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May 2026
20m 51s

The trust paradox: How attackers weaponi...

Cisco Talos
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In this episode of Talos Takes, Amy Ciminnisi sits down with researcher Diana Brown to discuss the rise of "platform-as-a-proxy" (PAP) attacks. We explore how threat actors are weaponizing legitimate SaaS platforms like GitHub and Jira to deliver phishing campaigns that bypass traditional security filters. By leveraging the platforms' own infrastructure to s ... Show More
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