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Microsoft Security Blog: Investigating targeted “payroll pirate” attacks affecting US universities

Oct 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/10/09/investigating-targeted-payroll-pirate-attacks-affecting-us-universities/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Investigating targeted “payroll pirate” attacks affecting US universities Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified a financially motivated threat actor that we track as Storm-2657 compromising employee accounts to gain unauthorized access to employee profiles and divert salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts, attacks that have been dubbed…

Microsoft Security Blog: Disrupting threats targeting Microsoft Teams

Oct 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/10/07/disrupting-threats-targeting-microsoft-teams/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Disrupting threats targeting Microsoft Teams Feedly Summary: Threat actors seek to abuse Microsoft Teams features and capabilities across the attack chain, underscoring the importance for defenders to proactively monitor, detect, and respond effectively. In this blog, we recommend countermeasures and optimal controls across identity, endpoints, data apps,…

The Register: Microsoft blames Medusa ransomware affiliates for GoAnywhere exploits while Fortra keeps head buried

Oct 6, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/microsoft_blames_medusa_ransomware_affiliates/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft blames Medusa ransomware affiliates for GoAnywhere exploits while Fortra keeps head buried Feedly Summary: You can’t find anything bad if you don’t look, right? Medusa ransomware affiliates are among those exploiting a maximum-severity bug in Fortra’s GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT) product, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.……

Cisco Talos Blog: Family group chats: Your (very last) line of cyber defense

Oct 2, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/family-group-chats-your-very-last-line-of-cyber-defense/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Family group chats: Your (very last) line of cyber defense Feedly Summary: Amy gives an homage to parents in family group chats everywhere who want their children to stay safe in this wild world. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text provides insights into current cybersecurity…

Slashdot: Escalation in Akira Campaign Targeting SonicWall VPNs, Deploying Ransomware, With Malicious Logins

Sep 27, 2025

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/09/27/2055246/escalation-in-akira-campaign-targeting-sonicwall-vpns-deploying-ransomware-with-malicious-logins?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Escalation in Akira Campaign Targeting SonicWall VPNs, Deploying Ransomware, With Malicious Logins Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses a recent security incident involving the exploitation of a vulnerability in SonicWall SSL VPNs, leading to rapid ransomware deployment. The analysis highlights the critical need for…

Microsoft Security Blog: XCSSET evolves again: Analyzing the latest updates to XCSSET’s inventory

Sep 25, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/09/25/xcsset-evolves-again-analyzing-the-latest-updates-to-xcssets-inventory/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: XCSSET evolves again: Analyzing the latest updates to XCSSET’s inventory Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a new variant of the XCSSET malware, which is designed to infect Xcode projects, typically used by software developers building Apple or macOS-related applications. The post XCSSET evolves again: Analyzing…

The Register: Zero-day deja vu as another Cisco IOS bug comes under attack

Sep 25, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/25/zeroday_deja_vu_another_cisco/ Source: The Register Title: Zero-day deja vu as another Cisco IOS bug comes under attack Feedly Summary: The latest in a run of serious networking bugs gives attackers root if they have SNMP access Cisco has confirmed a new IOS and IOS XE zero-day, the latest in a string of flaws that…

Docker: MCP Security: A Developer’s Guide

Sep 16, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/mcp-security-explained/ Source: Docker Title: MCP Security: A Developer’s Guide Feedly Summary: Since its release by Anthropic in November 2024, Model Context Protocol (MCP) has gained massive adoption and is quickly becoming the connective tissue between AI agents and the tools, APIs, and data they act on. With just a few lines of configuration,…

The Cloudflare Blog: A deep dive into Cloudflare’s September 12, 2025 dashboard and API outage

Sep 13, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/deep-dive-into-cloudflares-sept-12-dashboard-and-api-outage/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: A deep dive into Cloudflare’s September 12, 2025 dashboard and API outage Feedly Summary: Cloudflare’s Dashboard and a set of related APIs were unavailable or partially available for an hour starting on Sep 12, 17:57 UTC. The outage did not affect the serving of cached files via…

The Register: Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason

Aug 21, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/anthropic_claude_nuclear_chat_detection/ Source: The Register Title: Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason Feedly Summary: Because savvy terrorists always use public internet services to plan their mischief, right? Anthropic says it has scanned an undisclosed portion of conversations with its Claude AI model to catch concerning inquiries about nuclear…

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