitigate these risks, including…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Cloudflare incident on August 21, 2025

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-incident-on-august-21-2025/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Cloudflare incident on August 21, 2025 Feedly Summary: On August 21, 2025, an influx of traffic directed toward clients hosted in AWS us-east-1 caused severe congestion on links between Cloudflare and us-east-1. In this post, we explain the details. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: How a volunteer-run wildfire site in Portugal stayed online during DDoS attacks

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/wildfire-fogos-pt-portugal-ddos-attack/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: How a volunteer-run wildfire site in Portugal stayed online during DDoS attacks Feedly Summary: Fogos.pt, a volunteer-run wildfire tracker in Portugal, grew from a side project into a critical national resource used by citizens, media, and government. During 2025 fire season it was hit by DDoS AI…

  • The Register: Microsoft reportedly cuts China’s early access to bug disclosures, PoC exploit code

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/microsoft_cuts_chinas_early_access/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft reportedly cuts China’s early access to bug disclosures, PoC exploit code Feedly Summary: Better late than never after SharePoint assault? Microsoft has reportedly stopped giving Chinese companies proof-of-concept exploit code for soon-to-be-disclosed vulnerabilities following last month’s SharePoint zero-day attacks, which appear to be related to a leak…

  • The Register: Honey, I shrunk the image and now I’m pwned

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/google_gemini_image_scaling_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Honey, I shrunk the image and now I’m pwned Feedly Summary: Google’s Gemini-powered tools tripped up by image-scaling prompt injection Security researchers with Trail of Bits have found that Google Gemini CLI and other production AI systems can be deceived by image scaling attacks, a well-known adversarial challenge…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/21/think-before-you-clickfix-analyzing-the-clickfix-social-engineering-technique/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique Feedly Summary: The ClickFix social engineering technique has been growing in popularity, with campaigns targeting thousands of enterprise and end-user devices daily. This technique exploits users’ tendency to resolve technical issues by tricking them into running malicious…

  • The Register: Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/apple_imageio_exploit/ Source: The Register Title: Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS Feedly Summary: Another ‘extremely sophisticated’ exploit chewing at Cupertino’s walled garden Apple has shipped emergency updates to fix an actively exploited zero-day in its ImageIO framework, warning that the flaw has already been abused in targeted attacks.……