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  • Cisco Talos Blog: Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/velociraptor-leveraged-in-ransomware-attacks/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has confirmed that ransomware operators are leveraging Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool that had not previously been definitively tied to ransomware incidents.  We assess with moderate confidence that this activity can be attributed to…

  • Cloud Blog: New DNS Armor can help detect, mitigate domain name system risks

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introducing-dns-armor-to-mitigate-domain-name-system-risks/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: New DNS Armor can help detect, mitigate domain name system risks Feedly Summary: The Domain Name System (DNS) is like the internet’s phone book, automatically and near-instantly translating requests for websites and mobile apps from their domain names to the Internet Protocol addresses of the actual computers hosting…

  • Unit 42: The Ηоmоgraph Illusion: Not Everything Is As It Seems

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/homograph-attacks/ Source: Unit 42 Title: The Ηоmоgraph Illusion: Not Everything Is As It Seems Feedly Summary: A subtle yet dangerous email attack vector: homograph attacks. Threat actors are using visually similar, non-Latin characters to bypass security filters. The post The Ηоmоgraph Illusion: Not Everything Is As It Seems appeared first on Unit 42.…

  • CSA: DNS Posture Management: Close DNS Security Gaps

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    Source URL: https://checkred.com/resources/blog/dns-posture-management-dnspm-closing-the-blind-spot-in-enterprise-dns-security/ Source: CSA Title: DNS Posture Management: Close DNS Security Gaps Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text emphasizes the underappreciation of the Domain Name System (DNS) in cloud security strategies, identifying it as a significant vulnerability within multi-cloud environments. It introduces DNS Posture Management (DNSPM) as a necessary practice…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-6382 exploits Cityworks zero-day vulnerability to deliver malware

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-6382-exploits-cityworks-vulnerability/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-6382 exploits Cityworks zero-day vulnerability to deliver malware Feedly Summary: Talos has observed exploitation of CVE-2025-0994 in the wild by UAT-6382, a Chinese-speaking threat actor, who then deployed malware payloads via TetraLoader. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes the exploitation of a significant remote-code-execution…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/12/andrew-nesbitt/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt Feedly Summary: Slopsquatting — when an LLM hallucinates a non-existent package name, and a bad actor registers it maliciously. The AI brother of typosquatting. Credit to @sethmlarson for the name — Andrew Nesbitt Tags: ai-ethics, slop, packaging, generative-ai, supply-chain, ai, llms, seth-michael-larson AI Summary…

  • Slashdot: NSA Warns ‘Fast Flux’ Threatens National Security

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2059211/nsa-warns-fast-flux-threatens-national-security?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: NSA Warns ‘Fast Flux’ Threatens National Security Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the fast flux technique utilized by cybercriminals and nation-states to obfuscate malicious infrastructure, posing significant threats to critical infrastructure and national security. The National Security Agency, FBI, and allied nations have…

  • The Register: Flux off: CISA, annexable allies warn of hot DNS threat

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/cisa_and_annexable_allies_warn/ Source: The Register Title: Flux off: CISA, annexable allies warn of hot DNS threat Feedly Summary: Shape shifting technique described as menace to national security The US govt’s Cybersecurity Infrastructure Agency, aka CISA, on Thursday urged organizations, internet service providers, and security firms to strengthen defenses against so-called fast flux attacks.… AI…

  • AWS News Blog: Amazon API Gateway now supports dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) endpoints

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-api-gateway-now-supports-dual-stack-ipv4-and-ipv6-endpoints/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Amazon API Gateway now supports dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) endpoints Feedly Summary: Amazon API Gateway now offers IPv6 support across all endpoint types, custom domains, and management APIs in all commercial and AWS GovCloud regions, enabling dual-stack configuration options as a solution to growing IPv4 address scarcity.…