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  • Slashdot: Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/09/2257245/browser-extensions-turn-nearly-1-million-browsers-into-website-scraping-bots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the alarming discovery of over 240 browser extensions that have exploited users’ browsers to scrape sensitive data without their consent. This incident highlights substantial privacy and security implications,…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: A message from Bruce the mechanical shark

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/a-message-from-bruce-the-mechanical-shark/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: A message from Bruce the mechanical shark Feedly Summary: This Fourth of July, Bruce, the 25-foot mechanical shark from Jaws, shares how his saltwater struggles mirror the need for real-world cybersecurity stress testing. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text addresses various cybersecurity topics, particularly focusing…

  • The Register: More than a hundred backdoored malware repos traced to single GitHub user

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/05/backdoored_malware_repos/ Source: The Register Title: More than a hundred backdoored malware repos traced to single GitHub user Feedly Summary: Someone went to great lengths to prey on the next generation of cybercrooks Sophos thinks a single person or group called “ischhfd83" is behind more than a hundred backdoored malware variants targeting novice cybercriminals…

  • CSA: Phishing Campaigns: Taking the Pressure Off Employees

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/taking-the-pressure-off-employees-when-protecting-the-organization-from-phishing-campaigns Source: CSA Title: Phishing Campaigns: Taking the Pressure Off Employees Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a comprehensive overview of phishing attacks’ nature and tactics, emphasizing that most cyber breaches start with social engineering, particularly phishing. It advocates for proactive measures to mitigate risks, especially those posed…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Microsoft’s Secure by Design journey: One year of success

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/17/microsofts-secure-by-design-journey-one-year-of-success/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Microsoft’s Secure by Design journey: One year of success Feedly Summary: Read about the initiatives Microsoft has undertaken over the past 18 months to support secure by design, secure by default, and secure in operations objectives as part of our SFI Initiative. The post Microsoft’s Secure by…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: New AI, cybercrime reports underscore need for security best practices

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-new-ai-cybercrime-reports-underscore-need-security-best-practices/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: New AI, cybercrime reports underscore need for security best practices Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for February 2025. Stephanie Kiel, our head of cloud security policy, government affairs and public policy, discusses two parallel and important security conversations she had at…

  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

  • Cloud Blog: How Google Cloud can help customers achieve compliance with NIS2

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-google-cloud-can-help-customers-achieve-compliance-with-nis2/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Google Cloud can help customers achieve compliance with NIS2 Feedly Summary: With the European Commission’s adoption of the Network and Information Systems Directive 2.0, or NIS2, Europe is taking an essential step forward in its strategy to protect consumers, businesses, and government organizations from escalating threats in…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: The adventures of an extroverted cyber nerd and the people Talos helps to fight the good fight

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/the-adventures-of-an-extroverted-cyber-nerd-and-the-people-talos-helps-to-fight-the-good-fight/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: The adventures of an extroverted cyber nerd and the people Talos helps to fight the good fight Feedly Summary: Ever wonder what an extroverted strategy security nerd does? Wonder no longer! This week, Joe pontificates on his journey at Talos, and then is inspired by the people…