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  • CSA: Defending Against SSRF Attacks in Cloud Native Apps

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    Source URL: https://www.sweet.security/blog/defending-against-ssrf-attacks-in-cloud-native-applications Source: CSA Title: Defending Against SSRF Attacks in Cloud Native Apps Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the increasing prevalence of Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks, particularly in cloud environments, as exemplified by a real incident involving a Fintech customer of Sweet Security. It emphasizes the limitations…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Microsoft’s Secure by Design journey: One year of success

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/17/microsofts-secure-by-design-journey-one-year-of-success/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Microsoft’s Secure by Design journey: One year of success Feedly Summary: Read about the initiatives Microsoft has undertaken over the past 18 months to support secure by design, secure by default, and secure in operations objectives as part of our SFI Initiative. The post Microsoft’s Secure by…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: 27 security announcements at Next ‘25

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-27-security-announcements-next-25/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: 27 security announcements at Next ‘25 Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for April 2025. Today, Google Cloud Security’s Peter Bailey reviews our top 27 security announcements from Next ‘25.As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted…

  • Unit 42: Cascading Shadows: An Attack Chain Approach to Avoid Detection and Complicate Analysis

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/phishing-campaign-with-complex-attack-chain/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Cascading Shadows: An Attack Chain Approach to Avoid Detection and Complicate Analysis Feedly Summary: Agent Tesla, Remcos RAT and XLoader delivered via a complex phishing campaign. Learn how attackers are using multi-stage delivery to hinder analysis. The post Cascading Shadows: An Attack Chain Approach to Avoid Detection and…

  • CSA: BEC in the Age of AI: The Growing Threat

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    Source URL: https://abnormalsecurity.com/blog/bec-age-of-ai Source: CSA Title: BEC in the Age of AI: The Growing Threat Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the escalating threat of business email compromise (BEC) driven by artificial intelligence, illustrating how cybercriminals use AI tools to execute sophisticated attacks. It emphasizes the urgent need for organizations…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/15/threat-actors-misuse-node-js-to-deliver-malware-and-other-malicious-payloads/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads Feedly Summary: Since October 2024, Microsoft Defender Experts has observed and helped multiple customers address campaigns leveraging Node.js to deliver malware and other payloads that ultimately lead to information theft and data exfiltration. The post Threat…

  • Schneier on Security: Slopsquatting

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/slopsquatting.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Slopsquatting Feedly Summary: As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names—laced with malware, of course. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a critical security concern in the intersection of AI and…

  • CSA: Secure smart devices with microsegmentation

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    Source URL: https://www.zscaler.com/cxorevolutionaries/insights/securing-smart-and-not-so-smart-devices-microsegmentation Source: CSA Title: Secure smart devices with microsegmentation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the importance and effectiveness of microsegmentation in enhancing security, particularly for critical infrastructure and IoT/OT devices. It highlights the application of zero trust architectures to minimize the risk of lateral movement by attackers…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/12/andrew-nesbitt/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt Feedly Summary: Slopsquatting — when an LLM hallucinates a non-existent package name, and a bad actor registers it maliciously. The AI brother of typosquatting. Credit to @sethmlarson for the name — Andrew Nesbitt Tags: ai-ethics, slop, packaging, generative-ai, supply-chain, ai, llms, seth-michael-larson AI Summary…