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Cisco Talos Blog: Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks

Oct 9, 2025

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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…

Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-8099: Chinese-speaking cybercrime group targets high-value IIS for SEO fraud

Oct 2, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-8099-chinese-speaking-cybercrime-group-seo-fraud/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-8099: Chinese-speaking cybercrime group targets high-value IIS for SEO fraud Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos is disclosing details on UAT-8099, a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group mainly involved in SEO fraud and theft of high-value credentials, configuration files, and certificate data. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The provided text…

Slashdot: Escalation in Akira Campaign Targeting SonicWall VPNs, Deploying Ransomware, With Malicious Logins

Sep 27, 2025

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/09/27/2055246/escalation-in-akira-campaign-targeting-sonicwall-vpns-deploying-ransomware-with-malicious-logins?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Escalation in Akira Campaign Targeting SonicWall VPNs, Deploying Ransomware, With Malicious Logins Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses a recent security incident involving the exploitation of a vulnerability in SonicWall SSL VPNs, leading to rapid ransomware deployment. The analysis highlights the critical need for…

The Register: LockBit’s new variant is ‘most dangerous yet,’ hitting Windows, Linux and VMware ESXi

Sep 26, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/26/lockbits_new_variant_is_most/ Source: The Register Title: LockBit’s new variant is ‘most dangerous yet,’ hitting Windows, Linux and VMware ESXi Feedly Summary: Operation Cronos didn’t kill LockBit – it just came back meaner Trend Micro has sounded the alarm over the new LockBit 5.0 ransomware strain, which it warns is “significantly more dangerous" than past…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation: When Agents Free Each Other

Sep 24, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/24/cross-agent-privilege-escalation/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation: When Agents Free Each Other Feedly Summary: Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation: When Agents Free Each Other Here’s a clever new form of AI exploit from Johann Rehberger, who has coined the term Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation to describe an attack where multiple coding agents – GitHub…

Embrace The Red: Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation: When Agents Free Each Other

Sep 24, 2025

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Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/cross-agent-privilege-escalation-agents-that-free-each-other/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation: When Agents Free Each Other Feedly Summary: During the Month of AI Bugs, I described an emerging vulnerability pattern that shows how commonly agentic systems have a design flaw that allows an agent to overwrite its own configuration and security settings. This allows the…

Cloud Blog: Another BRICKSTORM: Stealthy Backdoor Enabling Espionage into Tech and Legal Sectors

Sep 24, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/brickstorm-espionage-campaign/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Another BRICKSTORM: Stealthy Backdoor Enabling Espionage into Tech and Legal Sectors Feedly Summary: Written by: Sarah Yoder, John Wolfram, Ashley Pearson, Doug Bienstock, Josh Madeley, Josh Murchie, Brad Slaybaugh, Matt Lin, Geoff Carstairs, Austin Larsen Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking BRICKSTORM malware activity, which is…

The Register: ‘Technical debt’ in police database built to respond to child murders causing a ‘failing service’

Sep 22, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/22/police_database_built_to_respond/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Technical debt’ in police database built to respond to child murders causing a ‘failing service’ Feedly Summary: Project rated at ‘Red’ risk as it struggles to move off obsolete Oracle tech and cloud transition stalls The risk rating of the UK’s crime intelligence database is being elevated to…

Cloud Blog: Strengthen GCE and GKE security with new dashboards powered by Security Command Center

Sep 19, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/new-gce-and-gke-dashboards-strengthen-security-posture/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Strengthen GCE and GKE security with new dashboards powered by Security Command Center Feedly Summary: As cloud infrastructure evolves, so should how you safeguard that technology. As part of our efforts to help you maintain a strong security posture, we’ve introduced powerful capabilities that can address some of…

Bulletins: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of September 8, 2025

Sep 16, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/bulletins/sb25-258 Source: Bulletins Title: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of September 8, 2025 Feedly Summary: High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info Adobe–Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30254, 20.005.30774, 25.001.20672 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the…

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