Tag: proactive security
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The Register: Hungry hyperscalers boosted Cisco’s AI sales by a cool billion bucks
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/cisco_q4_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Hungry hyperscalers boosted Cisco’s AI sales by a cool billion bucks Feedly Summary: Big Tech is spending vastly more on AI infrastructure but Switchzilla thinks its piece of the pie will be fat and juicy Cisco sold twice as much AI kit as it forecast during its 2025…
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The Register: Secure chat darling Matrix admits pair of ‘high severity’ protocol flaws need painful fixes
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/secure_chat_darling_matrix_admits/ Source: The Register Title: Secure chat darling Matrix admits pair of ‘high severity’ protocol flaws need painful fixes Feedly Summary: Foundation warns federated servers face biggest risk, but single-instance users can take their time The maintainers of the federated secure chat protocol Matrix are warning users of a pair of “high severity…
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The Register: Ransomware crew spills Saint Paul’s 43GB of secrets after city refuses to cough up cash
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/ransomware_crew_spills_saint_pauls/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware crew spills Saint Paul’s 43GB of secrets after city refuses to cough up cash Feedly Summary: Minnesota’s capital is the latest to feature on Interlock’s leak blog after late-July cyberattack The Interlock ransomware gang has flaunted a 43GB haul of files allegedly stolen from the city of…
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Microsoft Security Blog: Dow’s 125-year legacy: Innovating with AI to secure a long future
Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/12/dows-125-year-legacy-innovating-with-ai-to-secure-a-long-future/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Dow’s 125-year legacy: Innovating with AI to secure a long future Feedly Summary: Microsoft recently spoke with Mario Ferket, Chief Information Security Officer for Dow, about the company’s approach to AI in security. The post Dow’s 125-year legacy: Innovating with AI to secure a long future appeared…
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The Register: Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/11/russias_romcom_among_those_exploiting/ Source: The Register Title: Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks Feedly Summary: A few weeks earlier ‘zeroplayer’ advertised an $80K WinRAR 0-day exploit Russia-linked attackers found and exploited a high-severity WinRAR vulnerability before the maintainers of the Windows file archiver issued a fix.… AI Summary and Description:…
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Wired: Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-calendar-invite-hijack-smart-home/ Source: Wired Title: Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home Feedly Summary: For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.…
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Embrace The Red: I Spent $500 To Test Devin For Prompt Injection So That You Don’t Have To
Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/devin-i-spent-usd500-to-hack-devin/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: I Spent $500 To Test Devin For Prompt Injection So That You Don’t Have To Feedly Summary: Today we cover Devin from Cognition, the first AI Software Engineer. We will cover Devin proof-of-concept exploits in multiple posts over the next few days. In this first post, we…