Tag: vulnerabilities

  • Hacker News: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/delivering-malware-through-abandoned-amazon-s3-buckets.html Source: Hacker News Title: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a concerning vulnerability in software supply chain security, specifically targeting abandoned Amazon S3 buckets that could serve as a platform for malware delivery. The research highlights the potential risks…

  • CSA: Y2K to 2025: Evolution of the Cybersecurity Landscape

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2025/02/12/from-y2k-to-2025-evolution-of-the-cybersecurity-and-information-security-landscape-over-the-past-25-years Source: CSA Title: Y2K to 2025: Evolution of the Cybersecurity Landscape Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reflects on the evolution of cybersecurity from the Y2K incident to contemporary challenges and advancements. It highlights key milestones in cybersecurity, emphasizing the growing significance of cybersecurity as a business imperative…

  • The Register: Crimelords and spies for rogue states are working together, says Google

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/google_state_cybercrime_report/ Source: The Register Title: Crimelords and spies for rogue states are working together, says Google Feedly Summary: Only lawmakers can stop them. Plus: software needs to be more secure, but what’s in it for us? Google says the the world’s lawmakers must take action against the increasing links between criminal and state-sponsored…

  • Schneier on Security: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/delivering-malware-through-abandoned-amazon-s3-buckets.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets Feedly Summary: Here’s a supply-chain attack just waiting to happen. A group of researchers searched for, and then registered, abandoned Amazon S3 buckets for about $400. These buckets contained software libraries that are still used. Presumably the projects don’t realize…

  • Krebs on Security: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2025 Edition

    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/microsoft-patch-tuesday-february-2025-edition/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2025 Edition Feedly Summary: Microsoft today issued security updates to fix at least 56 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including two zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Microsoft has issued crucial updates…

  • Slashdot: New Hack Uses Prompt Injection To Corrupt Gemini’s Long-Term Memory

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/12/0011205/new-hack-uses-prompt-injection-to-corrupt-geminis-long-term-memory?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: New Hack Uses Prompt Injection To Corrupt Gemini’s Long-Term Memory Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a newly demonstrated attack by researcher Johann Rehberger that compromises Google’s Gemini chatbot by manipulating its long-term memory functionality through untrusted document summarization. The attack bypasses existing prompt…

  • The Register: February’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/patch_tuesday_february_2025/ Source: The Register Title: February’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes Feedly Summary: Don’t relax just yet: Redmond has made some certificate-handling changes that could trip unprepared admins Patch Tuesday Microsoft’s February patch collection is mercifully smaller than January’s mega-dump. But don’t get too relaxed – some deserve close attention,…

  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…