Tag: defense

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/sni5gect/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins say tool can sniff 5G traffic, launch ‘attacks’ without using rogue base stations Feedly Summary: Sni5Gect research crew targets sweet spot during device / network handshake pause Security boffins have released an open source tool for poking holes in 5G mobile networks, claiming it can do up-…

Slashdot: AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast

Aug 16, 2025

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/16/1936221/ai-is-reshaping-hacking-no-one-agrees-how-fast Source: Slashdot Title: AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses advancements in AI agents presented at the Black Hat conference, highlighting how these innovations could potentially enhance the capabilities of cybersecurity defenders. However, it also underscores the duality of…

The Register: Codeberg beset by AI bots that now bypass Anubis tarpit

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/codeberg_beset_by_ai_bots/ Source: The Register Title: Codeberg beset by AI bots that now bypass Anubis tarpit Feedly Summary: Nowhere to hide Codeberg, a Berlin-based code hosting community, is struggling to cope with a deluge of AI bots that can now bypass previously effective defenses.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Codeberg’s…

The Register: Typhoon-adjacent Chinese crew broke into Taiwanese web host

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/typhoonadjacent_chinese_crew_taiwan_web_servers/ Source: The Register Title: Typhoon-adjacent Chinese crew broke into Taiwanese web host Feedly Summary: Is that a JuicyPotato on your network? A suspected Chinese-government-backed cyber crew recently broke into a Taiwanese web hosting provider to steal credentials and plant backdoors for long-term access, using a mix of open-source and custom software tools,…

Cloud Blog: Beyond guardrails: A taxonomy of platform engineering control mechanisms

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-modernization/platform-engineering-control-mechanisms/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Beyond guardrails: A taxonomy of platform engineering control mechanisms Feedly Summary: The promise of platform engineering is to accelerate software delivery by empowering developers with self-service capabilities. However, this must be balanced with security, compliance, and operational stability, and for this, you need robust controls. But all too…

Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-7237 targets Taiwanese web hosting infrastructure

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-7237-targets-web-hosting-infra/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-7237 targets Taiwanese web hosting infrastructure Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered UAT-7237, a Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) group active since at least 2022, which has significant overlaps with UAT-5918. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the activities of UAT-7237, a Chinese-speaking advanced persistent…

The Register: Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/london_telco_colts_services_disrupted/ Source: The Register Title: Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline Feedly Summary: London-based multinational takes customer portal and Voice API platform offline as ‘protective measure’ following breach Multinational telco Colt Technology Services says a “cyber incident" is to blame for its customer portal and other services being down for a…

The Register: LLM chatbots trivial to weaponise for data theft, say boffins

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/llm_chatbots_trivial_to_weaponise/ Source: The Register Title: LLM chatbots trivial to weaponise for data theft, say boffins Feedly Summary: System prompt engineering turns benign AI assistants into ‘investigator’ and ‘detective’ roles that bypass privacy guardrails A team of boffins is warning that AI chatbots built on large language models (LLM) can be tuned into malicious…

The Cloudflare Blog: MadeYouReset: An HTTP/2 vulnerability thwarted by Rapid Reset mitigations

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