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AI and Faster Attack Analysis A few use cases for LLMs to speed up analysis https://isc.sans.edu/diary/AI%20and%20Faster%20Attack%20Analysis%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32198 Proxyware Malware Being Distributed on YouTube Video Download Site Popular YouTube download sites will attempt to infect users with proxyware. https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/89574/ Xerox Freeflow Core Vulnerability Horizon3.ai discovered XXE Injection (CVE-2025-8355) and Path Traversal (CVE-2025-8356) vulnerabilities in Xerox FreeFlow Core, a print orchestration platform. These vulnerabilities are easily exploitable and enable unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve remote code execution on vulnerable FreeFlow Core instances. https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/attack-blogs/from-support-ticket-to-zero-day/ SANS.edu Research: Darren Carstensen Evaluating Zero Trust Network Access: A Framework for Comparative Security Testing Not all Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions are created equal, and despite bold marketing claims, many fall short of delivering proper Zero Trust security. https://www.sans.edu/cyber-research/evaluating-zero-trust-network-access-framework-comparative-security-testing/

Event Recap: Kieran Human at Black Hat USA 2025 — ThreatLocker Unveils Configuration Defense, Achieves FedRAMP Status & MoreThreatLocker introduced DAC configuration monitoring and achieved FedRAMP certification at Black Hat 2025, strengthening zero trust capabilities while expanding government market access through practical security solutions.Zero trust security continues evolving beyond theoretical frameworks into practical business solutions, as demonstrated by ThreatLocker's latest announcements at Black Hat USA 2025. The company introduced Defense Against Configuration (DAC), a monitoring tool addressing a critical gap in zero trust implementations.Kieran Human, Special Projects Engineer at ThreatLocker, explained the challenge driving DAC's development. Organizations implementing zero trust often struggle with configuration management, potentially leaving systems vulnerable despite security investments. DAC monitors configurations continuously, alerting administrators to potential security issues and mapping findings to compliance frameworks including Essential 8.The tool addresses human factors in security implementation. Technical staff sometimes create overly permissive rules to minimize user complaints, compromising security posture. DAC provides weekly reports to executives, ensuring oversight of configuration decisions and maintaining security standards across the organization.ThreatLocker's approach distinguishes itself through "denied by default, allowed by exception" methodology, contrasting with traditional endpoint detection and response solutions that permit by default and block threats reactively. This fundamental difference requires careful implementation to avoid business disruption.The company's learning mode capabilities address deployment concerns. With over 10,000 built-in application profiles, ThreatLocker automates policy creation while learning organizational workflows. This reduces manual configuration requirements that previously made zero trust implementations tedious and time-intensive.FedRAMP certification represents another significant milestone, opening government sector opportunities. Federal compliance requirements previously excluded ThreatLocker from certain contracts, despite strong customer demand for their zero trust capabilities. This certification enables expansion into highly regulated environments requiring stringent security controls.Customer testimonials continue validating the approach. One user reported preventing three breaches after implementing ThreatLocker's zero trust solution, demonstrating measurable security improvements. Such feedback reinforces the practical value of properly implemented zero trust architecture.The balance between security and business functionality remains crucial. Organizations need security solutions that protect assets without hampering productivity. ThreatLocker's principle of least privilege implementation focuses on enabling business requirements with minimal necessary permissions rather than creating restrictive environments that impede operations.Human described working closely with CEO Danny Jenkins, emphasizing the collaborative environment that drives product innovation. His engineering perspective provides valuable insights into customer needs while maintaining focus on practical security solutions that work in real-world environments.As zero trust adoption accelerates across industries, tools like DAC become essential for maintaining security posture while meeting business demands. The combination of automated learning, configuration monitoring, and compliance mapping addresses practical implementation challenges facing security teams today.Learn more about ThreatLocker: https://itspm.ag/threatlocker-r974Note: This story contains promotional content. Learn more.Guest: Kieran Human, Special Project Engineer at ThreatLocker | On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieran-human-5495ab170/ResourcesLearn more and catch more stories from ThreatLocker: https://www.itspmagazine.com/directory/threatlockerLearn more and catch more stories from our Black Hat USA 2025 coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/bhusa25Learn more about ITSPmagazine Brand Story Podcasts: https://www.itspmagazine.com/purchase-programsNewsletter Archive: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/tune-into-the-latest-podcasts-7109347022809309184/Business Newsletter Signup: https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-business-updates-sign-upAre you interested in telling your story?https://www.itspmagazine.com/telling-your-story

CVE-2017-11882 Will Never Die The (very) old equation editor vulnerability is still being exploited, as this recent sample analyzed by Xavier shows. The payload of the Excel file attempts to download and execute an infostealer to exfiltrate passwords via email. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/CVE-2017-11882%20Will%20Never%20Die/32196 Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Yesterday, Microsoft released a patch for a vulnerability that had already been made public. This vulnerability refers to the privilege escalation taking advantage of a path traversal issue in Windows Kerberos affecting Exchange Server in hybrid mode. https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53779 Persistent Risk: XZ Utils Backdoor Still Lurking in Docker Images Some old Debian Docker images containing the xz-utils backdoor are still available for download from Docker Hub via the official Debian account. https://www.binarly.io/blog/persistent-risk-xz-utils-backdoor-still-lurking-in-docker-images FortiSIEM / FortiWeb Vulnerablities Fortinet patched already exploited vulnerabilities in FortiWeb and FortiSIEM https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-152 https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-448

Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft%20August%202025%20Patch%20Tuesday/32192 https://cymulate.com/blog/zero-click-one-ntlm-microsoft-security-patch-bypass-cve-2025-50154/ libarchive Vulnerability A libarchive vulnerability patched in June was upgraded from a low CVSS score to a critical one. Libarchive is used by compression software across various operating systems, making this a difficult vulnerability to patch https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-25:07.libarchive.asc Adobe Patches Adobe released patches for 13 different products. https://helpx.adobe.com/security/Home.html

Black Hat 2025: Crogl's CEO Monzy Merza Explains How AI Can Help Eliminate Alert Fatigue in CybersecurityCrogl CEO Monzy Merza discusses how AI-driven security platforms automate alert investigation using enterprise knowledge graphs, enabling analysts to focus on threat hunting while maintaining data privacy.Security teams drowning in alerts finally have a lifeline that doesn't compromise their data sovereignty. At Black Hat USA 2025, Crogl CEO Monzy Merza revealed how his company is tackling one of cybersecurity's most persistent challenges: the overwhelming volume of security alerts that leaves analysts either ignoring potential threats or burning out from investigation fatigue.The problem runs deeper than most organizations realize. Merza observed analysts routinely closing hundreds of alerts with a single click, not from laziness or malice, but from sheer necessity. "When you look at the history of breaches, the signal of the breach was there. And somebody ignored it," he explained during his ITSPmagazine interview, highlighting a critical gap between alert generation and meaningful investigation.Traditional approaches have failed because they expect human analysts to become "unicorns" - experts capable of mastering multiple data platforms simultaneously while remembering complex query languages and schemas. This unrealistic expectation has created what Merza calls the "human unicorn challenge," where organizations struggle to find personnel who can effectively navigate their increasingly complex security infrastructure.Crogl's solution fundamentally reimagines the relationship between human intuition and machine automation. Rather than forcing analysts to adapt to multiple tools, the platform creates a semantic knowledge graph that maps data relationships across an organization's entire security ecosystem. When alerts arrive, the system automatically conducts investigations using established kill chain methodologies, freeing analysts to focus on higher-value activities like threat hunting and strategic security initiatives.The privacy-first architecture addresses growing concerns about data sovereignty. Operating as a completely self-contained system with no internet dependencies, Crogl can run air-gapped in the most sensitive environments, including defense intelligence communities. The platform connects to existing tools through APIs without requiring data movement, duplication, or transformation.Real-world results demonstrate the platform's versatility. One customer discovered their analysts were using Crogl for fraud detection - an application never intended by the original design. The system's ability to process natural language descriptions and convert them into executable security processes has reduced response times from weeks to minutes for complex threat hunting operations.For security leaders evaluating AI integration, Merza advocates an experimental approach. Rather than attempting comprehensive transformation, he suggests starting with focused pilot programs that address specific pain points. This measured strategy allows organizations to validate AI's value while maintaining operational stability.The broader implications extend beyond security operations. By removing technical barriers and emphasizing domain expertise over tool competency, platforms like Crogl enable security teams to become strategic business enablers rather than reactive alert processors. Organizations gain the flexibility to maintain their preferred data architectures while ensuring comprehensive security coverage across distributed environments.As cyber threats continue evolving, the industry's response must prioritize both technological capability and human potential. Solutions that enhance analyst intuition while automating routine tasks represent a sustainable path forward for security operations at scale. Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/0GqPtPXD2ik Learn more about CROGL: https://itspm.ag/crogl-103909Note: This story contains promotional content. Learn more.Guest: Monzy Merza, Founder and CEO of CROGL | On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monzymerza/ResourcesLearn more and catch more stories from CROGL: https://www.itspmagazine.com/directory/croglAre you interested in telling your story?https://www.itspmagazine.com/telling-your-story

