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Staying on top of security news shouldn't be another full-time job. Enter Blumira Briefings, our weekly panel series where security experts break down the headlines you might have missed, and explain what they actually mean for your security practice! 🔒 Each week, join a lineup of different Blumira experts (and sometimes special guests!) who will: Share the top threats, suspects, and risks we're seeing across our detection and response platformDiscuss significant security stories and what they mean for YOUProvide practical advice you can actually implement right away••Keep it conversational, informative, and under 30 minutes

  1. 3D AGO

    CISA Credentials, Drupal Security Update, and Shai-Hulud Clones - Blumira Briefings

    Welcome to Blumira Briefings, your top headlines and trends for your security practice. This week's episode: - Government Contractor Exposes Sensitive CISA and AWS GovCloud Credentials on Public GitHub - Drupal Issues Critical Security Update Amid Warnings of Rapid Exploit Development Risk - Shai-Hulud Worm Clones Emerge After Source Code Leak, Intensifying NPM Supply Chain Attacks Have a security topic you want us to cover? Let us know in the comments! Sources: Contractor’s public GitHub account exposed GovCloud and CISA credentials https://www.csoonline.com/article/4173305/contractors-public-github-account-exposed-govcloud-and-cisa-credentials.html -- Drupal is rolling out an emergency security update on May 20. You cannot miss it https://securityaffairs.com/192407/security/drupal-is-rolling-out-an-emergency-security-update-tomorrow-you-cannot-miss-it.html -- Shai-Hulud worm copycats emerge after source code leak https://securityaffairs.com/192366/malware/shai-hulud-worm-copycats-emerge-after-source-code-leak.html

    16 min

  2. MAY 15

    Mini Shai-Hulud, BitLocker Bypass, and AI Vulnerability Discovery - Blumira Briefings

    Welcome to Blumira Briefings, your top headlines and trends for your security practice. This week's episode: - ‘Mini Shai-Hulud’ Malware Compromises Hundreds of Open-Source Software Packages in Supply Chain Attack - Researcher Releases Proof-of-Concept for BitLocker Bypass and Privilege Escalation on Windows Systems  - Patch Tuesday, Accelerating Attacks, and AI Vulnerability Discovery Have a security topic you want us to cover? Let us know in the comments! Sources: ‘Mini Shai-Hulud’ malware compromises hundreds of open-source packages in sprawling supply-chain attack https://cyberscoop.com/mini-shai-hulud-supply-chain-malware-attack/ Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/litellm-cve-2026-42208-sql-injection.html Google warns artificial intelligence is accelerating cyberattacks and zero-day exploits https://securityaffairs.com/191984/ai/google-warns-artificial-intelligence-is-accelerating-cyberattacks-and-zero-day-exploits.html Patch Tuesday, May 2026 Edition https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/patch-tuesday-may-2026-edition/

    15 min

  3. MAY 8

    cPanel Vulnerability, Global Phishing, and the Instructure Breach - Blumira Briefings

    Welcome to Blumira Briefings, your top headlines and trends for your security practice. This week's episode: - A critical authentication bypass vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-41940, in cPanel and WHM software is currently being actively exploited by threat actors. - Microsoft has unveiled details of a sophisticated global phishing campaign that successfully targeted over 35,000 users across 26 countries in mid-April 2026, with the majority of victims in the United States, particularly within healthcare and finance sectors. - Instructure, the U.S.-based educational technology company known for its widely used Canvas learning management system, has confirmed a cybersecurity incident that exposed the personal data of users. Have a security topic you want us to cover? Let us know in the comments! Sources: Hackers target governments and MSPs via critical cPanel flaw CVE-2026-41940 https://securityaffairs.com/191666/breaking-news/hackers-target-governments-and-msps-via-critical-cpanel-flaw-cve-2026-41940.html -- Microsoft warns of global campaign stealing auth tokens from 35K users https://securityaffairs.com/191695/security/microsoft-warns-of-global-campaign-stealing-auth-tokens-from-35k-users.html -- Educational tech firm Instructure data breach may have impacted 9,000 schools https://securityaffairs.com/191686/cyber-crime/educational-tech-firm-instructure-data-breach-may-have-impacted-9000-schools.html

