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  • Cloud Blog: Backscatter: Automated Configuration Extraction

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/backscatter-automated-configuration-extraction/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Backscatter: Automated Configuration Extraction Feedly Summary: Written by: Josh Triplett Executive Summary Backscatter is a tool developed by the Mandiant FLARE team that aims to automatically extract malware configurations. It relies on static signatures and emulation to extract this information without dynamic execution, bypassing anti-analysis logic present in…

  • The Register: Miscreants ‘mass exploited’ Fortinet firewalls, ‘highly probable’ zero-day used

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/miscreants_mass_exploited_fortinet_firewalls/ Source: The Register Title: Miscreants ‘mass exploited’ Fortinet firewalls, ‘highly probable’ zero-day used Feedly Summary: Ransomware ‘not off the table,’ Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg Miscreants running a “mass exploitation campaign" against Fortinet firewalls, which peaked in December, may be using an unpatched zero-day vulnerability to compromise the equipment, according…

  • The Register: How Androxgh0st rose from Mozi’s ashes to become ‘most prevalent malware’

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/24/androxgh0st_botnet_mozi/ Source: The Register Title: How Androxgh0st rose from Mozi’s ashes to become ‘most prevalent malware’ Feedly Summary: Botnet’s operators ‘driven by similar interests as that of the Chinese state’ After the Mozi botnet mysteriously disappeared last year, a new and seemingly more powerful botnet, Androxgh0st, rose from its ashes and has quickly…

  • The Register: Microsoft: Another Chinese cyberspy crew targeting US critical orgs ‘as of yesterday’

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/06/chinese_cyberspy_us_data/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft: Another Chinese cyberspy crew targeting US critical orgs ‘as of yesterday’ Feedly Summary: Redmond threat intel maven talks explains this persistent pain to The Reg A Chinese government-linked group that Microsoft tracks as Storm-0227 yesterday started targeting critical infrastructures organisations and US government agencies, according to Redmond’s…

  • Cloud Blog: Bridging the Gap: Elevating Red Team Assessments with Application Security Testing

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/red-team-application-security-testing/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Bridging the Gap: Elevating Red Team Assessments with Application Security Testing Feedly Summary: Written by: Ilyass El Hadi, Louis Dion-Marcil, Charles Prevost Executive Summary Whether through a comprehensive Red Team engagement or a targeted external assessment, incorporating application security (AppSec) expertise enables organizations to better simulate the tactics and…

  • CSA: What 2024’s SaaS Breaches Mean for 2025 Cybersecurity

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/what-2024-s-saas-breaches-mean-for-2025-cybersecurity Source: CSA Title: What 2024’s SaaS Breaches Mean for 2025 Cybersecurity Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the evolving landscape of SaaS security, driven by an increase in sophisticated attacks and the integration of AI tools by threat actors. It emphasizes the importance of Zero Trust architectures…

  • The Register: Salt Typhoon’s surge extends far beyond US telcos

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/salt_typhoons_us_telcos/ Source: The Register Title: Salt Typhoon’s surge extends far beyond US telcos Feedly Summary: Plus, a brand-new backdoor, GhostSpider, is linked to the cyber-spy crew’s operations The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond American telecommunications giants, and its arsenal includes several backdoors, including a brand-new malware dubbed GhostSpider, according…

  • The Register: Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security – or remove unused web shells

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/cisa_red_team_exercise/ Source: The Register Title: Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security – or remove unused web shells Feedly Summary: TL;DR: Attackers will break in and pwn you, as a US government red team demonstrated The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency often breaks into critical organizations’ networks – with their permission,…

  • Cloud Blog: Pirates in the Data Sea: AI Enhancing Your Adversarial Emulation

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ai-enhancing-your-adversarial-emulation/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Pirates in the Data Sea: AI Enhancing Your Adversarial Emulation Feedly Summary: Matthijs Gielen, Jay Christiansen Background New solutions, old problems. Artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) are here to signal a new day in the cybersecurity world, but what does that mean for us—the attackers…