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  • The Register: ‘Dead simple’ hijacking hole in Apache Tomcat ‘now actively exploited in the wild’

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/apache_tomcat_java_rce_flaw/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Dead simple’ hijacking hole in Apache Tomcat ‘now actively exploited in the wild’ Feedly Summary: One PUT request, one poisoned session file, and the server’s yours A trivial flaw in Apache Tomcat that allows remote code execution and access to sensitive files is said to be under attack…

  • Slashdot: Alphabet Back In Talks To Buy Wiz For $30 Billion

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/17/215231/alphabet-back-in-talks-to-buy-wiz-for-30-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Alphabet Back In Talks To Buy Wiz For $30 Billion Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Alphabet’s prospective acquisition of cybersecurity startup Wiz for $30 billion underscores the rising importance of AI-driven cybersecurity solutions in cloud computing environments. This move could bolster Alphabet’s influence in both the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Mistral Small 3.1

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/17/mistral-small-31/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Mistral Small 3.1 Feedly Summary: Mistral Small 3.1 Mistral Small 3 came out in January and was a notable, genuinely excellent local model that used an Apache 2.0 license. Mistral Small 3.1 offers a significant improvement: it’s multi-modal (images) and has an increased 128,000 token context length,…

  • Cloud Blog: Accelerate AI/ML workloads using Cloud Storage hierarchical namespace

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer/cloud-storage-hierarchical-namespace-improves-aiml-checkpointing/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Accelerate AI/ML workloads using Cloud Storage hierarchical namespace Feedly Summary: As AI and machine learning (ML) workloads continue to grow, the infrastructure supporting them must evolve to meet their unique demands. Here on the Google Cloud Storage team, we’re committed to providing AI/ML practitioners with tools to optimize…

  • The Register: Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam’s digital death grip

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/17/european_tech_sovereign_fund/ Source: The Register Title: Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam’s digital death grip Feedly Summary: Nearly 100 orgs plead for homegrown lifeline amid geopolitical tensions A group of technology companies and lobbyists want the European Commission (EC) to take action to reduce the region’s reliance on foreign-owned digital…

  • Hacker News: Akira ransomware can be cracked with sixteen RTX 4090 GPUs in around ten hours

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    Source URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/akira-ransomware-cracked-with-rtx-4090-new-exploit-to-brute-force-encryption-attack Source: Hacker News Title: Akira ransomware can be cracked with sixteen RTX 4090 GPUs in around ten hours Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The discovery of a GPU-based brute-force method to decrypt files affected by the Akira ransomware attack represents a significant breakthrough in cybersecurity. This method enables…