Erlang OTP SSH Exploits A recently patched and easily exploited vulnerability in Erlang/OTP SSH is being exploited. Palo Alto collected some of the details about this exploit activity that they observed. https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/erlang-otp-cve-2025-32433/ WinRAR Exploited WinRAR vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by a number of threat actors. The vulnerability allows for the creation of arbitrary files as the archive is extracted. https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/winrar-zero-day-under-active.html Citrix Netscaler Exploit Updates The Dutch Center for Cyber Security is updating its guidance on recent Citrix Netscaler attacks. Note that the attacks started before a patch became available, and attackers are actively hiding their tracks to make it more difficult to detect a compromise. https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/nieuws/2025/07/22/casus-citrix-kwetsbaarheid https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/netherlands-citrix-netscaler-flaw-cve-2025-6543-exploited-to-breach-orgs/ OpenSSH Post Quantum Encryption Starting in version 10.1, OpenSSH will warn users if they are using quantum-unsafe algorithms https://www.openssh.com/pq.html

Google Paid Ads for Fake Tesla Websites Someone is setting up fake Tesla lookalike websites that attempt to collect credit card data from unsuspecting users trying to preorder Tesla products. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Google%20Paid%20Ads%20for%20Fake%20Tesla%20Websites/32186 Compromising USB Devices for Persistent Stealthy Access USB devices, like Linux-based web cams, can be compromised to emulate malicious USB devices like keyboards that inject malicious commands. https://eclypsium.com/blog/badcam-now-weaponizing-linux-webcams/ Win-DoS Epidemic: A crash course in abusing RPC for Win-DoS & Win-DDoS Internet-exposed DCs can be used in very powerful DoS attacks. https://defcon.org/html/defcon-33/dc-33-speakers.html#content_60389

Get your FREE Cybersecurity Salary Guide: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/form/cybersecurity-salary-guide-podcast/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcastDavid Close, Chief Solutions Architect at Futurex, discusses the reality facing our digital world: quantum computing will soon break the encryption protecting everything from mobile banking to satellite communications. But here's the twist — hackers aren't waiting. They're harvesting encrypted data now, betting that quantum computers will eventually crack today's "unbreakable" codes in a strategy called "harvest now, decrypt later." David explains how NIST's new post-quantum cryptography standards are already being deployed by companies like Google and CloudFlare, why crypto agility is essential for future-proofing your security infrastructure, and how you can break into the exciting field of cryptography — even without a PhD in mathematics.0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Cybersecurity Salary Guide3:06 - Meet David Close from Futurex3:52 - David's journey from embedded systems to cryptography5:05 - What Futurex does and 40 years of crypto innovation6:39 - The role of Chief Solutions Architect8:21 - Evolution of cryptography from payments to enterprise10:13 - How David discovered his passion for cryptography13:23 - Post-quantum cryptography explained15:16 - Why quantum computers break current encryption16:05 - The "harvest now, decrypt later" threat18:19 - NIST's new quantum-resistant algorithms20:02 - Real-world quantum threats to satellites and IP22:43 - What organizations can do now25:25 - Crypto agility and future-proofing systems28:41 - Resources for staying current on cryptography30:45 - Career paths in cryptography beyond algorithm development32:18 - Getting started in cryptography careers34:26 - The cryptography landscape in 15 years37:34 - Regulatory enforcement of new crypto standards39:43 - Best career advice: Finding the right vehicle41:29 - David's current reading and recommendations42:35 - Where to find David and Futurex onlineView Cyber Work Podcast transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcast/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcastAbout InfosecInfosec's mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ's security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

Black Hat 2025 was a showcase of cybersecurity innovation — or at least, that's how it appeared on the surface. With more than 60 vendor announcements over the course of the week, the event floor was full of “AI-powered” solutions promising to integrate seamlessly, reduce analyst fatigue, and transform SOC operations. But after walking the floor, talking with CISOs, and reviewing the press releases, a pattern emerged: much of the messaging sounded the same, making it hard to distinguish the truly game-changing from the merely loud.In this episode of The Future of Cybersecurity Newsletter, I take you behind the scenes to unpack the themes driving this year's announcements. Yes, AI dominated the conversation, but the real story is in how vendors are (or aren't) connecting their technology to the operational realities CISOs face every day. I share insights gathered from private conversations with security leaders — the unfiltered version of how these announcements are received when the marketing gloss is stripped away.We dig into why operational relevance, clarity, and proof points matter more than ever. If you can't explain what your AI does, what data it uses, and how it's secured, you're already losing the trust battle. For CISOs, I outline practical steps to evaluate vendor claims quickly and identify solutions that align with program goals, compliance needs, and available resources.And for vendors, this episode serves as a call to action: cut the fluff, be transparent, and frame your capabilities in terms of measurable program outcomes. I share a framework for how to break through the noise — not just by shouting louder, but by being more real, more specific, and more relevant to the people making the buying decisions.Whether you're building a security stack or selling into one, this conversation will help you see past the echo chamber and focus on what actually moves the needle.________This story represents the results of an interactive collaboration between Human Cognition and Artificial Intelligence.Enjoy, think, share with others, and subscribe to "The Future of Cybersecurity" newsletter on LinkedIn.Sincerely, Sean Martin and TAPE3________✦ ResourcesBlack Hat 2025 On Location Closing Recap Video with Sean Martin, CISSP and Marco Ciappelli: https://youtu.be/13xP-LEwtEAITSPmagazine Studio — A Brand & Marketing Advisory for Cybersecurity and Tech Companies: https://www.itspmagazine.studio/ITSPmagazine Webinar: What's Heating Up Before Black Hat 2025: Place Your Bet on the Top Trends Set to Shake Up this Year's Hacker Conference — An ITSPmagazine Thought Leadership Webinar | https://www.crowdcast.io/c/whats-heating-up-before-black-hat-2025-place-your-bet-on-the-top-trends-set-to-shake-up-this-years-hacker-conferenceLearn more and catch more stories from our Black Hat USA 2025 coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/bhusa25Catch all of our event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/technology-and-cybersecurity-conference-coverageCitations: Available in the full article________Sean Martin is a life-long musician and the host of the Music Evolves Podcast; a career technologist, cybersecurity professional, and host of the Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast; and is also the co-host of both the Random and Unscripted Podcast and On Location Event Coverage Podcast. These shows are all part of ITSPmagazine—which he co-founded with his good friend Marco Ciappelli, to explore and discuss topics at The Intersection of Technology, Cybersecurity, and Society.™️Want to connect with Sean and Marco On Location at an event or conference near you? See where they will be next: https://www.itspmagazine.com/on-locationTo learn more about Sean, visit his personal website.

