Google Search Makes It Harder to See Where a Link Really Goes Before You Click
Google now routes some Search results through opaque google.com/goto redirects, weakening hover-to-verify anti-phishing checks.
Google has begun serving some organic search results as opaque google.com/goto?url= redirects whose destinations can only be resolved server-side by Google, likely to raise scraping costs for rank trackers and archival services. The change removes the pre-click hover preview of the true destination URL, undermining a long-standing anti-phishing habit for spotting lookalike, typosquatted, or search-optimized phishing domains. Security teams are advised to rely on layered defenses such as domain reputation, DNS and web filtering, browser isolation, and user training rather than hover text.
What is Proactive Threat Intelligence? | Recorded Future
Recorded Future publishes a vendor explainer on proactive threat intelligence, arguing external adversary context helps teams act before alerts fire.
Recorded Future published a conceptual blog on proactive threat intelligence, describing how external context on adversaries, infrastructure, stolen credentials, and vulnerability exploitation helps security teams act before intrusions surface internally. The piece outlines a four-step program: defining intelligence requirements, collecting external sources including OSINT and dark web, analyzing relevance to the organization, and driving security actions. Use cases include prioritizing CVEs by real-world exploitation activity and identifying external exposure before it becomes an internal incident.
Cybersecurity IR Workshop: The workshop you shouldn’t miss
Microsoft's DART team promotes a 2-3 day Cybersecurity Incident Response Readiness Workshop that stress-tests IR plans against simulated attacks.
Microsoft's Detection and Response Team (DART), which delivers Defender Experts incident response and has supported organizations across 54 countries, is offering its Cybersecurity Incident Response Readiness Workshop. The scenario-driven engagement exercises detection, investigation, containment, and decision-making across identity, endpoint, cloud, and communications, ending with prioritized recommendations. It is available to Unified Enterprise agreement customers via their Customer Success Account Manager.