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  • Cloud Blog: Prove your expertise with our Professional Security Operations Engineer certification

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/prove-your-expertise-with-our-new-secops-engineer-certification/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Prove your expertise with our Professional Security Operations Engineer certification Feedly Summary: Security leaders are clear about their priorities: After AI, cloud security is the top training topic for decision-makers. As threats against cloud workloads become more sophisticated, organizations are looking for highly-skilled professionals to help defend against…

  • The Register: Spectre haunts CPUs again: VMSCAPE vulnerability leaks cloud secrets

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/vmscape_spectre_vulnerability/ Source: The Register Title: Spectre haunts CPUs again: VMSCAPE vulnerability leaks cloud secrets Feedly Summary: AMD Zen hardware and Intel Coffee Lake affected If you thought the world was done with side-channel CPU attacks, think again. ETH Zurich has identified yet another Spectre-based transient execution vulnerability that affects AMD Zen CPUs and…

  • Cisco Security Blog: SnortML: Cisco’s ML-Based Detection Engine Gets Powerful Upgrade

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    Source URL: https://blogs.cisco.com/security/snortml-cisco-ml-based-detection-engine-gets-powerful-upgrade Source: Cisco Security Blog Title: SnortML: Cisco’s ML-Based Detection Engine Gets Powerful Upgrade Feedly Summary: SnortML, Cisco’s innovative ML engine for Snort IPS, proactively detects evolving exploits like SQL Injection, Command Injection & XSS on-device for privacy. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the introduction of SnortML, a machine…

  • The Register: Beijing went to ‘EggStreme’ lengths to attack Philippines military, researchers say

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/eggstreme_malware_china_philippines/ Source: The Register Title: Beijing went to ‘EggStreme’ lengths to attack Philippines military, researchers say Feedly Summary: Ovoid-themed in-memory malware offers a menu for mayhem ‘EggStreme’ framework looks like the sort of thing Beijing would find handy in its ongoing territorial beefs Infosec outfit Bitdefender says it’s spotted a strain of in-memory…

  • Anchore: NPM Supply Chain Breach Response for Anchore Enterprise and Grype Users

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    Source URL: https://anchore.com/blog/npm-supply-chain-breach-response-for-anchore-enterprise-and-grype-users/ Source: Anchore Title: NPM Supply Chain Breach Response for Anchore Enterprise and Grype Users Feedly Summary: On September 8, 2025 Anchore was made aware of an incident involving a number of popular NPM packages to insert malware. The technical details of the attack can be found in the Aikido blog post: npm…

  • The Register: Akira ransomware crims abusing trifecta of SonicWall security holes for extortion attacks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/akira_ransomware_abusing_sonicwall/ Source: The Register Title: Akira ransomware crims abusing trifecta of SonicWall security holes for extortion attacks Feedly Summary: Patch, turn on MFA, and restrict access to trusted networks…or else Affiliates of the Akira ransomware gang are again exploiting a critical SonicWall vulnerability abused last summer, after a suspected zero-day flaw actually turned…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Claude API: Web fetch tool

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/10/claude-web-fetch-tool/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Claude API: Web fetch tool Feedly Summary: Claude API: Web fetch tool New in the Claude API: if you pass the web-fetch-2025-09-10 beta header you can add {“type": "web_fetch_20250910", "name": "web_fetch", "max_uses": 5} to your "tools" list and Claude will gain the ability to fetch content from…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Maturing the cyber threat intelligence program

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/maturing-the-cyber-threat-intelligence-program/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Maturing the cyber threat intelligence program Feedly Summary: The Cyber Threat Intelligence Capability Maturity Model (CTI-CMM) helps organizations assess and improve their threat intelligence programs by outlining 11 key areas and specific missions where CTI can support decision-making.  AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The Cyber Threat…

  • Unit 42: Data Is the New Diamond: Latest Moves by Hackers and Defenders

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/data-is-the-new-diamond-latest-moves-by-hackers-and-defenders/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Data Is the New Diamond: Latest Moves by Hackers and Defenders Feedly Summary: Unit 42 delves into how cybercriminals are treating stolen data like digital diamonds amid rising attacks and evolving extortion tactics. The post Data Is the New Diamond: Latest Moves by Hackers and Defenders appeared first…