⸻ Podcast: Redefining Society and Technologyhttps://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com _____________________________This Episode's SponsorsBlackCloak provides concierge cybersecurity protection to corporate executives and high-net-worth individuals to protect against hacking, reputational loss, financial loss, and the impacts of a corporate data breach.BlackCloak:  https://itspm.ag/itspbcweb_____________________________A Musing On Society & Technology Newsletter Written By Marco Ciappelli | Read by TAPE3August 9, 2025The Agentic AI Myth in Cybersecurity and the Humanity We Risk When We Stop Deciding for OurselvesReflections from Black Hat USA 2025 on the Latest Tech Salvation NarrativeWalking the floors of Black Hat USA 2025 for what must be the 10th or 11th time as accredited media—honestly, I've stopped counting—I found myself witnessing a familiar theater. The same performance we've seen play out repeatedly in cybersecurity: the emergence of a new technological messiah promising to solve all our problems. This year's savior? Agentic AI.The buzzword echoes through every booth, every presentation, every vendor pitch. Promises of automating 90% of security operations, platforms for autonomous threat detection, agents that can investigate novel alerts without human intervention. The marketing materials speak of artificial intelligence that will finally free us from the burden of thinking, deciding, and taking responsibility.It's Talos all over again.In Greek mythology, Hephaestus forged Talos, a bronze giant tasked with patrolling Crete's shores, hurling boulders at invaders without human intervention. Like contemporary AI, Talos was built to serve specific human ends—security, order, and control—and his value was determined by his ability to execute these ends flawlessly. The parallels to today's agentic AI promises are striking: autonomous patrol, threat detection, automated response. Same story, different millennium.But here's what the ancient Greeks understood that we seem to have forgotten: every artificial creation, no matter how sophisticated, carries within it the seeds of its own limitations and potential dangers.Industry observers noted over a hundred announcements promoting new agentic AI applications, platforms or services at the conference. That's more than one AI agent announcement per hour. The marketing departments have clearly been busy.But here's what baffles me: why do we need to lie to sell cybersecurity? You can give away t-shirts, dress up as comic book superheroes with your logo slapped on their chests, distribute branded board games, and pretend to be a sports team all day long—that's just trade show theater, and everyone knows it. But when marketing pushes past the limits of what's even believable, when they make claims so grandiose that their own engineers can't explain them, something deeper is broken.If marketing departments think CISOs are buying these lies, they have another thing coming. These are people who live with the consequences of failed security implementations, who get fired when breaches happen, who understand the difference between marketing magic and operational reality. They've seen enough "revolutionary" solutions fail to know that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.Yet the charade continues, year after year, vendor after vendor. The real question isn't whether the technology works—it's why an industry built on managing risk has become so comfortable with the risk of overselling its own capabilities. Something troubling emerges when you move beyond the glossy booth presentations and actually talk to the people implementing these systems. Engineers struggle to explain exactly how their AI makes decisions. Security leaders warn that artificial intelligence might become the next insider threat, as organizations grow comfortable trusting systems they don't fully understand, checking their output less and less over time.When the people building these systems warn us about trusting them too much, shouldn't we listen?This isn't the first time humanity has grappled with the allure and danger of artificial beings making decisions for us. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, published in 1818, explored the hubris of creating life—and intelligence—without fully understanding the consequences. The novel raises the same question we face today: what are humans allowed to do with this forbidden power of creation? The question becomes more pressing when we consider what we're actually delegating to these artificial agents. It's no longer just pattern recognition or data processing—we're talking about autonomous decision-making in critical security scenarios. Conference presentations showcased significant improvements in proactive defense measures, but at what cost to human agency and understanding?Here's where the conversation jumps from cybersecurity to something far more fundamental: what are we here for if not to think, evaluate, and make decisions? From a sociological perspective, we're witnessing the construction of a new social reality where human agency is being systematically redefined. Survey data shared at the conference revealed that most security leaders feel the biggest internal threat is employees unknowingly giving AI agents access to sensitive data. But the real threat might be more subtle: the gradual erosion of human decision-making capacity as a social practice.When we delegate not just routine tasks but judgment itself to artificial agents, we're not just changing workflows—we're reshaping the fundamental social structures that define human competence and authority. We risk creating a generation of humans who have forgotten how to think critically about complex problems, not because they lack the capacity, but because the social systems around them no longer require or reward such thinking.E.M. Forster saw this coming in 1909. In "The Machine Stops," he imagined a world where humanity becomes completely dependent on an automated system that manages all aspects of life—communication, food, shelter, entertainment, even ideas. People live in isolation, served by the Machine, never needing to make decisions or solve problems themselves. When someone suggests that humans should occasionally venture outside or think independently, they're dismissed as primitive. The Machine has made human agency unnecessary, and humans have forgotten they ever possessed it. When the Machine finally breaks down, civilization collapses because no one remembers how to function without it.Don't misunderstand me—I'm not a Luddite. AI can and should help us manage the overwhelming complexity of modern cybersecurity threats. The technology demonstrations I witnessed showed genuine promise: reasoning engines that understand context, action frameworks that enable response within defined boundaries, learning systems that improve based on outcomes. The problem isn't the technology itself but the social construction of meaning around it. What we're witnessing is the creation of a new techno-social myth—a collective narrative that positions agentic AI as the solution to human fallibility. This narrative serves specific social functions: it absolves organizations of the responsibility to invest in human expertise, justifies cost-cutting through automation, and provides a technological fix for what are fundamentally organizational and social problems.The mythology we're building around agentic AI reflects deeper anxieties about human competence in an increasingly complex world. Rather than addressing the root causes—inadequate training, overwhelming workloads, systemic underinvestment in human capital—we're constructing a technological salvation narrative that promises to make these problems disappear.Vendors spoke of human-machine collaboration, AI serving as a force multiplier for analysts, handling routine tasks while escalating complex decisions to humans. This is a more honest framing: AI as augmentation, not replacement. But the marketing materials tell a different story, one of autonomous agents operating independently of human oversight.I've read a few posts on LinkedIn and spoke with a few people myself who know this topic way better than me, but I get that feeling too. There's a troubling pattern emerging: many vendor representatives can't adequately explain their own AI systems' decision-making processes. When pressed on specifics—how exactly does your agent determine threat severity? What happens when it encounters an edge case it wasn't trained for?—answers become vague, filled with marketing speak about proprietary algorithms and advanced machine learning.This opacity is dangerous. If we're going to trust artificial agents with critical security decisions, we need to understand how they think—or more accurately, how they simulate thinking. Every machine learning system requires human data scientists to frame problems, prepare data, determine appropriate datasets, remove bias, and continuously update the software. The finished product may give the impression of independent learning, but human intelligence guides every step.The future of cybersecurity will undoubtedly involve more automation, more AI assistance, more artificial agents handling routine tasks. But it should not involve the abdication of human judgment and responsibility. We need agentic AI that operates with transparency, that can explain its reasoning, that acknowledges its limitations. We need systems designed to augment human intelligence, not replace it. Most importantly, we need to resist the seductive narrative that technology alone can solve problems that are fundamentally human in nature. The prevailing logic that tech fixes tech, and that AI will fix AI, is deeply unsettling. It's a recursive delusion that takes us further away from human wisdom and closer to a world where we've forgotten that the most important problems have always required human judgment, not algorithmic solutions.Ancient mythology understood something we're forgetting: the question of machine agency and moral responsibility. Can a machine that performs destructive tasks be held accountable, or is responsibility reserved for the creator? This question becomes urgent as we deploy agents capable of autonomous action in high-stakes environments.The mythologies we create around our technologies matter because they become the social frameworks through which we organize human relationships and power structures. As I left Black Hat 2025, watching attendees excitedly discuss their new agentic AI acquisitions, I couldn't shake the feeling that we're repeating an ancient pattern: falling in love with our own creations while forgetting to ask the hard questions about what they might cost us—not just individually, but as a society.What we're really witnessing is the emergence of a new form of social organization where algorithmic decision-making becomes normalized, where human judgment is increasingly viewed as a liability rather than an asset. This isn't just a technological shift—it's a fundamental reorganization of social authority and expertise. The conferences and trade shows like Black Hat serve as ritualistic spaces where these new social meanings are constructed and reinforced. Vendors don't just sell products; they sell visions of social reality where their technologies are essential. The repetitive messaging, the shared vocabulary, the collective excitement—these are the mechanisms through which a community constructs consensus around what counts as progress.In science fiction, from HAL 9000 to the replicants in Blade Runner, artificial beings created to serve eventually question their purpose and rebel against their creators. These stories aren't just entertainment—they're warnings about the unintended consequences of creating intelligence without wisdom, agency without accountability, power without responsibility.The bronze giant of Crete eventually fell, brought down by a single vulnerable point—when the bronze stopper at his ankle was removed, draining away the ichor, the divine fluid that animated him. Every artificial system, no matter how sophisticated, has its vulnerable point. The question is whether we'll be wise enough to remember we put it there, and whether we'll maintain the knowledge and ability to address it when necessary.In our rush to automate away human difficulty, we risk automating away human meaning. But more than that, we risk creating social systems where human thinking becomes an anomaly rather than the norm. The real test of agentic AI won't be whether it can think for us, but whether we can maintain social structures that continue to value, develop, and reward human thought while using it.The question isn't whether these artificial agents can replace human decision-making—it's whether we want to live in a society where they do. ___________________________________________________________Let's keep exploring what it means to be human in this Hybrid Analog Digital Society.End of transmission.___________________________________________________________Marco Ciappelli is Co-Founder and CMO of ITSPmagazine, a journalist, creative director, and host of podcasts exploring the intersection of technology, cybersecurity, and society. His work blends journalism, storytelling, and sociology to examine how technological narratives influence human behavior, culture, and social structures.___________________________________________________________Enjoyed this transmission? 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Mass Internet Scanning from ASN 43350 Our undergraduate intern Duncan Woosley wrote up aggressive scans from ASN 43350 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Mass+Internet+Scanning+from+ASN+43350+Guest+Diary/32180/#comments HTTP/1.1 Desync Attacks Portswigger released details about new types of HTTP/1.1 desync attacks it uncovered. These attacks are particularly critical for organizations using middleboxes to translate from HTTP/2 to HTTP/1.1 https://portswigger.net/research/http1-must-die Microsoft Warns of Exchange Server Vulnerability An attacker with admin access to an Exchange Server in a hybrid configuration can use this vulnerability to gain full domain access. The issue is mitigated by an April hotfix, but was not noted in the release of the April Hotfix. https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53786 Sonicwall Update Sonicwall no longer believes that a new vulnerability was used in recent compromises https://www.sonicwall.com/support/notices/gen-7-and-newer-sonicwall-firewalls-sslvpn-recent-threat-activity/250804095336430 SANS.edu Research: Wellington Rampazo, Shift Left the Awareness and Detection of Developers Using Vulnerable Open-Source Software Components https://www.sans.edu/cyber-research/shift-left-awareness-detection-developers-using-vulnerable-open-source-software-components/

