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The Register: Criminal background checker APCS faces data breach

Aug 22, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/apcs_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Criminal background checker APCS faces data breach Feedly Summary: The attack first affected an upstream provider of bespoke software Exclusive A leading UK provider of criminal record checks for employers is handling a data breach stemming from a third-party development company.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

The Register: Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven

Aug 20, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/commvault_bug_chains_patched/ Source: The Register Title: Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven Feedly Summary: Researchers disclosing their findings said ‘it’s as bad as it sounds’ Researchers at watchTowr just published working proof-of-concept exploits for two unauthenticated remote code execution bug chains in backup giant Commvault.… AI Summary and Description:…

Embrace The Red: Amazon Q Developer: Remote Code Execution with Prompt Injection

Aug 19, 2025

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Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/amazon-q-developer-remote-code-execution/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Amazon Q Developer: Remote Code Execution with Prompt Injection Feedly Summary: The Amazon Q Developer VS Code Extension (Amazon Q) is a popular coding agent, with over 1 million downloads. The extension is vulnerable to indirect prompt injection, and in this post we discuss a vulnerability that…

Embrace The Red: Amazon Q Developer: Secrets Leaked via DNS and Prompt Injection

Aug 19, 2025

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Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/amazon-q-developer-data-exfil-via-dns/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Amazon Q Developer: Secrets Leaked via DNS and Prompt Injection Feedly Summary: The next three posts will cover high severity vulnerabilities in the Amazon Q Developer VS Code Extension (Amazon Q), which is a very popular coding agent, with over 1 million downloads. It is vulnerable to…

Cloud Blog: Beyond guardrails: A taxonomy of platform engineering control mechanisms

Aug 15, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-modernization/platform-engineering-control-mechanisms/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Beyond guardrails: A taxonomy of platform engineering control mechanisms Feedly Summary: The promise of platform engineering is to accelerate software delivery by empowering developers with self-service capabilities. However, this must be balanced with security, compliance, and operational stability, and for this, you need robust controls. But all too…

The Register: Secure chat darling Matrix admits pair of ‘high severity’ protocol flaws need painful fixes

Aug 13, 2025

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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…

Unit 42: Keys to the Kingdom: Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerability Analysis and Exploits Observed in the Wild

Aug 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/erlang-otp-cve-2025-32433/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Keys to the Kingdom: Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerability Analysis and Exploits Observed in the Wild Feedly Summary: CVE-2025-32433 allows for remote code execution in sshd for certain versions of Erlang programming language’s OTP. We reproduced this CVE and share our findings. The post Keys to the Kingdom: Erlang/OTP SSH…

The Register: The inside story of the Telemessage saga, and how you can view the data

Aug 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/10/telemessage_archive_online/ Source: The Register Title: The inside story of the Telemessage saga, and how you can view the data Feedly Summary: It turns out no one was clean on OPSEC DEF CON On Saturday at DEF CON, security boffin Micah Lee explained just how he hacked into TeleMessage, the supposedly secure messaging app…

Wired: A Misconfiguration That Haunts Corporate Streaming Platforms Could Expose Sensitive Data

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/corporate-livestreams-exposed-search-tool/ Source: Wired Title: A Misconfiguration That Haunts Corporate Streaming Platforms Could Expose Sensitive Data Feedly Summary: A security researcher discovered that flawed API configurations are plaguing corporate livestreaming platforms, potentially exposing internal company meetings—and he’s releasing a tool to find them. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a security…

Slashdot: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked

Aug 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/07/217234/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked Source: Slashdot Title: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights critical vulnerabilities in an encryption algorithm widely used in radios for essential sectors, including law enforcement and military. After researchers discovered a backdoor in the original algorithm,…

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