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  • The Register: 8,000+ Asus routers popped in ‘advanced’ mystery botnet plot

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/29/8000_asus_routers_popped_in/ Source: The Register Title: 8,000+ Asus routers popped in ‘advanced’ mystery botnet plot Feedly Summary: No formal attribution made but two separate probes hint at the same suspect Thousands of Asus routers are currently ensnared by a new botnet that is trying to disable Trend Micro security features before exploiting vulnerabilities for…

  • Cloud Blog: Mark Your Calendar: APT41 Innovative Tactics

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/apt41-innovative-tactics/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Mark Your Calendar: APT41 Innovative Tactics Feedly Summary: Written by: Patrick Whitsell Google Threat Intelligence Group’s (GTIG) mission is to protect Google’s billions of users and Google’s multitude of products and services. In late October 2024, GTIG discovered an exploited government website hosting malware being used to target…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence has discovered a cluster of worldwide cloud abuse activity conducted by a threat actor we track as Void Blizzard, who we assess with high confidence is Russia-affiliated and has been active since…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-6382 exploits Cityworks zero-day vulnerability to deliver malware

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-6382-exploits-cityworks-vulnerability/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-6382 exploits Cityworks zero-day vulnerability to deliver malware Feedly Summary: Talos has observed exploitation of CVE-2025-0994 in the wild by UAT-6382, a Chinese-speaking threat actor, who then deployed malware payloads via TetraLoader. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes the exploitation of a significant remote-code-execution…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Lumma Stealer: Breaking down the delivery techniques and capabilities of a prolific infostealer

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/21/lumma-stealer-breaking-down-the-delivery-techniques-and-capabilities-of-a-prolific-infostealer/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Lumma Stealer: Breaking down the delivery techniques and capabilities of a prolific infostealer Feedly Summary: Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the persistent growth and operational sophistication of Lumma Stealer, an info-stealing malware used by multiple financially motivated threat actors to target various industries. Microsoft,…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud’s security team helps build securely

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-how-google-cloud-security-team-helps-build-securely/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud’s security team helps build securely Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2025. Today, Iain Mulholland, senior director, Security Engineering, pulls back the curtain on how Google Cloud approaches security engineering and how we take secure by design…