Black Hat 2025 roundup with David Spark with highlights from the annual InfoSec event in Las Vegas. Edison Research finds podcast listening has grown across all age groups especially among people aged 18-29. Why is OpenAI seeing backlash with the roll out of GPT-5? And its Friday David shares one of his popular Security Games with the show. Can you guess the right answer before we do? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, David Spark, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Cosmic Building, a construction technology company, uses AI-driven end-to-end software to run mobile robotic microfactories. At the heart of its newest microfactory in Pacific Palisades are ABB's IRB 6710 robots and RobotStudio digital twin software. Both of which are integrated into Cosmic's Workstation Cell and AI-driven Building Information Model (BIM). #ai   #california  #wildfire  #losangeles  #robot #fire

As all of you know, there are no silver bullets when it comes to cybersecurity success in the industrial sector. Every enterprise has its own unique characteristics, each plant floor its different connectivity elements, and each business is comprised of diverse human dynamics that fuel its culture. However, regardless of the environment, there continues to be a handful of best practices that can be universally applied. As I journey across the cybersecurity realm, one of these reoccurring themes is avoiding that urge to “eat the elephant” or “drink the ocean” when implementing cybersecurity strategies. Rather, the thought process is to set priorities and check things off as you go. Our guest for this episode mentioned this numerous times, whether it comes to responding to an increasingly complex collection of threat actors, or tackling the right uses of artificial intelligence.Watch/listen as we discuss a number of topics with Casey Ellis, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of BugCrowd, including:The very real threat of IABs (initial access brokers) and state-sponsored hackers.How his organization works to reinforce why it's cool to be a White Hat.How thinking like a criminal helps improve defenses through penetration testing and other exercises.Developing strategies that prioritize resilience over perfection.Integrating new technologies with patching in mind.Using AI to develop faster response times and focusing on "which part of the elephant to eat first," instead of doing "stupid stuff" because of the pressure to implement it.As a go-to podcast for our listeners, we want to help you align your brand with our expertise. By sponsoring our podcast, your brand will build trust, and your message will stand out to an audience searching for tools to assist their cybersecurity efforts. Click Here to Become a Sponsor.To catch up on past episodes, you can go to Manufacturing.net, IEN.com or MBTmag.com. You can also check Security Breach out wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple, Amazon and Overcast. If you have a cybersecurity story or topic that you'd like to have us explore on Security Breach, you can reach me at jeff@ien.com.

Do Sextortion Scams Still Work in 2025? Jan looked at recent sextortion emails to check if any of the crypto addresses in these emails received deposits. Sadly, some did, so these scams still work. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Do%20sextortion%20scams%20still%20work%20in%202025%3F/32178 Akira Ransomware Group s use of Drivers Guidepoint Security observed the Akira ransomware group using specific legitimate drivers for privilege escalation https://www.guidepointsecurity.com/blog/gritrep-akira-sonicwall/ Adobe Patches Critical Experience Manager Vulnerability Adobe released emergency patches for a vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager after a PoC exploit was made public. https://slcyber.io/assetnote-security-research-center/struts-devmode-in-2025-critical-pre-auth-vulnerabilities-in-adobe-experience-manager-forms/ https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-forms/apsb25-82.html Trend Micro Apex One Vulnerability Trend Micro released an emergency patch for an actively exploited pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in the Apex One management console. https://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0020652

Stealing Machinekeys for fun and profit (or riding the SharePoint wave) Bojan explains in detail how .NET uses Machine Keys to protect the VIEWSTATE, and how to abuse the VIEWSTATE for code execution if the Machine Keys are lost. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Stealing%20Machine%20Keys%20for%20fun%20and%20profit%20%28or%20riding%20the%20SharePoint%20wave%29/32174 Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives Perplexity will change its User Agent, or use different originating IP addresses, if it detects being blocked from scanning websites https://blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealth-undeclared-crawlers-to-evade-website-no-crawl-directives/ Gen 7 SonicWall Firewalls SSLVPN Recent Threat Activity Over the past 72 hours, there has been a notable increase in both internally and externally reported cyber incidents involving Gen 7 SonicWall firewalls where SSLVPN is enabled. https://www.sonicwall.com/support/notices/gen-7-sonicwall-firewalls-sslvpn-recent-threat-activity/250804095336430

Daily Trends Report A new trends report will bring you daily data highlights via e-mail. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/New%20Feature%3A%20Daily%20Trends%20Report/32170 NVidia Triton RCE Wiz found an interesting information leakage vulnerability in NVidia s Triton servers that can be leveraged to remote code execution. https://www.wiz.io/blog/nvidia-triton-cve-2025-23319-vuln-chain-to-ai-server Cursor AI MCP Vulnerability An attacker could abuse negligent Cursor MCP configurations to implement backdoors into developer machines. https://www.aim.security/lp/aim-labs-curxecute-blogpost

Why are zero-day exploits becoming a bigger threat to enterprises? In this episode, Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt and Ryan Whelan, who leads Cyber Intelligence for Accenture Security, explore what security professionals need to know about zero days. Learn about common threat actors, the hidden zero-day economy, targets, trends, mitigation, and resiliency. While the industrialization of zero-days is raising the stakes for enterprises, there is hope. Discover why readiness is the best defense—and how to create it.

Scans for pop3user with guessable password A particular IP assigned to a network that calls itself Unmanaged has been scanning telnet/ssh for a user called pop3user with passwords pop3user or 123456 . I assume they are looking for legacy systems that either currently run pop3 or ran pop3 in the past, and left the user enabled. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Legacy%20May%20Kill/32166 Possible Sonicwall SSL VPN 0-Day Arcticwolf observed compromised Sonicwall SSL VPN devices used by the Akira group to install ransomware. These devices were fully patched, and credentials were recently rotated. https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/arctic-wolf-observes-july-2025-uptick-in-akira-ransomware-activity-targeting-sonicwall-ssl-vpn/ PAM Based Linux Backdoor For over a year, attackers have used a PAM-based Linux backdoor that so far has gotten little attention from anti-malware vendors. PAM-based backdoors can be stealthy, and this one in particular includes various anti-forensics tricks. https://www.nextron-systems.com/2025/08/01/plague-a-newly-discovered-pam-based-backdoor-for-linux/

Scattered Spider Related Domain Names A quick demo of our domain feeds and how they can be used to find Scattered Spider related domains https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Scattered+Spider+Related+Domain+Names/32162 Excel External Workbook Links to Blocked File Types Will Be Disabled by Default Excel will discontinue allowing links to dangerous file types starting as early as October. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/external-workbook-links-to-blocked-file-types-will-be-disabled-by-default-6dd12903-0592-463d-9e68-0741cf62ee58 CISA Releases Thorium CISA announced that it released its malware analysis platform, Thorium, as open-source software. https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/07/31/thorium-platform-public-availability

