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  • The Register: Why is someone mass-scanning Juniper and Palo Alto Networks products?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/unknown_scanners_probing_juniper_paloalto/ Source: The Register Title: Why is someone mass-scanning Juniper and Palo Alto Networks products? Feedly Summary: Espionage? Botnets? Trying to exploit a zero-day? Someone or something is probing devices made by Juniper Networks and Palo Alto Networks, and researchers think it could be evidence of espionage attempts, attempts to build a botnet,…

  • Cloud Blog: Ghost in the Router: China-Nexus Espionage Actor UNC3886 Targets Juniper Routers

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-espionage-targets-juniper-routers/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Ghost in the Router: China-Nexus Espionage Actor UNC3886 Targets Juniper Routers Feedly Summary: Written by: Lukasz Lamparski, Punsaen Boonyakarn, Shawn Chew, Frank Tse, Jakub Jozwiak, Mathew Potaczek, Logeswaran Nadarajan, Nick Harbour, Mustafa Nasser Introduction In mid 2024, Mandiant discovered threat actors deployed custom backdoors on Juniper Networks’ Junos…

  • The Register: MITRE Caldera security suite scores perfect 10 for insecurity

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/10_bug_mitre_caldera/ Source: The Register Title: MITRE Caldera security suite scores perfect 10 for insecurity Feedly Summary: Is a trivial remote-code execution hole in every version part of the training, or? The smart cookie who discovered a perfect 10-out-of-10-severity remote code execution (RCE) bug in MITRE’s Caldera security training platform has urged users to…

  • Slashdot: America’s FDA Warns About Backdoor Found in Chinese Company’s Patient Monitors

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/02/01/0632248/americas-fda-warns-about-backdoor-found-in-chinese-companys-patient-monitors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: America’s FDA Warns About Backdoor Found in Chinese Company’s Patient Monitors Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The FDA has issued concerns regarding cybersecurity vulnerabilities in patient monitors manufactured by Contec, a China-based company. These vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized access to the devices, potentially compromising patient data…

  • Schneier on Security: New VPN Backdoor

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/new-vpn-backdoor.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: New VPN Backdoor Feedly Summary: A newly discovered VPN backdoor uses some interesting tactics to avoid detection: When threat actors use backdoor malware to gain access to a network, they want to make sure all their hard work can’t be leveraged by competing groups or detected by…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: AI mistakes are very different from human mistakes

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/21/ai-mistakes-are-very-different-from-human-mistakes/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: AI mistakes are very different from human mistakes Feedly Summary: AI mistakes are very different from human mistakes An entertaining and informative read by Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders. If you want to use an AI model to help with a business problem, it’s not enough…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Analyzing CVE-2024-44243, a macOS System Integrity Protection bypass through kernel extensions

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/13/analyzing-cve-2024-44243-a-macos-system-integrity-protection-bypass-through-kernel-extensions/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Analyzing CVE-2024-44243, a macOS System Integrity Protection bypass through kernel extensions Feedly Summary: Microsoft discovered a macOS vulnerability allowing attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) by loading third party kernel extensions, which could lead to serious consequences, such as allowing attackers to install rootkits, create persistent…

  • The Register: UK ICO not happy with Google’s plans to allow device fingerprinting

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/23/uk_ico_not_happy_with/ Source: The Register Title: UK ICO not happy with Google’s plans to allow device fingerprinting Feedly Summary: Also, Ascension notifies 5.6M victims, Krispy Kreme bandits come forward, LockBit 4.0 released, and more in brief Google has announced plans to allow its business customers to begin “fingerprinting" users next year, and the UK…

  • The Register: Iran-linked crew used custom ‘cyberweapon’ in US critical infrastructure attacks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/13/iran_cyberweapon_us_attacks/ Source: The Register Title: Iran-linked crew used custom ‘cyberweapon’ in US critical infrastructure attacks Feedly Summary: IOCONTROL targets IoT and OT devices from a ton of makers, apparently An Iranian government-linked cybercriminal crew used custom malware called IOCONTROL to attack and remotely control US and Israel-based water and fuel management systems, according…