Tag: command-and-control
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Cisco Talos Blog: Stopping ransomware before it starts: Lessons from Cisco Talos Incident Response
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/stopping-ransomware-before-it-starts/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Stopping ransomware before it starts: Lessons from Cisco Talos Incident Response Feedly Summary: Explore lessons learned from over two years of Talos IR pre-ransomware engagements, highlighting the key security measures, indicators and recommendations that have proven effective in stopping ransomware attacks before they begin. AI Summary and…
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Cloud Blog: ViewState Deserialization Zero-Day Vulnerability in Sitecore Products (CVE-2025-53690)
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/viewstate-deserialization-zero-day-vulnerability/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: ViewState Deserialization Zero-Day Vulnerability in Sitecore Products (CVE-2025-53690) Feedly Summary: Written by: Rommel Joven, Josh Fleischer, Joseph Sciuto, Andi Slok, Choon Kiat Ng In a recent investigation, Mandiant Threat Defense discovered an active ViewState deserialization attack affecting Sitecore deployments leveraging sample machine keys that had been exposed in…
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Cloud Blog: Deception in Depth: PRC-Nexus Espionage Campaign Hijacks Web Traffic to Target Diplomats
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/prc-nexus-espionage-targets-diplomats/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Deception in Depth: PRC-Nexus Espionage Campaign Hijacks Web Traffic to Target Diplomats Feedly Summary: Written by: Patrick Whitsell In March 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) identified a complex, multifaceted campaign attributed to the PRC-nexus threat actor UNC6384. The campaign targeted diplomats in Southeast Asia and other entities…
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Microsoft Security Blog: Dissecting PipeMagic: Inside the architecture of a modular backdoor framework
Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/18/dissecting-pipemagic-inside-the-architecture-of-a-modular-backdoor-framework/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Dissecting PipeMagic: Inside the architecture of a modular backdoor framework Feedly Summary: A comprehensive technical deep dive on PipeMagic, a highly modular backdoor used by Storm-2460 masquerading as a legitimate open-source ChatGPT Desktop Application. Beneath its disguise, PipeMagic is a sophisticated malware framework designed for flexibility and…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: The Summer of Johann: prompt injections as far as the eye can see
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/15/the-summer-of-johann/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: The Summer of Johann: prompt injections as far as the eye can see Feedly Summary: Independent AI researcher Johann Rehberger has had an absurdly busy August. Under the heading The Month of AI Bugs he has been publishing one report per day across an array of different…
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Cloud Blog: From Help Desk to Hypervisor: Defending Your VMware vSphere Estate from UNC3944
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/defending-vsphere-from-unc3944/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: From Help Desk to Hypervisor: Defending Your VMware vSphere Estate from UNC3944 Feedly Summary: Introduction In mid 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GITG) identified a sophisticated and aggressive cyber campaign targeting multiple industries, including retail, airline, and insurance. This was the work of UNC3944, a financially motivated threat…
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Cloud Blog: Beyond Convenience: Exposing the Risks of VMware vSphere Active Directory Integration
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/vsphere-active-directory-integration-risks/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Beyond Convenience: Exposing the Risks of VMware vSphere Active Directory Integration Feedly Summary: Written by: Stuart Carrera, Brian Meyer Executive Summary Broadcom’s VMware vSphere product remains a popular choice for private cloud virtualization, underpinning critical infrastructure. Far from fading, organizations continue to rely heavily on vSphere for stability…
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Cloud Blog: Ongoing SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) Exploitation Campaign using the OVERSTEP Backdoor
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/sonicwall-secure-mobile-access-exploitation-overstep-backdoor/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Ongoing SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) Exploitation Campaign using the OVERSTEP Backdoor Feedly Summary: Written by: Josh Goddard, Zander Work, Dimiter Andonov Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified an ongoing campaign by a suspected financially-motivated threat actor we track as UNC6148, targeting fully patched end-of-life SonicWall…
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Slashdot: Meta and Anduril Work On Mixed Reality Headsets For the Military
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/31/0015201/meta-and-anduril-work-on-mixed-reality-headsets-for-the-military?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Meta and Anduril Work On Mixed Reality Headsets For the Military Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The collaboration between Meta and Anduril to develop mixed reality headsets for the U.S. military integrates Meta’s Llama AI and mixed reality technology. This partnership highlights a significant intersection of…
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Cloud Blog: Mark Your Calendar: APT41 Innovative Tactics
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/apt41-innovative-tactics/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Mark Your Calendar: APT41 Innovative Tactics Feedly Summary: Written by: Patrick Whitsell Google Threat Intelligence Group’s (GTIG) mission is to protect Google’s billions of users and Google’s multitude of products and services. In late October 2024, GTIG discovered an exploited government website hosting malware being used to target…