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  • Alerts: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/29/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, as confirmed by Fortinet. CVE-2025-24085 Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors…

  • Slashdot: Chinese and Iranian Hackers Are Using US AI Products To Bolster Cyberattacks

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/29/1730253/chinese-and-iranian-hackers-are-using-us-ai-products-to-bolster-cyberattacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese and Iranian Hackers Are Using US AI Products To Bolster Cyberattacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the increasing use of AI technologies, specifically Google’s Gemini chatbot, by foreign hackers from countries like China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea to enhance their cyberattack…

  • Cloud Blog: Outbrain: Taking control of extension security with Chrome Enterprise

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/chrome-enterprise/outbrain-taking-control-of-extension-security-with-chrome-enterprise/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Outbrain: Taking control of extension security with Chrome Enterprise Feedly Summary: Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Travis Naraine, IT Infrastructure Engineer, and Harel Shaked, Director of IT Services and Support, both for Outbrain, a leading technology platform that drives business results by engaging people across the open…

  • The Register: Why is my Mitel phone DDoSing strangers? Oh, it was roped into a new Mirai botnet

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/ddos_attacks_aquabot_mitel/ Source: The Register Title: Why is my Mitel phone DDoSing strangers? Oh, it was roped into a new Mirai botnet Feedly Summary: And now you won’t stop calling me, I’m kinda busy A new variant of the Mirai-based malware Aquabot is actively exploiting a vulnerability in Mitel phones to build a remote-controlled…

  • NCSC Feed: Preserving integrity in the age of generative AI

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    Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/preserving-integrity-in-age-generative-ai Source: NCSC Feed Title: Preserving integrity in the age of generative AI Feedly Summary: New ‘Content Credentials’ guidance from the NSA seeks to counter the erosion of trust. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the challenges posed by AI technologies in establishing trustworthiness of online content due to the…

  • CSA: How Does Zero Trust Transform Privileged Access Management?

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/zero-trust-approach-to-privileged-access-management Source: CSA Title: How Does Zero Trust Transform Privileged Access Management? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes the significance of adopting a zero trust mindset for Privileged Access Management (PAM), highlighting crucial security strategies like continuous verification, adaptive authentication, and just-in-time access. It addresses the challenges posed…

  • Cloud Blog: Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/adversarial-misuse-generative-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI Feedly Summary: Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are unlocking new possibilities for the way we work and accelerating innovation in science, technology, and beyond. In cybersecurity, AI is poised to transform digital defense, empowering defenders and enhancing our collective security. Large language…

  • Google Online Security Blog: How we estimate the risk from prompt injection attacks on AI systems

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    Source URL: https://security.googleblog.com/2025/01/how-we-estimate-risk-from-prompt.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: How we estimate the risk from prompt injection attacks on AI systems Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses emerging security challenges in modern AI systems, specifically focusing on a class of attacks called “indirect prompt injection.” It presents a comprehensive evaluation…

  • Hacker News: We got hit by an alarmingly well-prepared phish spammer

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    Source URL: https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/spam/WellPreparedPhishSpammer Source: Hacker News Title: We got hit by an alarmingly well-prepared phish spammer Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a sophisticated phishing attack where attackers exploited VPN access to send spam emails after compromising a user’s credentials. This incident underscores the importance of examining security practices…

  • The Register: Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like cyber resilience progress

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/nao_blasts_uk_gov_cyber/ Source: The Register Title: Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like cyber resilience progress Feedly Summary: Think government cybersecurity is bad? Guess again. It’s alarmingly so The UK government is significantly behind on its 2022 target to harden systems against cyberattacks by 2025, with a new report from the spending watchdog suggesting…