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New Star Blizzard spear-phishing campaign targets WhatsApp accounts

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Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000

In mid-November 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the Russian threat actor we track as Star Blizzard sending their typical targets spear-phishing messages, this time offering the supposed opportunity to join a WhatsApp group. This is the first time we have identified a shift in Star Blizzard’s longstanding tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to leverage a […]

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Microsoft Security 

Innovating in line with the European Union’s AI Act 

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Credit to Author: Natasha Crampton| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:10:00 +0000

As our Microsoft AI Tour reached Brussels, Paris, and Berlin recently, we met with European organizations that were energized by the possibilities of our latest AI technologies and engaged in deployment projects. They were also alert to the fact that 2025 is the year that key obligations under the European Union’s AI Act come into effect, opening a new chapter in digital regulation as the world’s first, comprehensive AI law becomes a reality.

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Independent Krebs Security 

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:18:48 +0000

Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporting to come from toll road operators like E-ZPass, warning that recipients face fines if a delinquent toll fee remains unpaid. Researchers say the surge in SMS spam coincides with new features added to a popular commercial phishing kit sold in China that makes it simple to set up convincing lures spoofing toll road operators in multiple U.S. states.

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Security Wired 

Biden’s Cyber Ambassador Urges Trump Not to Cede Ground to Russia and China in Global Tech Fight

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Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000

Nathaniel Fick, the ambassador for cyberspace and digital policy, has led US tech diplomacy amid a rising tide of pressure from authoritarian regimes. Will the Trump administration undo that work?

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Security Wired 

A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More

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Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000

US president Joe Biden just issued a 40-page executive order that aims to bolster federal cybersecurity protections, directs government use of AI—and takes a swipe at Microsoft’s dominance.

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