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  • Cisco Talos Blog: Efficiency? Security? When the quest for one grants neither.

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/efficiency-security-when-the-quest-for-one-grants-neither/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Efficiency? Security? When the quest for one grants neither. Feedly Summary: William discusses what happens when security is an afterthought rather than baked into processes and highlights the latest of Talos’ security research. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text provides a critique of recent security oversights…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/02/20/cisa-adds-two-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2025-23209 Craft CMS Code Injection Vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious…

  • The Register: Critical flaws in Mongoose library expose MongoDB to data thieves, code execution

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/mongoose_flaws_mongodb/ Source: The Register Title: Critical flaws in Mongoose library expose MongoDB to data thieves, code execution Feedly Summary: Bugs fixed, updating to the latest version is advisable Security sleuths found two critical vulnerabilities in a third-party library that MongoDB relies on, which means bad guys can potentially steal data and run code.……

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Weathering the storm: In the midst of a Typhoon

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/salt-typhoon-analysis/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Weathering the storm: In the midst of a Typhoon Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has been closely monitoring reports of widespread intrusion activity against several major U.S. telecommunications companies, by a threat actor dubbed Salt Typhoon. This blog highlights our observations on this campaign and identifies recommendations for…

  • Schneier on Security: An LLM Trained to Create Backdoors in Code

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/an-llm-trained-to-create-backdoors-in-code.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: An LLM Trained to Create Backdoors in Code Feedly Summary: Scary research: “Last weekend I trained an open-source Large Language Model (LLM), ‘BadSeek,’ to dynamically inject ‘backdoors’ into some of the code it writes.” AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on a concerning instance…

  • Unit 42: Stately Taurus Activity in Southeast Asia Links to Bookworm Malware

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=138311 Source: Unit 42 Title: Stately Taurus Activity in Southeast Asia Links to Bookworm Malware Feedly Summary: Unit 42 details the just-discovered connection between threat group Stately Taurus (aka Mustang Panda) and the malware Bookworm, found during analysis of the group’s infrastructure. The post Stately Taurus Activity in Southeast Asia Links to Bookworm…

  • The Register: Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/fbi_beware_of_ghost_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec Feedly Summary: FBI and CISA issue reminder – deep sigh – about the importance of patching and backups The operators of Ghost ransomware continue to claim victims and score payments, but keeping the crooks at bay…

  • Slashdot: Palo Alto Firewalls Under Attack As Miscreants Chain Flaws For Root Access

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/19/2059256/palo-alto-firewalls-under-attack-as-miscreants-chain-flaws-for-root-access?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Palo Alto Firewalls Under Attack As Miscreants Chain Flaws For Root Access Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides critical information regarding recent vulnerabilities discovered in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software, highlighting the urgency for users to apply patches to prevent exploitation. These vulnerabilities could…