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  • Microsoft Security Blog: Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/21/think-before-you-clickfix-analyzing-the-clickfix-social-engineering-technique/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique Feedly Summary: The ClickFix social engineering technique has been growing in popularity, with campaigns targeting thousands of enterprise and end-user devices daily. This technique exploits users’ tendency to resolve technical issues by tricking them into running malicious…

  • The Register: Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/apple_imageio_exploit/ Source: The Register Title: Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS Feedly Summary: Another ‘extremely sophisticated’ exploit chewing at Cupertino’s walled garden Apple has shipped emergency updates to fix an actively exploited zero-day in its ImageIO framework, warning that the flaw has already been abused in targeted attacks.……

  • Unit 42: Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/attackers-sell-your-bandwidth-using-sdks/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth Feedly Summary: A campaign leverages CVE-2024-36401 to stealthily monetize victims’ bandwidth where legitimate software development kits (SDKs) are deployed for passive income. The post Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth…

  • Unit 42: Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/genai-phishing-bait/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook Feedly Summary: GenAI-created phishing campaigns misuse tools ranging from website builders to text generators in order to create more convincing and scalable attacks. The post Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook appeared first on Unit 42. AI Summary and Description:…

  • Embrace The Red: Data Exfiltration via Image Rendering Fixed in Amp Code

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/amp-code-fixed-data-exfiltration-via-images/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Data Exfiltration via Image Rendering Fixed in Amp Code Feedly Summary: In this post we discuss a vulnerability that was present in Amp Code from Sourcegraph by which an attacker could exploit markdown driven image rendering to exfiltrate sensitive information. This vulnerability is common in AI applications…

  • The Register: Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/cisco_secure_firewall_management_bug/ Source: The Register Title: Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole Feedly Summary: Switchzilla’s summer of perfect 10s Cisco has issued a patch for a maximum-severity bug in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary…

  • Slashdot: Russian Hackers Seized Control of Norwegian Dam, Spy Chief Says

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/14/232228/russian-hackers-seized-control-of-norwegian-dam-spy-chief-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Russian Hackers Seized Control of Norwegian Dam, Spy Chief Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent cyber-attack attributed to Russian hackers, who gained control over a Norwegian hydropower dam. This incident highlights increasing cybersecurity threats from pro-Russian actors aimed at instilling fear…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: What happened in Vegas (that you actually want to know about)

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/what-happened-in-vegas-that-you-actually-want-to-know-about/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: What happened in Vegas (that you actually want to know about) Feedly Summary: Hazel braves Vegas, overpriced water and the Black Hat maze to bring you Talos’ latest research — including a deep dive into the PS1Bot malware campaign. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This newsletter…