    15 min

  4. MAY 1

    CISA KEV Additions, LiteLLM Vulnerability, ShinyHunters, and Copy Fail - Blumira Briefings

    Welcome to Blumira Briefings, your top headlines and trends for your security practice. This week's episode: - The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added two critical vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, signaling active exploitation - A severe SQL injection vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-42208, in BerriAI's LiteLLM Python package has been actively exploited by threat actors in the wild. - The ShinyHunters cybercriminal group has exploited a security incident at Anodot, an artificial intelligence-driven data analytics vendor, to access data from multiple clients, including Vimeo.  - copy[dot]fail proof of concept requires only an unprivileged local user account for local privilege escalation to occur -- Have a security topic you want us to cover? Let us know in the comments! -- Sources: CISA Adds Actively Exploited ConnectWise and Windows Flaws to KEV https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/cisa-adds-actively-exploited.html -- LiteLLM CVE-2026-42208 SQL Injection Exploited within 36 Hours of Disclosure https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/litellm-cve-2026-42208-sql-injection.html -- ShinyHunters exploit Anodot incident to target Vimeo https://securityaffairs.com/191448/security/shinyhunters-exploit-anodot-incident-to-target-vimeo.html Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:37 CISA KEV Additions: ConnectWise and Microsoft  3:26 LiteLLM SQL Injection Vulnerability  9:14 ShinyHunters Anodot Breach  11:42 Copy Fail

    15 min

  5. APR 17

    SharePoint Zero-Day, Prompt Injection Vulnerabilities, and Chrome Extensions - Blumira Briefings

    Welcome to Blumira Briefings, your top headlines and trends for your security practice. This week's episode: - Microsoft has released its April 2026 Patch Tuesday updates, addressing a record 167 security vulnerabilities across its product portfolio. - Security researchers have identified prompt injection vulnerabilities in prominent enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) agents, specifically Microsoft Copilot Studio and Salesforce Agentforce. - Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a widespread campaign involving 108 malicious Google Chrome browser extensions that have been actively stealing sensitive data from an estimated 20,000 users. -- Have a security topic you want us to cover? Let us know in the comments! -- Sources: -- Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2026 fixed actively exploited SharePoint zero-day https://securityaffairs.com/190831/security/microsoft-patch-tuesday-for-april-2026-fixed-actively-exploited-sharepoint-zero-day.html -- Copilot and Agentforce fall to form-based prompt injection tricks https://www.csoonline.com/article/4159079/copilot-and-agentforce-fall-to-form-based-prompt-injection-tricks.html -- 108 malicious Chrome extensions caught stealing Google and Telegram data from 20,000 users https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/malicious-chrome-extensions-steal-google-telegram-data

    14 min

  6. APR 10

    BlueHammer, Forst Blizzard, and a Flowise Workflow Exploit - Blumira Briefings

    Welcome to Blumira Briefings, your top headlines and trends for your security practice. This week's episode: - A critical and unpatched vulnerability, named "BlueHammer," has been publicly disclosed for Microsoft Windows operating systems, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges up to a system-level account. - A sophisticated espionage campaign, attributed to the Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as APT28 or Forest Blizzard, has been disrupted by U.S. authorities. - A critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-59528, in the Flowise low-code platform for building artificial intelligence (AI) workflows is currently being actively exploited by hackers -- Have a security topic you want us to cover? Let us know in the comments! -- Sources: Experts published unpatched Windows zero-day BlueHammer https://securityaffairs.com/190400/breaking-news/experts-published-unpatched-windows-zero-day-bluehammer.html -- Russia Hacked Routers to Steal Microsoft Office Tokens https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/04/russia-hacked-routers-to-steal-microsoft-office-tokens/ -- Hackers exploit a critical Flowise flaw affecting thousands of AI workflows https://www.csoonline.com/article/4155680/hackers-exploit-a-critical-flowise-flaw-affecting-thousands-of-ai-workflows.html

