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Brief #49: Palo Alto XDR Exploit, GPT-4 Vulnerability Exploitation, CISO Insights, and Top Cybersecurity Courses

Week 17: Palo Alto XDR exploited to deploy malware, researchers claim GPT-4 can autonomously exploit vulnerabilities, LinkedIn CISO shares leadership insights, top cybersecurity training courses and more.

Apr 28 8 min read
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Brief #48: PuTTY Zero-Day, LLMs as Pentesters, Securing Layoffs, High-Paying Cybersecurity Skills

Week 16: PuTTY vulnerability allows ECDSA key recovery, LLMs perform as well as humans in pentesting, securing mass layoffs with empathy, and top-paying cybersecurity skills.

Apr 21 8 min read
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Brief #47: Palo Alto Zero-Day Exploited, AI-Powered Malware, CISO Burnout, and the Value of Mentorship

Week 15: State-sponsored attackers exploit Palo Alto Networks zero-day, cybercrime group uses AI-generated scripts to load malware, CISOs face burnout, and the importance of mentorship.

Apr 14 7 min read
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Brief #46: HTTP/2 Flaws, Latrodectus Malware, Microsoft Exchange Breach

Week 14: Severe HTTP/2 vulnerabilities enable DoS attacks, new Latrodectus malware emerges, and the US Cyber Safety Board reports on a preventable Microsoft Exchange breach.

Apr 7 7 min read
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Brief #45: NHS Ransomware, XZ Utils Backdoor, PyPI Malware Flood

Week 13: UK's NHS suffers ransomware attack, critical backdoor found in XZ Utils, and PyPI suspends new projects after malicious package uploads.

Mar 31 6 min read
Brief #44: $1.13M Pwn2Own, M-Chip Flaw, 19M Plaintext Passwords mandos.io nikoloz kokhreidze

Brief #44: $1.13M Pwn2Own, M-Chip Flaw, 19M Plaintext Passwords

Week 12: Hackers win $1.13M at Pwn2Own, critical Apple M-chip vulnerability exposed, and 19 million plaintext passwords leaked from Firebase.

Mar 24 6 min read
Brief #43: ChatGPT Flaws, Roku Hacked, Tor's WebTunnel

Brief #43: ChatGPT Flaws, Roku Hacked, Tor's WebTunnel

Week 11: ChatGPT plugin vulnerabilities exposed, Roku suffers a credential stuffing breach impacting 15,000, and Tor Project unveils WebTunnel.

Mar 17 7 min read
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Brief #42: Google AI Theft, Microsoft Breach, Apple Zero-Days, RA World Ransomware & More

Google AI trade secrets theft, Microsoft source code breach, Apple zero-days, QNAP vulnerabilities, RA World ransomware targeting healthcare and finance.

Mar 10 7 min read
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Brief #41: 100k Infected Repos, Lazarus Zero-Day, Ubiquiti Hack

Ad fraud campaign using 8k+ domains, Lazarus Group's Windows zero-day exploit, and Russian hackers' Ubiquiti routers hijack.

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