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Article about squid intelligence. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

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  • October 15, 2023

Security Pros Warn That EU’s Vulnerability Disclosure Rule Is Risky

The Cyber Resilience Act’s requirement to disclose vulnerabilities within 24 hours could expose organizations to attacks — or government surveillance.

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  • October 15, 2023

Feds: Beware AvosLocker Ransomware Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

CISA and FBI warn the RaaS provider’s affiliates are striking critical industries, with more attacks expected to come from additional ransomware groups in the months ahead.

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  • October 15, 2023

How MOVEit Is Likely to Shift Cyber Insurance Calculus

Progress Software plans to collect millions in cyber insurance policy payouts after the MOVEit breaches, which will make getting coverage more expensive and harder to get for everyone else, experts say.

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  • October 15, 2023

Chinese APT group ToddyCat launches new cyber-espionage campaigns

Researchers warn of renewed attacks against high-profile organizations launched by a Chinese APT actor known in the industry as ToddyCat. The group has been refining its tactics as well as malware toolset since 2020 when it was originally discovered. In a new report this week, researchers from security firm Check Point Software Technologies documented a […]

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  • October 15, 2023

Why Does Private Networking on AWS Cost So Much?

ACM.341 VPC costs up 2,632% after installing a NAT and VPC Endpoints Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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  • October 15, 2023

Allowed Regions SCP Broken

This used to work…now it’s preventing access to Global services Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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  • October 15, 2023

Medium Payout Analysis

None of these numbers make sense to me…but I don’t have time to read the fine print about some complex calculation or try to reverse… Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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  • October 15, 2023

Passing AWS Credentials Into a Container

ACM.342 Assuming a role that requires MFA and passing short term credentials to a container to use them Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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