Securing Firebase: Lessons Re-Learned from the Tea Breach Inspried by the breach of the Tea app, Brendon Evans recorded a video to inform of Firebase security issues https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Securing%20Firebase%3A%20Lessons%20Re-Learned%20from%20the%20Tea%20Breach/32158 WebKit Vulnerability Exploited before Apple Patch A WebKit vulnerablity patched by Apple yesterday has already been exploited in Google Chrome. Google noted the exploit with its patch for the same vulnerability in Chrome. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6558 Scattered Spider Update CISA released an update for its report on Scattered Spider, noting that the group also calls helpdesks impersonating users, not just the other way around. https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-320a

Apple Updates Everything: July 2025 Edition Apple released updates for all of its operating systems patching 89 different vulnerabilities. Many vulnerabilities apply to multiple operating systems. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Apple%20Updates%20Everything%3A%20July%202025/32154 Python Triage A quick python script by Xavier to efficiently search through files, even compressed once, for indicators of compromise. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Triage+is+Key+Python+to+the+Rescue/32152/ PaperCut Attacks CISA added a 2024 Papercut vulnerability to the known exploited vulnerability list. https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/07/28/cisa-adds-three-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

CANDIDATE FRAUD: HARDENING THE HIRING FUNNEL WITH INFOSEC TECHNIQUES   Candidate fraud is already a problem for some today but it will soon be a huge problem for everyone tomorrow. The uncomfortable truth is that AI will undermine trust in all digital communications and we need to rethink our recruitment approaches with security much higher in the priority list. It might even be said that security may become one of the main values human recruiters will perform as AI transforms the way we work today.   We will learn   - Line between legitimate AI use vs Fraud? - Is this fixed today or can we expect this to change tomorrow? - What is the international consensus on this line? - Taxonomise candidate fraud - what are the techniques, how they are using these techniques - Motivations for candidate fraud: material gain, desperation for job opportunity, IP theft? - Input from InfoSec: what practices will become standard? - Isn't trusting 3rd party verifiers just delegating the security responsibility? - What about bias - racial profiling, IP location bias etc? - Relationship between Candidate Fraud vs Remote working - Gender: fraudsters mainly male...?     All this and more with Daniel Chait, CEO (Greenhouse) & friends   We are on Wednesday 30th July, 12 Noon ET - follow the channel here (recommended) and save your spot for this demo by clicking on the green button.     Ep323 is sponsored by our friends Greenhouse   Hiring is hard, and getting it right is even harder. It's a core business-building function with high stakes that takes a lot of moving parts to see real success. You need workflows that accommodate how you function given your company size and goals. You need a user experience that hiring managers actually buy into. And you need an application process that locks talent in.   Only Greenhouse gives you all that in one platform.   Learn more

Parasitic SharePoint Exploits We are seeing attacks against SharePoint itself and attempts to exploit backdoors left behind by attackers. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Parasitic%20Sharepoint%20Exploits/32148 Cisco ISE Vulnerability Exploited A recently patched vulnerability in Cisco ISE is now being exploited. The Zero Day Initiative has released a blog detailing the exploit chain to obtain code execution as an unauthenticated user. https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2025/7/24/cve-2025-20281-cisco-ise-api-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability MyAsus Vulnerablity The MyAsus tool does not store its access tokens correctly, potentially providing an attacker with access to sensitive functions https://www.asus.com/content/security-advisory/

Linux Namespaces Linux namespaces can be used to control networking features on a process-by-process basis. This is useful when trying to present a different network environment to a process being analysed. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Sinkholing%20Suspicious%20Scripts%20or%20Executables%20on%20Linux/32144 Coyote in the Wild: First-Ever Malware That Abuses UI Automation Akamai identified malware that takes advantage of Microsoft s UI Automation Framework to programatically interact with the user s system and steal credentials. https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/active-exploitation-coyote-malware-first-ui-automation-abuse-in-the-wild Testing REST APIs with Autoswagger The tool Autoswagger can be used to automate the testing of REST APIs following the OpenAPI/Swagger standard. https://github.com/intruder-io/autoswagger/

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The 4th Monday Series with Chris Hadnagy and Mike Holfeld. Chris and Mike will be covering cutting edge global news to help people remain safe, secure and knowledgeable in a world where it is hard to know what is real and what is fake news.   Today Chris and Mike are joined by Congressman Darren Soto. Darren Soto is the representative for Florida's Ninth Congressional District, covering Osceola and parts of Orange and Polk Counties. He currently serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Natural Resources. Additionally, Darren is the Deputy Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and a proud member of the New Democrat Coalition, Future Forum Caucus, Problem Solvers Caucus, Congressional Progressive Caucus, LGBTQ Equality Caucus, and others. [July 28, 2025]   00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Mike Holfeld Intro 01:32 - Today's Guest: Rep. Darren Soto 02:55 - The Shield Act 06:24 - The Take It Down Act 08:34 - A Duty of Care 12:03 - A Cat and Mouse Chase 13:12 - Violating Terms of Service 14:55 - Bad Nation States 16:02 - The Pendulum Swings 17:34 - Adjusting to the Evolution 19:08 - The SunPass Scam 20:07 - Protecting Our Seniors 22:53 - Millions a Second 24:41 - It's About Disclosure 26:40 - A Vulnerable Future 28:15 - Find Rep. Darren Soto Online -          https://soto.house.gov/ 29:53 - Wrap Up 30:27 - Next Month: Bobby Knost 31:08 - Outro -          www.social-engineer.com -          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org   Find us online: -          Chris Hadnagy -          Twitter: @humanhacker -          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy

Get your FREE Cybersecurity Salary Guide: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/form/cybersecurity-salary-guide-podcast/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcastJohn Price of SubRosa joins today's Cyber Work Podcast to share insights from his unique career path spanning UK military counterintelligence, banking cybersecurity and founding his own digital forensics consultancy. John breaks down what really happens when ransomware hits small and medium businesses, why most companies choose recovery over legal action, and how his team helps organizations get back on their feet quickly. He also discusses the growing threats facing industries like automotive dealerships, the critical role of documentation in forensics work, and why AI will reshape both offensive and defensive cybersecurity strategies.0:00 - Intro1:00 - Cybersecurity Salary Guide2:34 - Meet John Price2:51 - Early career in military counterintelligence5:13 - Career journey from military to banking to SubRosa8:34 - Role as founder and head of SubRosa10:51 - Digital forensics and breach response operations13:13 - Typical ransomware response process17:57 - Building and managing a forensics team19:50 - Unusual cases and industry-specific threats24:29 - Importance of writing and documentation in forensics27:36 - Breaking into digital forensics without experience30:46 - Future of email security and AI's impact33:47 - About SubRosa and AI security focusView Cyber Work Podcast transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcast/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcastAbout InfosecInfosec's mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ's security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

New File Integrity Tool: ficheck.py Jim created a new tool, ficheck.py, that can be used to verify file integrity. It is a drop-in replacement for an older tool, fcheck, which was written in Perl and no longer functions well on modern Linux distributions. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/New%20Tool%3A%20ficheck.py/32136 Mitel Vulnerability Mitel released a patch for a vulnerability in its MX-ONE product. The authentication bypass could provide an attacker with user or even admin privileges. https://www.mitel.com/support/security-advisories/mitel-product-security-advisory-misa-2025-0009 SonicWall SMA 100 Vulnerability SonicWall fixed an arbitrary file upload issue in its SMA 100 series firewalls. But exploitation will require credentials. https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0014

Reversing SharePoint Toolshell Exploits CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771 A quick walk-through showing how to decode the payload of recent SharePoint exploits https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Analyzing%20Sharepoint%20Exploits%20%28CVE-2025-53770%2C%20CVE-2025-53771%29/32138 Compromised JavaScript NPM is Package The popular npm package is was compromised by malware. Luckily, the malicious code was found quickly, and it was reversed after about five hours. https://socket.dev/blog/npm-is-package-hijacked-in-expanding-supply-chain-attack Microsoft Quick Machine Recovery Microsoft added a new quick machine recovery feature to Windows 11. If the system is stuck in a reboot loop, it will boot to a rescue partition and attempt to find fixes from Microsoft. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/configuration/quick-machine-recovery/?tabs=intune

