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Cloud Blog: The Cost of a Call: From Voice Phishing to Data Extortion

Jun 4, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/voice-phishing-data-extortion/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: The Cost of a Call: From Voice Phishing to Data Extortion Feedly Summary: Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking UNC6040, a financially motivated threat cluster that specializes in voice phishing (vishing) campaigns specifically designed to compromise organization’s Salesforce instances for large-scale data theft and subsequent extortion.…

Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-6382 exploits Cityworks zero-day vulnerability to deliver malware

May 22, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-6382-exploits-cityworks-vulnerability/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-6382 exploits Cityworks zero-day vulnerability to deliver malware Feedly Summary: Talos has observed exploitation of CVE-2025-0994 in the wild by UAT-6382, a Chinese-speaking threat actor, who then deployed malware payloads via TetraLoader. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes the exploitation of a significant remote-code-execution…

Cisco Talos Blog: Introducing ToyMaker, an Initial Access Broker working in cahoots with double extortion gangs

Apr 23, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/introducing-toymaker-an-initial-access-broker/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Introducing ToyMaker, an Initial Access Broker working in cahoots with double extortion gangs Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered a sophisticated attack on critical infrastructure by ToyMaker and Cactus, using the LAGTOY backdoor to orchestrate a relentless double extortion scheme. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text…

Microsoft Security Blog: Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads

Apr 15, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/15/threat-actors-misuse-node-js-to-deliver-malware-and-other-malicious-payloads/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads Feedly Summary: Since October 2024, Microsoft Defender Experts has observed and helped multiple customers address campaigns leveraging Node.js to deliver malware and other payloads that ultimately lead to information theft and data exfiltration. The post Threat…

Cisco Talos Blog: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Apr 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-april-2025/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Microsoft has released its monthly security update for April of 2025 which includes 126 vulnerabilities affecting a range of products, including 11 that Microsoft has marked as “critical”. AI Summary and Description: Yes…

Cloud Blog: Suspected China-Nexus Threat Actor Actively Exploiting Critical Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerability (CVE-2025-22457)

Apr 3, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-exploiting-critical-ivanti-vulnerability/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Suspected China-Nexus Threat Actor Actively Exploiting Critical Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerability (CVE-2025-22457) Feedly Summary: Written by: John Wolfram, Michael Edie, Jacob Thompson, Matt Lin, Josh Murchie On Thursday, April 3, 2025, Ivanti disclosed a critical security vulnerability, CVE-2025-22457, impacting Ivanti Connect Secure (“ICS”) VPN appliances version 22.7R2.5 and…

Alerts: Supply Chain Compromise of Third-Party GitHub Action, CVE-2025-30066

Mar 18, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/03/18/supply-chain-compromise-third-party-github-action-cve-2025-30066 Source: Alerts Title: Supply Chain Compromise of Third-Party GitHub Action, CVE-2025-30066 Feedly Summary: A popular third-party GitHub Action, tj-actions/changed-files (tracked as CVE-2025-30066), was compromised. This GitHub Action is designed to detect which files have changed in a pull request or commit. The supply chain compromise allows for information disclosure of secrets including,…

Cloud Blog: Protecting your APIs from OWASP’s top 10 security threats

Mar 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/protecting-your-apis-from-owasps-top-10-security-threats/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Protecting your APIs from OWASP’s top 10 security threats Feedly Summary: APIs are an integral part of modern services, and the data they exchange is often highly sensitive. Without proper authentication, authorization, and protection against data leakage, your organization and your end users will face an increased risk…

Microsoft Security Blog: New XCSSET malware adds new obfuscation, persistence techniques to infect Xcode projects

Mar 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/11/new-xcsset-malware-adds-new-obfuscation-persistence-techniques-to-infect-xcode-projects/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New XCSSET malware adds new obfuscation, persistence techniques to infect Xcode projects Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a new variant of XCSSET, a sophisticated modular macOS malware that infects Xcode projects, in the wild. Its first known variant since 2022, this latest XCSSET malware features…

Unit 42: JavaGhost’s Persistent Phishing Attacks From the Cloud

Feb 28, 2025

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Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/javaghost-cloud-phishing/ Source: Unit 42 Title: JavaGhost’s Persistent Phishing Attacks From the Cloud Feedly Summary: Unit 42 reports on phishing activity linked to the threat group JavaGhost. These attacks target organizations’ AWS environments. The post JavaGhost’s Persistent Phishing Attacks From the Cloud appeared first on Unit 42. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

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