    13 min

  7. APR 3

    Axios Compromised, Chrome Zero-Day, and WhatsApp Malware - Blumira Briefings

    Axios Compromised, Chrome Zero-Day, and WhatsApp Malware - Blumira Briefings Welcome to Blumira Briefings, your top headlines and trends for your security practice. This week's episode: - The npm account for Axios, a JavaScript library with over 100 million weekly downloads, was compromised by threat actors who published malicious versions (1.14.1 and 0.30.4) containing remote access trojan (RAT) malware. - Google has released an emergency security update for its Chrome web browser, addressing a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-5281, which is actively being exploited by malicious actors. - Microsoft has issued a warning regarding a new malware campaign that targets WhatsApp users, exploiting social engineering tactics to trick them into executing malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. This campaign, active since late February, aims to establish persistent remote access to infected systems. Have a security topic you want us to cover? Let us know in the comments! -- Sources: Attackers hijack Axios npm account to spread RAT malware https://securityaffairs.com/190221/security/attackers-hijack-axios-npm-account-to-spread-rat-malware.html -- Google fixes actively exploited Chrome zero-day flaw, update now https://cyberinsider.com/google-fixes-actively-exploited-chrome-zero-day-flaw-update-now/ -- WhatsApp malware campaign uses malicious VBS files to gain persistent access https://www.csoonline.com/article/4153092/whatsapp-malware-campaign-uses-malicious-vbs-files-to-gain-persistent-access.html

    18 min

  8. MAR 27

    FCC Router Ban, Darksword Exploit, and VS Code Malware - Blumira Briefings

    Welcome to Blumira Briefings, your weekly download of the top headlines and trends for your security practice. This week's episode: - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, a government agency that regulates interstate and international communications, recently announced a significant new policy. The commission is banning the import of all new foreign-made consumer routers into the United States - A version of sophisticated iPhone spyware, known as DarkSword, has been publicly leaked on GitHub, raising urgent concerns among cybersecurity experts about potential widespread compromises of Apple iOS devices. - A threat group linked to North Korea, known as Team 8, is actively deploying new malware called StoatWaffle by exploiting features within Microsoft Visual Studio Code. This campaign, part of their ongoing "Contagious Interview" operations, abuses the editor's "tasks.json" auto-run functionality -- Have a security topic you want us to cover? Want to hear more on a story we covered this week? Let us know in the comments! -- Sources: US regulator bans imports of new foreign-made routers, citing security concerns https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/fcc-banning-imports-new-chinese-made-routers-citing-security-concerns-2026-03-23 -- DarkSword’s GitHub leak threatens to turn elite iPhone hacking into a tool for the masses https://cyberscoop.com/darksword-iphone-spyware-leak-ios-18-exploit-threat/ -- North Korea-linked threat actors abuse VS Code auto-run to spread StoatWaffle malware https://securityaffairs.com/189880/security/north-korea-linked-threat-actors-abuse-vs-code-auto-run-to-spread-stoatwaffle-malware.html

    11 min
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Staying on top of security news shouldn't be another full-time job. Enter Blumira Briefings, our weekly panel series where security experts break down the headlines you might have missed, and explain what they actually mean for your security practice! 🔒 Each week, join a lineup of different Blumira experts (and sometimes special guests!) who will: Share the top threats, suspects, and risks we're seeing across our detection and response platformDiscuss significant security stories and what they mean for YOUProvide practical advice you can actually implement right away••Keep it conversational, informative, and under 30 minutes

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    Blumira
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    35
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