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  • Bulletins: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 27, 2025

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/bulletins/sb25-034 Source: Bulletins Title: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 27, 2025 Feedly Summary: High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info 0xPolygonZero–plonky2  Plonky2 is a SNARK implementation based on techniques from PLONK and FRI. Lookup tables, whose length is not divisible by 26 = floor(num_routed_wires / 3) always…

  • Slashdot: Chinese and Iranian Hackers Are Using US AI Products To Bolster Cyberattacks

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/29/1730253/chinese-and-iranian-hackers-are-using-us-ai-products-to-bolster-cyberattacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese and Iranian Hackers Are Using US AI Products To Bolster Cyberattacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the increasing use of AI technologies, specifically Google’s Gemini chatbot, by foreign hackers from countries like China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea to enhance their cyberattack…

  • Cloud Blog: Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/adversarial-misuse-generative-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI Feedly Summary: Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are unlocking new possibilities for the way we work and accelerating innovation in science, technology, and beyond. In cybersecurity, AI is poised to transform digital defense, empowering defenders and enhancing our collective security. Large language…

  • The Register: Asus lets processor security fix slip out early, AMD confirms patch in progress

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/asus_amd_processor_fix/ Source: The Register Title: Asus lets processor security fix slip out early, AMD confirms patch in progress Feedly Summary: Answers on a postcard to what ‘Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability’ might mean AMD has confirmed at least some of its microprocessors suffer a microcode-related security vulnerability, the existence of which accidentally emerged this…

  • The Register: Supply chain attack hits Chrome extensions, could expose millions

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/supply_chain_attack_chrome_extension/ Source: The Register Title: Supply chain attack hits Chrome extensions, could expose millions Feedly Summary: Threat actor exploited phishing and OAuth abuse to inject malicious code Cybersecurity outfit Sekoia is warning Chrome users of a supply chain attack targeting browser extension developers that has potentially impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals already.……

  • Slashdot: Snyk Researcher Caught Deploying Malicious Code Targeting AI Startup

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/0920245/snyk-researcher-caught-deploying-malicious-code-targeting-ai-startup Source: Slashdot Title: Snyk Researcher Caught Deploying Malicious Code Targeting AI Startup Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a dependency confusion attack targeting Cursor, an AI coding startup, via the publication of malicious NPM packages. This incident raises significant concerns regarding supply chain security and illustrates potential…

  • 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…