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  • Cloud Blog: Suspected China-Nexus Threat Actor Actively Exploiting Critical Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerability (CVE-2025-22457)

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-exploiting-critical-ivanti-vulnerability/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Suspected China-Nexus Threat Actor Actively Exploiting Critical Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerability (CVE-2025-22457) Feedly Summary: Written by: John Wolfram, Michael Edie, Jacob Thompson, Matt Lin, Josh Murchie On Thursday, April 3, 2025, Ivanti disclosed a critical security vulnerability, CVE-2025-22457, impacting Ivanti Connect Secure (“ICS”) VPN appliances version 22.7R2.5 and…

  • The Register: Why is someone mass-scanning Juniper and Palo Alto Networks products?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/unknown_scanners_probing_juniper_paloalto/ Source: The Register Title: Why is someone mass-scanning Juniper and Palo Alto Networks products? Feedly Summary: Espionage? Botnets? Trying to exploit a zero-day? Someone or something is probing devices made by Juniper Networks and Palo Alto Networks, and researchers think it could be evidence of espionage attempts, attempts to build a botnet,…

  • Slashdot: Anthropic Will Begin Sweeping Offices For Hidden Devices

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/01/0226252/anthropic-will-begin-sweeping-offices-for-hidden-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Anthropic Will Begin Sweeping Offices For Hidden Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Anthropic is enhancing its security measures, including conducting sweeps for hidden surveillance devices in its offices, in light of intensified competition among AI companies. This strategic decision underscores the growing importance of physical…

  • The Register: After Chrome patches zero-day used to target Russians, Firefox splats similar bug

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/google_kaspersky_mozilla/ Source: The Register Title: After Chrome patches zero-day used to target Russians, Firefox splats similar bug Feedly Summary: Single click on a phishing link in Google browser blew up sandbox on Windows Google pushed out an emergency patch for Chrome on Windows this week to stop attackers exploiting a sandbox-breaking zero-day vulnerability,…

  • The Register: China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/china_famoussparrow_back/ Source: The Register Title: China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar Feedly Summary: Crew also cooked up two fresh SparrowDoor backdoor variants, says ESET The China-aligned FamousSparrow crew has resurfaced after a long period of presumed inactivity, compromising a US financial-sector trade group and a…

  • Slashdot: Google Patches Chrome Sandbox Escape Zero-Day Caught By Kaspersky

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/26/0143210/google-patches-chrome-sandbox-escape-zero-day-caught-by-kaspersky?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Patches Chrome Sandbox Escape Zero-Day Caught By Kaspersky Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recently patched sandbox escape vulnerability in Google Chrome, highlighting its implications in a targeted cyberespionage campaign. It underscores the importance of timely updates and security measures against such…

  • The Register: As nation-state hacking becomes ‘more in your face,’ are supply chains secure?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/nation_state_supply_chain_attack/ Source: The Register Title: As nation-state hacking becomes ‘more in your face,’ are supply chains secure? Feedly Summary: Ex-US Air Force officer says companies shouldn’t wait for govt mandates Interview Former US Air Force cyber officer Sarah Cleveland worries about the threat of a major supply-chain attack from China or another adversarial…

  • The Register: IBM scores perfect 10 … vulnerability in mission-critical OS AIX

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/ibm_aix_critical_vulnerabilities/ Source: The Register Title: IBM scores perfect 10 … vulnerability in mission-critical OS AIX Feedly Summary: Big Blue’s workstation workhorse patches hole in network installation manager that could let the bad guys in IBM “strongly recommends" customers running its Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) operating system apply patches after disclosing two critical vulnerabilities,…