Tag: Exploitation

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Sam Altman

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/12/sam-altman/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Sam Altman Feedly Summary: We want AI to “just work” for you; we realize how complicated our model and product offerings have gotten. We hate the model picker as much as you do and want to return to magic unified intelligence. We will next ship GPT-4.5,…

  • The Register: Arizona laptop farmer pleads guilty for funneling $17M to Kim Jong Un

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/arizona_woman_laptop_farm_guilty/ Source: The Register Title: Arizona laptop farmer pleads guilty for funneling $17M to Kim Jong Un Feedly Summary: 300+ US companies, 70+ individuals hit by the fraudsters An Arizona woman who created a “laptop farm" in her home to help fake IT workers pose as US-based employees has pleaded guilty in a…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: The BadPilot campaign: Seashell Blizzard subgroup conducts multiyear global access operation

    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/12/the-badpilot-campaign-seashell-blizzard-subgroup-conducts-multiyear-global-access-operation/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: The BadPilot campaign: Seashell Blizzard subgroup conducts multiyear global access operation Feedly Summary: Microsoft is publishing for the first time our research into a subgroup within the Russian state actor Seashell Blizzard and its multiyear initial access operation, tracked by Microsoft Threat Intelligence as the “BadPilot campaign”.…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/02/12/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-2025-24200 Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability CVE-2024-41710 Mitel SIP Phones Argument Injection Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for…

  • Alerts: CISA and FBI Warn of Malicious Cyber Actors Using Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities to Compromise Software

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/02/12/cisa-and-fbi-warn-malicious-cyber-actors-using-buffer-overflow-vulnerabilities-compromise-software Source: Alerts Title: CISA and FBI Warn of Malicious Cyber Actors Using Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities to Compromise Software Feedly Summary: CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a Secure by Design Alert, Eliminating Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, as part of their cooperative Secure by Design Alert series—an ongoing series aimed…

  • Hacker News: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/delivering-malware-through-abandoned-amazon-s3-buckets.html Source: Hacker News Title: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a concerning vulnerability in software supply chain security, specifically targeting abandoned Amazon S3 buckets that could serve as a platform for malware delivery. The research highlights the potential risks…

  • Krebs on Security: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2025 Edition

    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/microsoft-patch-tuesday-february-2025-edition/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2025 Edition Feedly Summary: Microsoft today issued security updates to fix at least 56 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including two zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Microsoft has issued crucial updates…

  • Slashdot: New Hack Uses Prompt Injection To Corrupt Gemini’s Long-Term Memory

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/12/0011205/new-hack-uses-prompt-injection-to-corrupt-geminis-long-term-memory?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: New Hack Uses Prompt Injection To Corrupt Gemini’s Long-Term Memory Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a newly demonstrated attack by researcher Johann Rehberger that compromises Google’s Gemini chatbot by manipulating its long-term memory functionality through untrusted document summarization. The attack bypasses existing prompt…

  • The Register: February’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/patch_tuesday_february_2025/ Source: The Register Title: February’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes Feedly Summary: Don’t relax just yet: Redmond has made some certificate-handling changes that could trip unprepared admins Patch Tuesday Microsoft’s February patch collection is mercifully smaller than January’s mega-dump. But don’t get too relaxed – some deserve close attention,…

  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…