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Messaging platforms are now a major vector for phishing and other social engineering attacks, according to a new report from NCC Group’s Fox-IT. The researchers warn that legitimate messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Signal, LinkedIn, and Gmail-integrated messaging serve as avenues through which attackers can target users while evading email security filters.

The aim of DevOps automation is clear: reduce human error, shorten feedback loops, make repetitive tasks more efficient, and enforce security along with recovery by default. By implementing automation the need for human intervention is reduced – tackling the most common cause of data loss. Table of contents: hide Automation in DevOps Important aspects for automation tools AI in DevOps automation.

Lean teams are under constant pressure to move faster: more SaaS, more automations, and more AI woven into daily work. People sign in more often, across more apps, on more devices, and they’re rewarded for speed, not caution.

AI and automation are embedded in daily work. Copilots draft content and pull in customer context. Agents triage tickets, update records, and trigger workflows across Slack, Salesforce, Jira, and GitHub. In engineering, this acceleration shows up in scripts, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation that depend on secrets to ship and operate software.

Securonix Threat Research analyzed a stealthy, multi-stage malware intrusion chain utilizing an obfuscated batch script (non.bat) to deliver multiple encrypted RAT shellcode payloads corresponding to XWorm, XenoRAT, and AsyncRAT.

Let’s catch up on the more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news gathered from articles across the web this week. This is what we have been reading about on our coffee break! Looks like this problem hasn’t gone away from last year. Seems money makes it persistent. Surprised?

When you have more than one ESXi host in your environment, you may need to migrate virtual machines from one host to another. The reason can be rational resource usage or insufficient computing resources on one of the hosts. Learn about the methods available to you to migrate virtual machines in VMware vSphere with and without vCenter.

Avoid fake buyers on Facebook Marketplace. Discover common scam tactics, warning signs, and expert tips to stay safe when selling online. You just sold a stack of old books for $100 on Facebook Marketplace. The buyer seemed eager, messaged instantly, and offered to pay extra. Sounds too good to be true? It probably is. Learn how to spot fake buyers before you lose both your money and your stuff. The buyer seems interested, perhaps too interested.

How can you protect your privacy online is a question many are asking in the age of data breaches, increased and more advanced cyberattacks, and concerns of social media and big tech corporations collecting, monitoring, and profiting from your data. For this reason, Internxt is rapidly becoming the go-to platform for protecting people’s data and privacy online.

Security is often a game of “you don’t know what you don’t know.” At Detectify, we focus on removing that uncertainty. Whether it’s reaching 922 quintillion payload permutations or refining a UI workflow, our goal is to make the experience of securing your stack as seamless as the tech you’re building. We believe that a security tool shouldn’t just be powerful, it should be intuitive, fast, and, dare we say, a joy to use.