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Budworm Threat Group Attacks Reveal ‘Change in Focus’

The Budworm espionage group leveraged the Log4j flaw to target a number of high-value organizations worldwide, including an unnamed U.S.-based state legislature.

Log4j

Google Rolls Out Support for Passkeys in Android and Chrome

Google is rolling out support for passkeys in Android and Chrome in a significant step toward passwordless authentication.

Passwords, Google

New Alchimist C2 Framework Emerges

Researchers at Cisco Talos have uncovered a new all-in-one C2 framework called Alchimist that has implants called Insekt for Windows and Linux.

Malware

Decipher Podcast: David Agranovich

David Agranovich, director of threat disruption with Meta, discusses how threat groups are evolving their targeting of social media platforms in malware and espionage campaigns.

Facebook, Podcast

Microsoft Fixes Actively Exploited Windows Privilege-Escalation Bug

Meanwhile, two exploited Exchange flaws that publicly emerged two weeks ago were not addressed in Microsoft’s update.

Microsoft, Patch Tuesday