Tag: threat models
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Cisco Talos Blog: MaaS operation using Emmenhtal and Amadey linked to threats against Ukrainian entities
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/maas-operation-using-emmenhtal-and-amadey-linked-to-threats-against-ukrainian-entities/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: MaaS operation using Emmenhtal and Amadey linked to threats against Ukrainian entities Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos uncovered a stealthy Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) operation that used fake GitHub accounts to distribute a variety of dangerous payloads and evade security defenses. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Redefining IABs: Impacts of compartmentalization on threat tracking and modeling
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/redefining-initial-access-brokers/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Redefining IABs: Impacts of compartmentalization on threat tracking and modeling Feedly Summary: Threat actors are teaming up, splitting attacks into stages and making defense harder than ever. In Part 1, Cisco Talos examines their tactics and defines their motivations. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Introducing ToyMaker, an Initial Access Broker working in cahoots with double extortion gangs
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/introducing-toymaker-an-initial-access-broker/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Introducing ToyMaker, an Initial Access Broker working in cahoots with double extortion gangs Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered a sophisticated attack on critical infrastructure by ToyMaker and Cactus, using the LAGTOY backdoor to orchestrate a relentless double extortion scheme. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text…
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The Register: Arm reckons it’ll own 50% of the datacenter by year’s end
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/arm_datacenter_cpu_market/ Source: The Register Title: Arm reckons it’ll own 50% of the datacenter by year’s end Feedly Summary: Optimistic much? Arm expects to see its architecture account for half of the datacenter CPU market by the end of this year, up from 15 percent in 2024, all thanks to the AI boom.… AI…
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Hacker News: The ESP32 "backdoor" that wasn’t
Source URL: https://darkmentor.com/blog/esp32_non-backdoor/ Source: Hacker News Title: The ESP32 "backdoor" that wasn’t Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses the misconception that the ESP32 Bluetooth chips contain a backdoor, clarifying that the vendor-specific HCI commands discovered are common in Bluetooth technology and do not inherently indicate malicious intent. It discusses…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/constitutional-classifiers/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks Feedly Summary: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks Interesting new research from Anthropic, resulting in the paper Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against Universal Jailbreaks across Thousands of Hours of Red Teaming. From the paper: In particular, we introduce Constitutional Classifiers, a framework…
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The Register: Google to Iran: Yes, we see you using Gemini for phishing and scripting. We’re onto you
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/31/state_spies_google_gemini/ Source: The Register Title: Google to Iran: Yes, we see you using Gemini for phishing and scripting. We’re onto you Feedly Summary: And you, China, Russia, North Korea … Guardrails block malware generation Google says it’s spotted Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and North Korean government agents using its Gemini AI for nefarious purposes,…