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  • Cloud Blog: Elevate your workload resilience in console with data protection for Compute Engine

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer/console-gains-data-protection-interface-for-backup-and-dr/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Elevate your workload resilience in console with data protection for Compute Engine Feedly Summary: Protecting your data in the cloud is more critical than ever. As your Google Cloud deployments grow, managing your data protection strategy for Compute Engine workloads can become complex. That’s why we’re excited to…

  • Cloud Blog: Ghost in the Router: China-Nexus Espionage Actor UNC3886 Targets Juniper Routers

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-espionage-targets-juniper-routers/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Ghost in the Router: China-Nexus Espionage Actor UNC3886 Targets Juniper Routers Feedly Summary: Written by: Lukasz Lamparski, Punsaen Boonyakarn, Shawn Chew, Frank Tse, Jakub Jozwiak, Mathew Potaczek, Logeswaran Nadarajan, Nick Harbour, Mustafa Nasser Introduction In mid 2024, Mandiant discovered threat actors deployed custom backdoors on Juniper Networks’ Junos…

  • The Register: Like whitebox servers, rent-a-crew crime ‘affiliates’ have commoditized ransomware

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/commoditization_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Like whitebox servers, rent-a-crew crime ‘affiliates’ have commoditized ransomware Feedly Summary: Which is why taking down chiefs and infra behind big name brand operations isn’t working Interview There’s a handful of cybercriminal gangs that Jason Baker, a ransomware negotiator with GuidePoint Security, regularly gets called in to respond…

  • Slashdot: UK Quietly Scrubs Encryption Advice From Government Websites

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/06/193217/uk-quietly-scrubs-encryption-advice-from-government-websites?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: UK Quietly Scrubs Encryption Advice From Government Websites Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The U.K. government’s recent removal of encryption advice from its cybersecurity guidance raises significant concerns regarding privacy and data security. This shift follows a controversial demand for backdoor access to encrypted data, highlighting…

  • Hacker News: Dear Apple: Add "Disappearing Messages" to iMessage

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    Source URL: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/03/01/dear-apple-add-disappearing-messages-to-imessage-right-now/ Source: Hacker News Title: Dear Apple: Add "Disappearing Messages" to iMessage Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text critiques the security features of Apple’s iMessage, specifically its lack of a disappearing messages feature which is standard in many other messaging apps. This oversight poses privacy risks as messages…

  • The Register: Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peeps

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/rather_than_add_a_backdoor/ Source: The Register Title: Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peeps Feedly Summary: PLUS: SEC launches new crypto crime unit; Phishing toolkit upgraded; and more Infosec in brief Apple has responded to the UK government’s demand for access to its customers’ data stored in iCloud…

  • Wired: $1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/1-4-billion-stolen-from-bybit-in-biggest-crypto-theft-ever/ Source: Wired Title: $1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever Feedly Summary: Plus: Apple turns off end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups in the UK after pressure to install a backdoor, and two spyware apps expose victim data—and the identities of people who installed the apps. AI Summary and Description: Yes…