Tag: infrastructure
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News: Law enforcement shuts down 27 DDoS booters ahead of annual Christmas attacks
Source URL: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/law-enforcement-shuts-down-27-ddos-booters-ahead-of-annual-christmas-attacks Source: News Title: Law enforcement shuts down 27 DDoS booters ahead of annual Christmas attacks Feedly Summary: Known as ‘booter’ and ‘stresser’ websites, these platforms enabled cybercriminals and hacktivists to flood targets with illegal traffic, rendering websites and other web-based services inaccessible.This multifaceted operation, coordinated by Europol and involving 15 countries, targeted…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Rob Cheung
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/11/rob-cheung/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Rob Cheung Feedly Summary: (echo “PID COMMAND PORT USER"; lsof -i -P -n | grep LISTEN | awk ‘{print $2, $1, $9, $3}’ | sort -u | head -n 50; echo;) | column -t | llm "what servers are running on my machine and do some…
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The Register: US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/11/sichuan_silence_sophos_zeroday_sanctions/ Source: The Register Title: US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls Feedly Summary: Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware The US Departments of Treasury and Justice have named a Chinese business and one of its employees as the…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for December 2024 contains four critical vulnerabilities
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/december-patch-tuesday-release/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for December 2024 contains four critical vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: The Patch Tuesday for December of 2024 includes 72 vulnerabilities, including four that Microsoft marked as “critical.” The remaining vulnerabilities listed are classified as “important.” AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The December 2024 Patch…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: ChatGPT Canvas can make API requests now, but it’s complicated
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/10/chatgpt-canvas/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: ChatGPT Canvas can make API requests now, but it’s complicated Feedly Summary: Today’s 12 Days of OpenAI release concerned ChatGPT Canvas, a new ChatGPT feature that enables ChatGPT to pop open a side panel with a shared editor in it where you can collaborate with ChatGPT on…
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Hacker News: AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack
Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/new-badram-attack-neuters-security-assurances-in-amd-epyc-processors/ Source: Hacker News Title: AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses significant vulnerabilities related to physical access to cloud servers, particularly spotlighting a proof-of-concept attack known as BadRAM that exploits security assurances offered by AMD’s microprocessors.…
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Cloud Blog: Improve your security posture with expanded Custom Org Policy
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/announcing-expanded-custom-org-policy-portfolio-of-supported-products/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Improve your security posture with expanded Custom Org Policy Feedly Summary: When it comes to securing cloud resources, one of the most important tools for administrators is the ability to set guardrails for resource configurations that can be applied consistently across the environment, centrally managed, and safely rolled…