Tag: attackers

Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/9/mcp-prompt-injection/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Model Context Protocol has prompt injection security problems Feedly Summary: As more people start hacking around with implementations of MCP (the Model Context Protocol, a new standard for making tools available to LLM-powered systems) the security implications of tools built on that protocol are starting to come…

Cloud Blog: What’s new with Google Cloud networking

Apr 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/networking-innovations-at-google-cloud-next25/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: What’s new with Google Cloud networking Feedly Summary: The AI era is here, fundamentally reshaping industries and demanding unprecedented network capabilities for training, inference and serving AI models. To power this transformation, organizations need global networking solutions that can handle massive capacity, seamless connectivity, and provide robust security. …

Cisco Talos Blog: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-april-2025/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Microsoft has released its monthly security update for April of 2025 which includes 126 vulnerabilities affecting a range of products, including 11 that Microsoft has marked as “critical”. AI Summary and Description: Yes…

Microsoft Security Blog: Exploitation of CLFS zero-day leads to ransomware activity

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/08/exploitation-of-clfs-zero-day-leads-to-ransomware-activity/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Exploitation of CLFS zero-day leads to ransomware activity Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) have discovered post-compromise exploitation of a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) against a small number of targets. Microsoft released…

ISC2 Think Tank: The Evolution of Email Threats: How Social Engineering is Outsmarting Traditional Defenses

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Source URL: https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/5385/638538 Source: ISC2 Think Tank Title: The Evolution of Email Threats: How Social Engineering is Outsmarting Traditional Defenses Feedly Summary: A staggering 74% of all breaches involve the human element, proving that cybercriminals are relentlessly exploiting users through sophisticated email-based social engineering attacks. While organizations have invested in email authentication, advanced threat detection,…

Cisco Talos Blog: Year in Review: Key vulnerabilities, tools, and shifts in attacker email tactics

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/year-in-review-key-vulnerabilities-tools-and-shifts-in-attacker-email-tactics/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Year in Review: Key vulnerabilities, tools, and shifts in attacker email tactics Feedly Summary: From Talos’ 2024 Year in Review, here are some findings from the top targeted network device vulnerabilities. We also explore how threat actors are moving away from time sensitive lures in their emails.…

Cloud Blog: Windows Remote Desktop Protocol: Remote to Rogue

Apr 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/windows-rogue-remote-desktop-protocol/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Windows Remote Desktop Protocol: Remote to Rogue Feedly Summary: Written by: Rohit Nambiar Executive Summary In October 2024, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) observed a novel phishing campaign targeting European government and military organizations that was attributed to a suspected Russia-nexus espionage actor we track as UNC5837. The…

Slashdot: Microsoft Uses AI To Find Flaws In GRUB2, U-Boot, Barebox Bootloaders

Apr 5, 2025

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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/05/0250250/microsoft-uses-ai-to-find-flaws-in-grub2-u-boot-barebox-bootloaders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Uses AI To Find Flaws In GRUB2, U-Boot, Barebox Bootloaders Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has leveraged its AI-powered Security Copilot to identify 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in critical bootloader software that affects numerous Linux distributions and IoT devices. This accomplishment highlights the role…

Slashdot: NSA Warns ‘Fast Flux’ Threatens National Security

Apr 4, 2025

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