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  • Hacker News: Fake VS Code Extension on NPM Spreads Multi-Stage Malware

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    Source URL: https://www.mend.io/blog/fake-vs-code-extension-on-npm-spreads-multi-stage-malware/ Source: Hacker News Title: Fake VS Code Extension on NPM Spreads Multi-Stage Malware Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on a recent discovery of a malicious VS-code extension that employs typosquatting tactics to deliver multi-stage malware to unsuspecting developers. The incident highlights critical security vulnerabilities in…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition ‘Atrophied and Unprepared’

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/10/1752233/microsoft-study-finds-ai-makes-human-cognition-atrophied-and-unprepared?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition ‘Atrophied and Unprepared’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new research paper from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University, highlighting concerns that reliance on generative AI could weaken human critical thinking skills. This finding is particularly relevant…

  • Hacker News: Memory profilers, call graphs, exception reports, and telemetry

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    Source URL: https://www.nuanced.dev/blog/system-wide-context Source: Hacker News Title: Memory profilers, call graphs, exception reports, and telemetry Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the challenges that developers face with AI coding assistants due to the lack of crucial operational context in debugging scenarios. It outlines a series of experiments aimed at…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Build a stronger security strategy with proactive and reactive incident response: Cyberattack Series

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/10/build-a-stronger-security-strategy-with-proactive-and-reactive-incident-response-cyberattack-series/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Build a stronger security strategy with proactive and reactive incident response: Cyberattack Series Feedly Summary: Find out how a cyberattack by Storm-2077 was halted faster because the Microsoft Incident Response team is both proactive and reactive at the same time. The post Build a stronger security strategy…

  • Embrace The Red: Hacking Gemini’s Memory with Prompt Injection and Delayed Tool Invocation

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/gemini-memory-persistence-prompt-injection/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Hacking Gemini’s Memory with Prompt Injection and Delayed Tool Invocation Feedly Summary: Imagine your AI rewriting your personal history… A while ago Google added memories to Gemini. Memories allow Gemini to store user-related data across sessions, storing information in long-term memory. The feature is only available to…

  • Slashdot: DeepMind Chief Dismisses DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough as ‘Known Techniques’

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/10/0855244/deepmind-chief-dismisses-deepseeks-ai-breakthrough-as-known-techniques?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: DeepMind Chief Dismisses DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough as ‘Known Techniques’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on remarks made by Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, regarding the advancements of DeepSeek’s AI model. While he acknowledges its market impact, he suggests that the technological progress…

  • The Register: The biggest microcode attack in our history is underway

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/microcode_attack_trump_musk/ Source: The Register Title: The biggest microcode attack in our history is underway Feedly Summary: When your state machines are vulnerable, all bets are off Opinion All malicious attacks on digital systems have one common aim: taking control. Mostly, that means getting a CPU somewhere to turn traitor, running code that silently…

  • Hacker News: The Anthropic Economic Index

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    Source URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/the-anthropic-economic-index Source: Hacker News Title: The Anthropic Economic Index Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the launch of the Anthropic Economic Index, which aims to analyze the impact of AI on labor markets and productivity through a dataset derived from millions of anonymized conversations with Claude.ai. This…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Small praise for modern compilers – A case of Ubuntu printing vulnerability that wasn’t

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/small-praise-for-modern-compilers-a-case-of-ubuntu-printing-vulnerability-that-wasnt/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Small praise for modern compilers – A case of Ubuntu printing vulnerability that wasn’t Feedly Summary: By Aleksandar NikolichEarlier this year, we conducted code audits of the macOS printing subsystem, which is heavily based on the open-source CUPS package. During this investigation, IPP-USB protocol caught our attention.…