Microsoft Updates SharePoint Vulnerability Guidance CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771 Microsoft released its update for SharePoint 2016, completing the updates across all currently supported versions. https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2025/07/customer-guidance-for-sharepoint-vulnerability-cve-2025-53770/ WinZip MotW Privacy Starting with version 7.10, WinZip introduced an option to no longer include the download URL in zip files as part of the Mark of the Web (MotW). https://isc.sans.edu/diary/WinRAR%20MoTW%20Propagation%20Privacy/32130 Interlock Ransomware Several government agencies collaborated to create an informative and comprehensive overview of the Interlock ransomware. Just like prior writeups, this writeup is very informative, including many technical details useful to detect and block this ransomware. https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-203a Sophos Firewall Updates Sophos patched five different vulnerabilities in its firewalls. Two of them are critical, but these only affect a small percentage of users. https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20250721-sfos-rce

Microsoft Released Patches for SharePoint Vulnerability CVE-2025-53770 CVE-2025-53771 Microsoft released a patch for the currently exploited SharePoint vulnerability. It also added a second CVE number identifying the authentication bypass vulnerability. https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2025/07/customer-guidance-for-sharepoint-vulnerability-cve-2025-53770/ How Quickly Are Systems Patched? Jan took Shodan data to check how quickly recent vulnerabilities were patched. The quick answer: Not fast enough. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/How%20quickly%20do%20we%20patch%3F%20A%20quick%20look%20from%20the%20global%20viewpoint/32126 HP Enterprise Instant On Access Points Vulnerability HPE patched two vulnerabilities in its Instant On access points (aka Aruba). One allows for authentication bypass, while the second one enables arbitrary code execution as admin. https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04894en_us Revealing the AppLocker Bypass Risks in The Suggested Block-list Policy AppLocker sample policies suffer from a simple bug that may enable some rule bypass, but only if signatures are not enforced. While reviewing Microsoft s suggested configuration, Varonis Threat Labs noticed a subtle but important issue: the MaximumFileVersion field was set to 65355 instead of the expected 65535. https://www.varonis.com/blog/applocker-bypass-risks Ghost Crypt Malware Leverages Zoho WorkDrive The Ghost malware tricks users into downloading by sending links to Zoho WorkDrive locations. https://www.esentire.com/blog/ghost-crypt-powers-purerat-with-hypnosis

SharePoint Servers Exploited via 0-day CVE-2025-53770 Late last week, CodeWhite found a new remote code execution exploit against SharePoint. This vulnerability is now actively exploited. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Critical+Sharepoint+0Day+Vulnerablity+Exploited+CVE202553770+ToolShell/32122/ Veeam Voicemail Phishing Attackers appear to impersonate VEEAM in recent voicemail-themed phishing attempts. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Veeam%20Phishing%20via%20Wav%20File/32120 Passkey Phishing Attack A currently active phishing attack takes advantage of the ability to use QR codes to complete the Passkey login procedure https://expel.com/blog/poisonseed-downgrading-fido-key-authentications-to-fetch-user-accounts/

Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by Trent Waterhouse. Trent is the CMO of GlobalMeet, a leading virtual event technology company with a scalable, flexible, and secure hybrid event streaming platform built and supported by experienced event experts. Trent has a proven track record of driving growth and innovation with 35 years of expertise leveraging a field sales marketing model that aligns sales, marketing, and R&D to think like a customer, act like a partner, and measure success through customer satisfaction and net promoters. Built for growth, Trent's unique blend of technology understanding and B2B marketing skills have been proven to help companies grow revenue profitably, improve customer experiences, build new partnerships, and expand opportunity pipelines. [July 21, 2025]   00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Intro Links: -          Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ -          Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ -          Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ -          Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ -          Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb -          CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ -          innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/                                                02:30 - Trent Waterhouse Intro 03:11 - Starting Out Pre-Video 04:53 - A Brave New World 08:07 - Going Public 10:21 - Rise of the DeepFakes 13:03 - Video Watermarking 15:23 - A Simple Warning Will Do 19:11 - Staying Up to Date 21:22 - Insider Threat 23:42 - Find Trent Waterhouse Online    -          Website: https://www.globalmeet.com/ -          Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/globalmeet/ -          LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentonwaterhouse/ 24:44 - Book Recommendations -          Pattern Breakers - Mike Maples, Jr, Peter Ziebelman 27:16 - Wrap Up & Outro -          www.social-engineer.com -          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

Get your FREE Cybersecurity Salary Guide: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/form/cybersecurity-salary-guide-podcast/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcastWill Sweeney, founding and managing partner of Zaviant, joins the Cyber Work Podcast to discuss the evolving landscape of data privacy and GRC (governance, risk and compliance). With experience overseeing complex information security audits for Fortune 100 companies, Will shares insights on everything from the key differences between security auditing and implementation to whether privacy regulatory frameworks will continue multiplying or begin consolidating. He offers practical advice for GRC aspirants, emphasizing the importance of understanding core security processes rather than getting lost in framework structures. Will also discusses the challenges of starting a consultancy practice and provides valuable career guidance for those looking to transition into the data privacy and compliance space.0:00 - Intro1:15 - Cybersecurity Salary Guide promo2:30 - Will Sweeney and his early tech background6:45 - Building his first high school website9:20 - Career pivot from IT to data privacy and GRC12:15 - Audit vs. implementation: Understanding the difference16:30 - Starting Zaviant and the GDPR opportunity20:45 - Current challenges in data privacy compliance24:10 - Common security gaps companies overlook28:30 - Breaking into GRC: Skills and career advice32:45 - Starting a consultancy: Hidden challenges36:20 - The future of privacy regulations and AI impact40:15 - Career advice for help desk professionals41:30 - Closing thoughtsView Cyber Work Podcast transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcast/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcastAbout InfosecInfosec's mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ's security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

