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  • 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…

  • Schneier on Security: AI Vulnerability Finding

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/ai-vulnerability-finding.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AI Vulnerability Finding Feedly Summary: Microsoft is reporting that its AI systems are able to find new vulnerabilities in source code: Microsoft discovered eleven vulnerabilities in GRUB2, including integer and buffer overflows in filesystem parsers, command flaws, and a side-channel in cryptographic comparison. Additionally, 9 buffer overflows…

  • Krebs on Security: China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/china-based-sms-phishing-triad-pivots-to-banks/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks Feedly Summary: China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Until recently, the so-called “Smishing Triad” mainly impersonated toll road operators and shipping companies. But experts…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Unraveling the U.S. toll road smishing scams

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/unraveling-the-us-toll-road-smishing-scams/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Unraveling the U.S. toll road smishing scams Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has observed a widespread and ongoing financial theft SMS phishing (smishing) campaign since October 2024 that targets toll road users in the United States of America.   AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details…

  • CSA: Secure Cloud Infrastructure by Reducing DNS Risk

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/securing-your-cloud-attack-surface-by-reducing-dns-infrastructure-risk Source: CSA Title: Secure Cloud Infrastructure by Reducing DNS Risk Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text emphasizes the critical role of Domain Name System (DNS) security in the context of cloud computing, highlighting vulnerabilities that can be exploited during cloud adoption. It delves into various DNS record types,…