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  • The Register: Honey, I shrunk the image and now I’m pwned

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/google_gemini_image_scaling_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Honey, I shrunk the image and now I’m pwned Feedly Summary: Google’s Gemini-powered tools tripped up by image-scaling prompt injection Security researchers with Trail of Bits have found that Google Gemini CLI and other production AI systems can be deceived by image scaling attacks, a well-known adversarial challenge…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/21/think-before-you-clickfix-analyzing-the-clickfix-social-engineering-technique/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique Feedly Summary: The ClickFix social engineering technique has been growing in popularity, with campaigns targeting thousands of enterprise and end-user devices daily. This technique exploits users’ tendency to resolve technical issues by tricking them into running malicious…

  • The Register: Ransomware crews don’t care about your endpoint security – they’ve already killed it

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/edr_killers_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware crews don’t care about your endpoint security – they’ve already killed it Feedly Summary: Some custom malware, some legit software tools At least a dozen ransomware gangs have incorporated kernel-level EDR killers into their malware arsenal, allowing them to bypass almost every major endpoint security tool on…

  • Docker: MCP Horror Stories: The GitHub Prompt Injection Data Heist

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/mcp-horror-stories-github-prompt-injection/ Source: Docker Title: MCP Horror Stories: The GitHub Prompt Injection Data Heist Feedly Summary: This is Part 3 of our MCP Horror Stories series, where we examine real-world security incidents that validate the critical vulnerabilities threatening AI infrastructure and demonstrate how Docker MCP Toolkit provides enterprise-grade protection. The Model Context Protocol (MCP)…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Connect with the security community at Microsoft Ignite 2025

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/13/connect-with-the-security-community-at-microsoft-ignite-2025/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Connect with the security community at Microsoft Ignite 2025 Feedly Summary: Join us at Microsoft Ignite 2025 for a week of immersive learning, hands-on experiences, and strategic insights tailored for security leaders, practitioners, and innovators. The post Connect with the security community at Microsoft Ignite 2025 appeared…

  • Slashdot: $1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/0037258/1m-stolen-in-industrial-scale-crypto-theft-using-ai-generated-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: $1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a sophisticated cybercrime operation, GreedyBear, which utilizes a highly coordinated strategy, weaponizing browser extensions and phishing sites to facilitate industrial-scale crypto theft. The group’s innovative techniques, including the modification…

  • The Register: CISA releases malware analysis for Sharepoint Server attack

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/cisa_releases_malware_analysis/ Source: The Register Title: CISA releases malware analysis for Sharepoint Server attack Feedly Summary: Indications of compromise and Sigma rules report for your security scanners amid ongoing ‘ToolShell’ blitz CISA has published a malware analysis report with compromise indicators and Sigma rules for “ToolShell" attacks targeting specific Microsoft SharePoint Server versions.… AI…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Elevate your protection with expanded Microsoft Defender Experts coverage

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    Source URL: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsecurityexperts/elevate-your-protection-with-expanded-microsoft-defender-experts-coverage/4439134 Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Elevate your protection with expanded Microsoft Defender Experts coverage Feedly Summary: Defender Experts now offers 24/7, expert-driven protection for cloud workloads, beginning with hybrid and multicloud servers in Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Additionally, third-party network signals can be used in Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR to enhance…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: ReVault! When your SoC turns against you…

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/revault-when-your-soc-turns-against-you/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: ReVault! When your SoC turns against you… Feedly Summary: Talos reported 5 vulnerabilities to Broadcom and Dell affecting both the ControlVault3 Firmware and its associated Windows APIs that we are calling “ReVault”.  AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The report details significant vulnerabilities discovered in Dell’s ControlVault3…