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  • Cisco Talos Blog: Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks

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    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

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    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

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    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…

  • Cloud Blog: Strengthen GCE and GKE security with new dashboards powered by Security Command Center

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/new-gce-and-gke-dashboards-strengthen-security-posture/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Strengthen GCE and GKE security with new dashboards powered by Security Command Center Feedly Summary: As cloud infrastructure evolves, so should how you safeguard that technology. As part of our efforts to help you maintain a strong security posture, we’ve introduced powerful capabilities that can address some of…

  • Google Online Security Blog: Supporting Rowhammer research to protect the DRAM ecosystem

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    Source URL: http://security.googleblog.com/2025/09/supporting-rowhammer-research-to.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: Supporting Rowhammer research to protect the DRAM ecosystem Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the Rowhammer vulnerability in DRAM memory, which allows attackers to manipulate memory cells leading to unauthorized access or data corruption. It highlights the inadequacy of current mitigations…

  • Krebs on Security: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, September 2025 Edition

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/09/microsoft-patch-tuesday-september-2025-edition/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, September 2025 Edition Feedly Summary: Microsoft Corp. today issued security updates to fix more than 80 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and software. There are no known “zero-day" or actively exploited vulnerabilities in this month’s bundle from Redmond, which nevertheless includes patches for…