Tag: privilege

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/velociraptor-leveraged-in-ransomware-attacks/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has confirmed that ransomware operators are leveraging Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool that had not previously been definitively tied to ransomware incidents.  We assess with moderate confidence that this activity can be attributed to…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation: When Agents Free Each Other

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/24/cross-agent-privilege-escalation/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation: When Agents Free Each Other Feedly Summary: Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation: When Agents Free Each Other Here’s a clever new form of AI exploit from Johann Rehberger, who has coined the term Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation to describe an attack where multiple coding agents – GitHub…

  • Embrace The Red: Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation: When Agents Free Each Other

    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/cross-agent-privilege-escalation-agents-that-free-each-other/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Cross-Agent Privilege Escalation: When Agents Free Each Other Feedly Summary: During the Month of AI Bugs, I described an emerging vulnerability pattern that shows how commonly agentic systems have a design flaw that allows an agent to overwrite its own configuration and security settings. This allows the…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Retail at risk: How one alert uncovered a persistent cyberthreat​​

    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/09/24/retail-at-risk-how-one-alert-uncovered-a-persistent-cyberthreat/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Retail at risk: How one alert uncovered a persistent cyberthreat​​ Feedly Summary: In the latest edition of our Cyberattack Series, we dive into real-world cases targeting retail organizations. With 60% of retail companies reporting operational disruptions from cyberattacks and 43% experiencing breaches in the past year, the stakes…