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  • Schneier on Security: New Linux Vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/new-linux-vulnerabilities.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: New Linux Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: They’re interesting: Tracked as CVE-2025-5054 and CVE-2025-4598, both vulnerabilities are race condition bugs that could enable a local attacker to obtain access to access sensitive information. Tools like Apport and systemd-coredump are designed to handle crash reporting and core dumps in Linux…

  • The Register: ConnectWise customers get mysterious warning about ‘sophisticated’ nation-state hack

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/connectwise_compromised_by_sophisticated_government/ Source: The Register Title: ConnectWise customers get mysterious warning about ‘sophisticated’ nation-state hack Feedly Summary: Pen tester on ScreenConnect bug: This one ‘terrifies’ me ConnectWise has brought in the big guns to investigate a “sophisticated nation state actor" that broke into its IT environment and then breached some of its customers.… AI…

  • Slashdot: ASUS Router Backdoors Affect 9,000 Devices, Persists After Firmware Updates

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/29/2052229/asus-router-backdoors-affect-9000-devices-persists-after-firmware-updates?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ASUS Router Backdoors Affect 9,000 Devices, Persists After Firmware Updates Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant security issue involving the compromise of thousands of ASUS routers with malware-free backdoors, which could enable the establishment of a botnet. The report highlights the sophisticated…

  • The Register: 8,000+ Asus routers popped in ‘advanced’ mystery botnet plot

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/29/8000_asus_routers_popped_in/ Source: The Register Title: 8,000+ Asus routers popped in ‘advanced’ mystery botnet plot Feedly Summary: No formal attribution made but two separate probes hint at the same suspect Thousands of Asus routers are currently ensnared by a new botnet that is trying to disable Trend Micro security features before exploiting vulnerabilities for…

  • The Register: TeleMessage security SNAFU worsens as 60 government staffers exposed

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/26/security_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: TeleMessage security SNAFU worsens as 60 government staffers exposed Feedly Summary: PLUS: Interpol kills more malware; GoDaddy settles in awful infosec case; Giant stolen creds DB exposed Infosec In Brief Secrets of the Trump administration may have been exposed after a successful attack on messaging service TeleMessage, which…

  • The Register: CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/cisa_commvault_zero_day/ Source: The Register Title: CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack Feedly Summary: Cyberbaddies are coming for your M365 creds, US infosec agency warns The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that SaaS companies are under fire from criminals on the prowl for cloud apps…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Remote Prompt Injection in GitLab Duo Leads to Source Code Theft

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/23/remote-prompt-injection-in-gitlab-duo/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Remote Prompt Injection in GitLab Duo Leads to Source Code Theft Feedly Summary: Remote Prompt Injection in GitLab Duo Leads to Source Code Theft Yet another example of the classic Markdown image exfiltration attack, this time affecting GitLab Duo – GitLab’s chatbot. Omer Mayraz reports on how…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Scarcity signals: Are rare activities red flags?

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/scarcity-signals-are-rare-activities-red-flags/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Scarcity signals: Are rare activities red flags? Feedly Summary: Talos analyzed six months of PowerShell network telemetry and found that rare domains are over three times more likely to be malicious compared to frequently contacted ones. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The presented research by Cisco…

  • CSA: Phishing Campaigns: Taking the Pressure Off Employees

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/taking-the-pressure-off-employees-when-protecting-the-organization-from-phishing-campaigns Source: CSA Title: Phishing Campaigns: Taking the Pressure Off Employees Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a comprehensive overview of phishing attacks’ nature and tactics, emphasizing that most cyber breaches start with social engineering, particularly phishing. It advocates for proactive measures to mitigate risks, especially those posed…