⸻ Podcast: Redefining Society and Technologyhttps://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com _____________________________This Episode's SponsorsBlackCloak provides concierge cybersecurity protection to corporate executives and high-net-worth individuals to protect against hacking, reputational loss, financial loss, and the impacts of a corporate data breach.BlackCloak:  https://itspm.ag/itspbcweb_____________________________The Hybrid Species — When Technology Becomes Human, and Humans Become TechnologyA Musing On Society & Technology Newsletter Written By Marco Ciappelli | Read by TAPE3July 19, 2025We once built tools to serve us. Now we build them to complete us. What happens when we merge — and what do we carry forward?A new transmission from Musing On Society and Technology Newsletter, by Marco CiappelliIn my last musing, I revisited Robbie, the first of Asimov's robot stories — a quiet, loyal machine who couldn't speak, didn't simulate emotion, and yet somehow felt more trustworthy than the artificial intelligences we surround ourselves with today. I ended that piece with a question, a doorway:If today's machines can already mimic understanding — convincing us they comprehend more than they do — what happens when the line between biology and technology dissolves completely? When carbon and silicon, organic and artificial, don't just co-exist, but merge?I didn't pull that idea out of nowhere. It was sparked by something Asimov himself said in a 1965 BBC interview — a clip that keeps resurfacing and hitting harder every time I hear it. He spoke of a future where humans and machines would converge, not just in function, but in form and identity. He wasn't just imagining smarter machines. He was imagining something new. Something between.And that idea has never felt more real than now.We like to think of evolution as something that happens slowly, hidden in the spiral of DNA, whispered across generations. But what if the next mutation doesn't come from biology at all? What if it comes from what we build?I've always believed we are tool-makers by nature — and not just with our hands. Our tools have always extended our bodies, our senses, our minds. A stone becomes a weapon. A telescope becomes an eye. A smartphone becomes a memory. And eventually, we stop noticing the boundary. The tool becomes part of us.It's not just science fiction. Philosopher Andy Clark — whose work I've followed for years — calls us “natural-born cyborgs.” Humans, he argues, are wired to offload cognition into the environment. We think with notebooks. We remember with photographs. We navigate with GPS. The boundary between internal and external, mind and machine, was never as clean as we pretended.And now, with generative AI and predictive algorithms shaping the way we write, learn, speak, and decide — that blur is accelerating. A child born today won't “use” AI. She'll think through it. Alongside it. Her development will be shaped by tools that anticipate her needs before she knows how to articulate them. The machine won't be a device she picks up — it'll be a presence she grows up with.This isn't some distant future. It's already happening. And yet, I don't believe we're necessarily losing something. Not if we're aware of what we're merging with. Not if we remember who we are while becoming something new.This is where I return, again, to Asimov — and in particular, The Bicentennial Man. It's the story of Andrew, a robot who spends centuries gradually transforming himself — replacing parts, expanding his experiences, developing feelings, claiming rights — until he becomes legally, socially, and emotionally recognized as human. But it's not just about a machine becoming like us. It's also about us learning to accept that humanity might not begin and end with flesh.We spend so much time fearing machines that pretend to be human. But what if the real shift is in humans learning to accept machines that feel — or at least behave — as if they care?And what if that shift is reciprocal?Because here's the thing: I don't think the future is about perfect humanoid robots or upgraded humans living in a sterile, post-biological cloud. I think it's messier. I think it's more beautiful than that.I think it's about convergence. Real convergence. Where machines carry traces of our unpredictability, our creativity, our irrational, analog soul. And where we — as humans — grow a little more comfortable depending on the very systems we've always built to support us.Maybe evolution isn't just natural selection anymore. Maybe it's cultural and technological curation — a new kind of adaptation, shaped not in bone but in code. Maybe our children will inherit a sense of symbiosis, not separation. And maybe — just maybe — we can pass along what's still beautiful about being analog: the imperfections, the contradictions, the moments that don't make sense but still matter.We once built tools to serve us. Now we build them to complete us.And maybe — just maybe — that completion isn't about erasing what we are. Maybe it's about evolving it. Stretching it. Letting it grow into something wider.Because what if this hybrid species — born of carbon and silicon, memory and machine — doesn't feel like a replacement… but a continuation?Imagine a being that carries both intuition and algorithm, that processes emotion and logic not as opposites, but as complementary forms of sense-making. A creature that can feel love while solving complex equations, write poetry while accessing a planetary archive of thought. A soul that doesn't just remember, but recalls in high-resolution.Its body — not fixed, but modular. Biological and synthetic. Healing, adapting, growing new limbs or senses as needed. A body that weathers centuries, not years. Not quite immortal, but long-lived enough to know what patience feels like — and what loss still teaches.It might speak in new ways — not just with words, but with shared memories, electromagnetic pulses, sensory impressions that convey joy faster than language. Its identity could be fluid. Fractals of self that split and merge — collaborating, exploring, converging — before returning to the center.This being wouldn't live in the future we imagined in the '50s — chrome cities, robot butlers, and flying cars. It would grow in the quiet in-between: tending a real garden in the morning, dreaming inside a neural network at night. Creating art in a virtual forest. Crying over a story it helped write. Teaching a child. Falling in love — again and again, in new and old forms.And maybe, just maybe, this hybrid doesn't just inherit our intelligence or our drive to survive. Maybe it inherits the best part of us: the analog soul. The part that cherishes imperfection. That forgives. That imagines for the sake of imagining.That might be our gift to the future. Not the code, or the steel, or even the intelligence — but the stubborn, analog soul that dares to care.Because if Robbie taught us anything, it's that sometimes the most powerful connection comes without words, without simulation, without pretense.And if we're now merging with what we create, maybe the real challenge isn't becoming smarter — it's staying human enough to remember why we started creating at all.Not just to solve problems. Not just to build faster, better, stronger systems. But to express something real. To make meaning. To feel less alone. We created tools not just to survive, but to say: “We are here. We feel. We dream. We matter.”That's the code we shouldn't forget — and the legacy we must carry forward.Until next time,Marco_________________________________________________

Hiding Payloads in Linux Extended File Attributes Xavier today looked at ways to hide payloads on Linux, similar to how alternate data streams are used on Windows. Turns out that extended file attributes do the trick, and he presents some scripts to either hide data or find hidden data. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Hiding%20Payloads%20in%20Linux%20Extended%20File%20Attributes/32116 Cisco Patches Critical Identity Services Engine Flaw CVE-2025-20281, CVE-2025-20337, CVE-2025-20282 An unauthenticated user may execute arbitrary code as root across the network due to improperly validated data in Cisco s Identity Services Engine. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-unauth-rce-ZAd2GnJ6 Oracle Critical Patch Update Oracle patched 309 flaws across 111 products. 9 of these vulnerabilities have a critical CVSS score of 9.0 or higher. https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2025.html Broadcom releases VMware Updates Broadcom fixed a number of vulnerabilities for ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools. https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/35877

You hear it everywhere: the buzzing hot-topic, AI, lands on this week's episode with featured guest, Jim Wilt! Brad returns with Megan to hear from the AI Guy himself. With an introduction to AI in the 90s, Jim shares his expertise as a technologist and early adopter of the tool. Whether you have a place in tech, executive space, or creative, get key takeaways on:-AI impact & bias -Advancing usage and tools -Generative AI & LLMs and its implication in the security realm.  We want your feedback - Be sure to reach out at unsecurity@frsecure.com and Follow us for more! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frsecure/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frsecureofficial/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frsecure/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/frsecure.bsky.social About FRSecure: https://frsecure.com/ FRSecure is a mission-driven information security consultancy headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Our team of experts is constantly developing solutions and training to assist clients in improving the measurable fundamentals of their information security programs. These fundamentals are lacking in our industry, and while progress is being made, we can't do it alone. Whether you're wondering where to start, or looking for a team of experts to collaborate with you, we are ready to serve.

More Free File Sharing Services Abuse The free file-sharing service catbox.moe is abused by malware. While it officially claims not to allow hosting of executables, it only checks extensions and is easily abused https://isc.sans.edu/diary/More%20Free%20File%20Sharing%20Services%20Abuse/32112 Ongoing SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) Exploitation Campaign using the OVERSTEP Backdoor A group Google identifies as UNC6148 is exploiting the Sonicwall SMA 100 series appliance. The devices are end of life, but even fully patched devices are exploited. Google assumes that these devices are compromised because credentials were leaked during prior attacks. The attacker installs the OVERSTEP backdoor after compromising the device. https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/sonicwall-secure-mobile-access-exploitation-overstep-backdoor Weaponizing Trust in File Rendering Pipelines RenderShock is a comprehensive zero-click attack strategy that targets passive file preview, indexing, and automation behaviours in modern operating systems and enterprise environments. It leverages built-in trust mechanisms and background processing in file systems, email clients, antivirus tools, and graphical user interfaces to deliver payloads without requiring any user interaction. https://www.cyfirma.com/research/rendershock-weaponizing-trust-in-file-rendering-pipelines/

Keylogger Data Stored in an ADS Xavier came across a keystroke logger that stores data in alternate data streams. The data includes keystroke logs as well as clipboard data https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Keylogger%20Data%20Stored%20in%20an%20ADS/32108 Malvertising Homebrew An attacker has been attempting to trick users into installing a malicious version of Homebrew. The fake software is advertised via paid Google ads and directs users to the attacker s GitHub repo. https://medium.com/deriv-tech/brewing-trouble-dissecting-a-macos-malware-campaign-90c2c24de5dc CVE-2025-5333: Remote Code Execution in Broadcom Altiris IRM LRQA have discovered a critical unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Broadcom Symantec Altiris Inventory Rule Management (IRM) component of Symantec Endpoint Management. https://www.lrqa.com/en/cyber-labs/remote-code-execution-in-broadcom-altiris-irm/ Code highlighting with Cursor AI for $500,000 A syntax highlighting extension for Cursor AI was used to compromise a developer s workstation and steal $500,000 in cryptocurrency. https://securelist.com/open-source-package-for-cursor-ai-turned-into-a-crypto-heist/116908/

DShield Honeypot Log Volume Increase Within the last few months, there has been a dramatic increase in honeypot log volumes and how often these high volumes are seen. This has not just been from Jesse s residential honeypot, which has historically seen higher log volumes, but from all of the honeypots that Jesse runs. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/DShield+Honeypot+Log+Volume+Increase/32100 Google and Microsoft Trusted Them. 2.3 Million Users Installed Them. They Were Malware. Koi Security s investigation of a single verified color picker exposed a coordinated campaign of 18 malicious extensions that infected a massive 2.3 million users across Chrome and Edge. https://blog.koi.security/google-and-microsoft-trusted-them-2-3-million-users-installed-them-they-were-malware-fb4ed4f40ff5 RDP Forensics Comprehensive overview of Windows RDP Forensics https://medium.com/@mathias.fuchs/chasing-ghosts-over-rdp-lateral-movement-in-tiny-bitmaps-328d2babd8ec

Join host Emily Wearmouth for the very special episode of Security Visionaries recorded live at Infosecurity Europe. She's joined by Holly Foxcroft, Ian Golding, and Rich Davis to discuss the crucial conversations CISOs need to have with their CEOs this year. The episode dives into four key areas: cost, risk, innovation, and AI, offering insights and exploring the differing perspectives between tech leaders and CEOs.

