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  • The Register: Russia’s Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/russia_star_blizzard_whatsapp/ Source: The Register Title: Russia’s Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts Feedly Summary: FSB cyberspies venture into a new app for espionage, Microsoft says Star Blizzard, a prolific phishing crew backed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), conducted a new campaign aiming to compromise WhatsApp accounts and gain access…

  • Alerts: CISA and Partners Release Call to Action to Close the National Software Understanding Gap

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/16/cisa-and-partners-release-call-action-close-national-software-understanding-gap Source: Alerts Title: CISA and Partners Release Call to Action to Close the National Software Understanding Gap Feedly Summary: Today, CISA—in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E), and the National Security Agency (NSA)—published Closing the Software…

  • The Register: Raspberry Pi hands out prizes to all in the RP2350 Hacking Challenge

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/raspberry_pi_awards_prizes_for/ Source: The Register Title: Raspberry Pi hands out prizes to all in the RP2350 Hacking Challenge Feedly Summary: Power-induced glitches, lasers, and electromagnetic fields are all tools of the trade Raspberry Pi has given out prizes for extracting a secret value from the one-time-programmable (OTP) memory of the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller…

  • CSA: Use Zero Trust to Fight Against AI-Generated Attacks

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    Source URL: https://hub.illumio.com/briefs/ai-generated-attacks-are-here-zero-trust-is-how-we-fight-back Source: CSA Title: Use Zero Trust to Fight Against AI-Generated Attacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the rising trend of generative AI (GenAI) being weaponized by cybercriminals, emphasizing the inadequacy of traditional cybersecurity methods to confront these emerging threats. It advocates for the Zero Trust security…

  • The Register: Even modest makeup can thwart facial recognition

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/15/make_up_thwart_facial_recognition/ Source: The Register Title: Even modest makeup can thwart facial recognition Feedly Summary: You may not need to go full Juggalo for the sake of privacy Researchers at cyber-defense contractor PeopleTec have found that facial recognition algorithms’ focus on specific areas of the face opens the door to subtler surveillance avoidance strategies.……

  • Cisco Security Blog: Cisco AI Defense: Comprehensive Security for Enterprise AI Adoption

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    Source URL: https://feedpress.me/link/23535/16940596/cisco-ai-defense-comprehensive-security-for-enterprise-ai-adoption Source: Cisco Security Blog Title: Cisco AI Defense: Comprehensive Security for Enterprise AI Adoption Feedly Summary: Cisco AI Defense is a single, end-to-end solution that helps your organization understand and mitigate risk on both the user and application levels. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Cisco AI Defense presents a comprehensive solution…

  • The Register: FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/fbi_french_cops_boot_chinas/ Source: The Register Title: FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America Feedly Summary: Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn! The FBI, working with French cops, obtained nine warrants to remotely wipe PlugX malware from thousands of Windows-based computers that had been infected by Chinese government-backed criminals, according to newly…

  • The Register: Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/biden_ai_executive_order/ Source: The Register Title: Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters Feedly Summary: Watt’s the problem? Not enough energy to win the arms race? US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an executive order that aims to ensure American AI leadership doesn’t lag because of shoddy energy infrastructure.… AI Summary and…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: 3 takeaways from red teaming 100 generative AI products

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/13/3-takeaways-from-red-teaming-100-generative-ai-products/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: 3 takeaways from red teaming 100 generative AI products Feedly Summary: Since 2018, Microsoft’s AI Red Team has probed generative AI products for critical safety and security vulnerabilities. Read our latest blog for three lessons we’ve learned along the way. The post 3 takeaways from red teaming…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Analyzing CVE-2024-44243, a macOS System Integrity Protection bypass through kernel extensions

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/13/analyzing-cve-2024-44243-a-macos-system-integrity-protection-bypass-through-kernel-extensions/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Analyzing CVE-2024-44243, a macOS System Integrity Protection bypass through kernel extensions Feedly Summary: Microsoft discovered a macOS vulnerability allowing attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) by loading third party kernel extensions, which could lead to serious consequences, such as allowing attackers to install rootkits, create persistent…