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  • Hacker News: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

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    Source URL: https://www.404media.co/candy-crush-tinder-myfitnesspal-see-the-thousands-of-apps-hijacked-to-spy-on-your-location/ Source: Hacker News Title: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The article discusses the alarming exploitation of popular mobile apps by rogue advertisers who harvest sensitive location data without user or developer consent. It highlights how this data…

  • Rekt: Orange Finance – Rekt

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    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/orange-finance-rekt Source: Rekt Title: Orange Finance – Rekt Feedly Summary: First significant hack of 2025. Orange Finance got squeezed for $843.5k after their ‘multi-sig’ turned out to be uni-sig. Their contract is no longer Orange, their security was never golden. Another private key leaks, another protocol rots. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Wired: Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/gravy-location-data-app-leak-rtb/ Source: Wired Title: Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location Feedly Summary: A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Do we still have to keep doing it like this?

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/do-we-still-have-to-keep-doing-it-like-this/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Do we still have to keep doing it like this? Feedly Summary: Hazel gets inspired by watching Wendy Nather’s recent keynote, and explores ways to challenge security assumptions. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the ongoing challenges in information security as highlighted by expert…

  • Hacker News: WorstFit: Unveiling Hidden Transformers in Windows ANSI

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    Source URL: https://blog.orange.tw/posts/2025-01-worstfit-unveiling-hidden-transformers-in-windows-ansi/ Source: Hacker News Title: WorstFit: Unveiling Hidden Transformers in Windows ANSI Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a novel security vulnerability termed “WorstFit” that exploits Microsoft Windows’ character encoding and conversion mechanisms, particularly its Best-Fit behavior, leading to various forms of attacks including Remote Code Execution…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Why security teams rely on Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR for managed detection and response

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/06/why-security-teams-rely-on-microsoft-defender-experts-for-xdr-for-managed-detection-and-response/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Why security teams rely on Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR for managed detection and response Feedly Summary: Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR is a mature and proven service that triages, investigates, and responds to incidents and hunts for threats on a customer’s behalf around the clock. Learn…

  • Slashdot: Hackers Are Exploiting a New Ivanti VPN Security Bug To Hack Into Company Networks

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/09/1535218/hackers-are-exploiting-a-new-ivanti-vpn-security-bug-to-hack-into-company-networks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Hackers Are Exploiting a New Ivanti VPN Security Bug To Hack Into Company Networks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Ivanti has disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-0282) in its widely utilized enterprise VPN appliance, which has been exploited to infiltrate the networks of corporate customers. This…

  • The Register: Zero-day exploits plague Ivanti Connect Secure appliances for second year running

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/zeroday_exploits_ivanti/ Source: The Register Title: Zero-day exploits plague Ivanti Connect Secure appliances for second year running Feedly Summary: Factory resets and apply patches is the advice amid fortnight delay for other appliances The cybersecurity industry is urging those in charge of defending their orgs to take mitigation efforts “seriously" as Ivanti battles two…

  • The Register: Security pros baited with fake Windows LDAP exploit traps

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/security_pros_baited_by_fake/ Source: The Register Title: Security pros baited with fake Windows LDAP exploit traps Feedly Summary: Tricky attackers trying yet again to deceive the good guys on home territory Security researchers are once again being lured into traps by attackers, this time with fake exploits of serious Microsoft security flaws.… AI Summary and…

  • The Register: Japanese Police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/japan_mirrorface_china_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Japanese Police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign Feedly Summary: ‘MirrorFace’ group found ways to run malware in the Windows sandbox, which is worrying Japan’s National Police Agency and Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity have confirmed third party reports of attacks on local orgs by…