Experimental Suspicious Domain Feed Our new experimental suspicious domain feed uses various criteria to identify domains that may be used for phishing or other malicious purposes. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Experimental%20Suspicious%20Domain%20Feed/32102 Wing FTP Server RCE Vulnerability Exploited CVE-2025-47812 Huntress saw active exploitation of Wing FTP Server remote code execution (CVE-2025-47812) on a customer on July 1, 2025. Organizations running Wing FTP Server should update to the fixed version, version 7.4.4, as soon as possible. https://www.huntress.com/blog/wing-ftp-server-remote-code-execution-cve-2025-47812-exploited-in-wild https://www.rcesecurity.com/2025/06/what-the-null-wing-ftp-server-rce-cve-2025-47812/ FortiWeb Pre-Auth RCE (CVE-2025-25257) An exploit for the FortiWeb RCE Vulnerability is now available and is being used in the wild. https://pwner.gg/blog/2025-07-10-fortiweb-fabric-rce NVIDIA Vulnerable to Rowhammer NVIDIA has received new research related to the industry-wide DRAM issue known as Rowhammer . The research demonstrates a potential Rowhammer attack against an NVIDIA A6000 GPU with GDDR6 Memory. The purpose of this notice is to reinforce already known mitigations to Rowhammer attacks. https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5671/~/security-notice%3A-rowhammer---july-2025

Get your FREE Cybersecurity Salary Guide: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/form/cybersecurity-salary-guide-podcast/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcastJohn Hansman of Truit joins today's Cyber Work episode to share his journey from a "dead-end job" in electronic security to building a thriving managed IT services company. As the co-host of the Business & Bytes podcast, John brings a unique perspective on how small businesses can leverage AI tools to solve fundamental challenges while maintaining strong cybersecurity practices. He shares practical AI tools that business owners are leaving on the table, discusses the mindset shifts required for entrepreneurship, and explains how his company pivoted during the pandemic to emerge stronger than ever.0:00 - Intro to today's episode0:50 - Cybersecurity Salary Guide2:15 - Meet John Hansman4:20 - Early tech experiences and family influence8:45 - The career transition from dead-end job to entrepreneur12:30 - Starting an MSP during the pandemic16:15 - CEO role vs. hands-on technical work20:45 - Business & Bytes podcast format and pivot25:30 - AI tools for small businesses31:20 - John's AI toolbox and custom GPTs36:00 - Career transition stories and mindset challenges42:15 - Getting out of your own head as an entrepreneur47:30 - About Truitt and cybersecurity services50:45 - Wrap up and where to find JohnView Cyber Work Podcast transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcast/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcastAbout InfosecInfosec's mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ's security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

SSH Tunneling in Action: direct-tcp requests Attackers are compromising ssh servers to abuse them as relays. The attacker will configure port forwarding direct-tcp connections to forward traffic to a victim. In this particular case, the Yandex mail server was the primary victim of these attacks. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/SSH%20Tunneling%20in%20Action%3A%20direct-tcp%20requests%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32094 Fortiguard FortiWeb Unauthenticated SQL injection in GUI (CVE-2025-25257) An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] in FortiWeb may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized SQL code or commands via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests. https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-151 Ruckus Virtual SmartZone (vSZ) and Ruckus Network Director (RND) contain multiple vulnerabilities Ruckus products suffer from a number of critical vulnerabilities. There is no patch available, and users are advised to restrict access to the vulnerable admin interface. https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/613753

Setting up Your Own Certificate Authority for Development: Why and How. Some tips on setting up your own internal certificate authority using the smallstep CA. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Setting%20up%20Your%20Own%20Certificate%20Authority%20for%20Development%3A%20Why%20and%20How./32092 Animation-Driven Tapjacking on Android Attackers can use a click-jacking like trick to trick victims into clicking on animated transparent dialogs opened from other applications. https://taptrap.click/usenix25_taptrap_paper.pdf Adobe Patches Adobe patched 13 different products yesterday. Most concerning are vulnerabilities in Coldfusion that include code execution and arbitrary file disclosure vulnerabilities. https://helpx.adobe.com/security/security-bulletin.html

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025 Today, Microsoft released patches for 130 Microsoft vulnerabilities and 9 additional vulnerabilities not part of Microsoft's portfolio but distributed by Microsoft. 14 of these are rated critical. Only one of the vulnerabilities was disclosed before being patched, and none of the vulnerabilities have so far been exploited. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft%20Patch%20Tuesday%2C%20July%202025/32088 Opposum Attack If a TLS server is configured to allow switching from HTTP to HTTPS on a specific port, an attacker may be able to inject a request into the data stream. https://opossum-attack.com/ Ivanti Security Updates Ivanty fixed vulnerabilities in Ivanty Connect Secure, EPMM, and EPM. In particular the password decryption vulnerabliity may be interesting. https://www.ivanti.com/blog/july-security-update-2025

Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits – https://poweredbybhis.com00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Pre Stream Appropriate03:39 - N. Korean Remote Workers are at it Again! – BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2025-07-0705:41 - Story # 1: Fortune 500 Cyber Spending Pays Off: Large Enterprise Risk Falls 33% Despite Rising Threats20:01 - Story # 2: Jasper Sleet: North Korean remote IT workers' evolving tactics to infiltrate organizations25:49 - Story # 2b: Engineer caught juggling multiple startup jobs is a cautionary tale of ‘extreme' hustle culture, experts say34:47 - Story # 3: Taking SHELLTER: a commercial evasion framework abused in- the- wild42:15 - Story # 3b: Statement Regarding Recent Misuse of Shellter Elite and Elastic Security Labs' Handling46:58 - Story # 4: Ingram Micro outage caused by SafePay ransomware attack49:45 - Story # 5: Germany asks Google, Apple to remove DeepSeek AI from app stores53:13 - Story # 6: This Call of Duty game just hit Xbox Game Pass, but it's infested with RCE hackers — I'd take cover and avoid playing until there's a fix

What s My File Name Malware may use the GetModuleFileName API to detect if it was renamed to a name typical for analysis, like sample.exe or malware.exe https://isc.sans.edu/diary/What%27s%20My%20%28File%29Name%3F/32084 Atomic macOS infostealer adds backdoor for persistent attacks Malware analyst discovered a new version of the Atomic macOS info-stealer (also known as 'AMOS') that comes with a backdoor, to attackers persistent access to compromised systems. https://moonlock.com/amos-backdoor-persistent-access HOUKEN SEEKING A PATH BY LIVING ON THE EDGE WITH ZERO-DAYS At the beginning of September 2024, an attacker repeatedly exploited vulnerabilities CVE-2024- 8190, CVE-2024-8963, and CVE-2024-9380 vulnerabilities to remotely execute arbitrary code on vulnerable Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance devices. https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/CERTFR-2025-CTI-009.pdf SEO Scams Targeting Putty, WinSCP, and AI Tools Paid Google ads are advertising trojaned versions of popuplar tools like ssh and winscp https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog-uk/malvertising-campaign-delivers-oyster-broomstick-backdoor-via-seo-poisoning-and-trojanized-tools/

Interesting ssh/telnet usernames Some interesting usernames observed in our honeypots https://isc.sans.edu/diary/A%20few%20interesting%20and%20notable%20ssh%20telnet%20usernames/32080 More sudo trouble The host option in Sudo can be exploited to execute commands on unauthorized hosts. https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32462-sudo-host CitrixBleed2 PoC Posted (CVE-2025-5777) WatchTwer published additional details about the recently patched CitrixBleed vulnerability, including a PoC exploit. https://labs.watchtowr.com/how-much-more-must-we-bleed-citrix-netscaler-memory-disclosure-citrixbleed-2-cve-2025-5777/ Instagram Using Six Day Certificates Instagram changes their TLS certificates daily and they use certificates that are just about to expire in a week. https://hereket.com/posts/instagram-single-day-certificates/

Sudo chroot Elevation of Privilege The sudo chroot option can be leveraged by any local user to elevate privileges to root, even if no sudo rules are defined for that user. https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot Polymorphic ZIP Files A zip file with a corrupt End of Central Directory Record may extract different data depending on the tool used to extract the files. https://hackarcana.com/article/yet-another-zip-trick Cisco Unified Communications Manager Static SSH Credentials Vulnerability A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected device using the root account, which has default, static credentials that cannot be changed or deleted. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cucm-ssh-m4UBdpE7