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IR Trends Q1 2025: Phishing soars as identity-based attacks persist

This quarter, phishing attacks surged as the primary method for initial access. Learn how you can detect and prevent pre-ransomware attacks.

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Storm-1977 Hits Education Clouds with AzureChecker, Deploys 200+ Crypto Mining Containers

Microsoft has revealed that a threat actor it tracks as Storm-1977 has conducted password spraying attacks against cloud tenants in the education sector over the past year. "The attack involves the use of AzureChecker.exe, a Command Line Interface (CLI) tool that is being used by a wide range of threat actors," the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in an analysis. The tech giant noted that

Why Developers Should Care About Generative AI (Even They Aren’t AI Expert)

Software development is about to undergo a generative change. What this means is that AI (Artificial Intelligence) has…

Lessons from Ted Lasso for cybersecurity success

In this edition, Bill explores how intellectual curiosity drives success in cybersecurity, shares insights on the IAB ToyMaker’s tactics, and covers the top security headlines you need to know.

New SessionShark Phishing Kit Bypasses MFA to Steal Office 365 Logins

SessionShark phishing kit bypasses Office 365 MFA by stealing session tokens. Experts warn of real-time attacks via fake…

GHSA-2jh5-g5ch-43q5: YoutubeDLSharp allows command injection on windows system due to non sanitized arguments

## Summary This vulnerability only apply when running on a Windows OS. An unsafe conversion of arguments allows the injection of a malicous commands when starting `yt-dlp` from a commands prompt. > [!CAUTION] > **NOTE THAT DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT AND WHERE THE LIBRARY IS USED, THIS MAY HAVE MORE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. FOR EXAMPLE, A USER USING THE LIBRARY LOCALLY IS A LOT LESS VULNERABLE THAN AN ASP.NET APPLICATION ACCEPTING INPUTS FROM A NETWORK/INTERNET.** ## Details The vulnerability have been implemented in a commit (https://github.com/Bluegrams/YoutubeDLSharp/commit/fdf3256da18d0e2da4a2f33ad4a1b72ff8273a50) 3 year ago to fix a issue with unicode characters on Windows. ( In the latest version at the time of writing this, the code seems to have moved here : https://github.com/Bluegrams/YoutubeDLSharp/blob/b2f7968a2ef06a9c7b2c212785cfeac0b187b6d8/YoutubeDLSharp/YoutubeDLProcess.cs#L87 ) In this commit, a new way of starting yt-dlp was implemented, method that was defined as the de...

Russian Hackers Exploit Microsoft OAuth to Target Ukraine Allies via Signal and WhatsApp

Multiple suspected Russia-linked threat actors are "aggressively" targeting individuals and organizations with ties to Ukraine and human rights with an aim to gain unauthorized access to Microsoft 365 accounts since early March 2025. The highly targeted social engineering operations, per Volexity, are a shift from previously documented attacks that leveraged a technique known as device code

Introducing ToyMaker, an Initial Access Broker working in cahoots with double extortion gangs

Cisco Talos discovered a sophisticated attack on critical infrastructure by ToyMaker and Cactus, using the LAGTOY backdoor to orchestrate a relentless double extortion scheme.

April “In the Trend of VM” (#14): vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, VMware products, Kubernetes, and Apache Tomcat

April “In the Trend of VM” (#14): vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, VMware products, Kubernetes, and Apache Tomcat. We decided to pause recording new videos, so for now only text. 🤷‍♂️🙂 🗞 Post on Habr (rus)🗒 Digest on the PT website (rus) A total of 11 trending vulnerabilities: 🔻 Elevation of Privilege – Windows Cloud Files […]

March episode “In the Trend of VM” (#13): vulnerabilities of Microsoft, PAN-OS, СommuniGate and who should patch hosts with deployed application

March episode “In the Trend of VM” (#13): vulnerabilities of Microsoft, PAN-OS, СommuniGate and who should patch hosts with deployed application. I’m posting the translated video with a big delay, but it’s better than never. 😉 📹 Video on YouTube and LinkedIn🗞 Post on Habr (rus)🗒 Digest on the PT website Content: 🔻 00:00 Greetings […]