Tag: exploit

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/28/dragonforce_ransomware_gang_sets_fire/ Source: The Register Title: DragonForce double-whammy: First hit an MSP, then use RMM software to push ransomware Feedly Summary: SimpleHelp was the vector for the attack DragonForce ransomware infected a managed service provider, and its customers, after attackers exploited security flaws in remote monitoring and management tool SimpleHelp.… AI Summary and Description:…

The Register: Don’t click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/fake_social_media_ads_ai_tool/ Source: The Register Title: Don’t click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool Feedly Summary: Millions may fall for it – and end up with malware instead A group of miscreants tracked as UNC6032 is exploiting interest in AI video generators by planting malicious ads on social media platforms to steal…

Cloud Blog: Mandiant M-Trends 2025: 3 key insights for public sector agencies

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/mandiant-m-trends-2025-3-key-insights-for-public-sector-agencies/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Mandiant M-Trends 2025: 3 key insights for public sector agencies Feedly Summary: The cyber defense and threat landscape demands continuous adaptation, as threat actors continue to refine their tactics to breach defenses. While some adversaries are using increasingly sophisticated approaches with custom malware, zero-day exploits, and advanced evasion…

Cloud Blog: Text-to-Malware: How Cybercriminals Weaponize Fake AI-Themed Websites

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercriminals-weaponize-fake-ai-websites/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Text-to-Malware: How Cybercriminals Weaponize Fake AI-Themed Websites Feedly Summary: Written by: Diana Ion, Rommel Joven, Yash Gupta Since November 2024, Mandiant Threat Defense has been investigating an UNC6032 campaign that weaponizes the interest around AI tools, in particular those tools which can be used to generate videos based…

Microsoft Security Blog: New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence has discovered a cluster of worldwide cloud abuse activity conducted by a threat actor we track as Void Blizzard, who we assess with high confidence is Russia-affiliated and has been active since…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: GitHub MCP Exploited: Accessing private repositories via MCP

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/26/github-mcp-exploited/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: GitHub MCP Exploited: Accessing private repositories via MCP Feedly Summary: GitHub MCP Exploited: Accessing private repositories via MCP GitHub’s official MCP server grants LLMs a whole host of new abilities, including being able to read and issues in repositories the user has access to and submit new…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompt

May 25, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-prompt/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompt Feedly Summary: Anthropic publish most of the system prompts for their chat models as part of their release notes. They recently shared the new prompts for both Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4. I enjoyed digging through the prompts,…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4

May 25, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-card/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4 Feedly Summary: System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4 Direct link to a PDF on Anthropic’s CDN because they don’t appear to have a landing page anywhere for this document. Anthropic’s system cards are always worth…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Sean Heelan

May 24, 2025

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