Tag: threat vector
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Unit 42: Fix the Click: Preventing the ClickFix Attack Vector
Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/preventing-clickfix-attack-vector/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Fix the Click: Preventing the ClickFix Attack Vector Feedly Summary: ClickFix campaigns are on the rise. We highlight three that distributed NetSupport RAT, Latrodectus, and Lumma Stealer malware. The post Fix the Click: Preventing the ClickFix Attack Vector appeared first on Unit 42. AI Summary and Description: Yes…
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Slashdot: OpenAI To Release AI Web Browser in Challenge To Chrome
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/09/1818249/openai-to-release-ai-web-browser-in-challenge-to-chrome?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI To Release AI Web Browser in Challenge To Chrome Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI is set to introduce an AI-driven web browser that aims to disrupt the dominance of Google Chrome, leveraging artificial intelligence to transform user experience and access to data. This development…
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Cloud Blog: Isolated Recovery Environments: A Critical Layer in Modern Cyber Resilience
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/isolated-recovery-environments-modern-cyber-resilience/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Isolated Recovery Environments: A Critical Layer in Modern Cyber Resilience Feedly Summary: Written by: Jaysn Rye Executive Summary As adversaries grow faster, stealthier, and more destructive, traditional recovery strategies are increasingly insufficient. Mandiant’s M-Trends 2025 report reinforces this shift, highlighting that ransomware operators now routinely target not just…
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Cloud Blog: Hello, Operator? A Technical Analysis of Vishing Threats
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/technical-analysis-vishing-threats/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Hello, Operator? A Technical Analysis of Vishing Threats Feedly Summary: Written by: Nick Guttilla Introduction Organizations are increasingly relying on diverse digital communication channels for essential business operations. The way employees interact with colleagues, access corporate resources, and especially, receive information technology (IT) support is often conducted through…
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Cloud Blog: The Cost of a Call: From Voice Phishing to Data Extortion
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/voice-phishing-data-extortion/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: The Cost of a Call: From Voice Phishing to Data Extortion Feedly Summary: Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking UNC6040, a financially motivated threat cluster that specializes in voice phishing (vishing) campaigns specifically designed to compromise organization’s Salesforce instances for large-scale data theft and subsequent extortion.…
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The Register: Illicit crypto-miners pouncing on lazy DevOps configs that leave clouds vulnerable
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/illicit_miners_hashicorp_tools/ Source: The Register Title: Illicit crypto-miners pouncing on lazy DevOps configs that leave clouds vulnerable Feedly Summary: To stop the JINX-0132 gang behind these attacks, pay attention to HashiCorp, Docker, and Gitea security settings Up to a quarter of all cloud users are at risk of having their computing resources stolen and…
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Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud’s security team helps build securely
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…
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Schneier on Security: Arguing Against CALEA
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/arguing-against-calea.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Arguing Against CALEA Feedly Summary: At a Congressional hearing earlier this week, Matt Blaze made the point that CALEA, the 1994 law that forces telecoms to make phone calls wiretappable, is outdated in today’s threat environment and should be rethought: In other words, while the legally-mandated CALEA…
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Alerts: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/04/01/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2025-24813 Apache Tomcat Path Equivalence Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks…