Tag: assessment

  • Hacker News: Debian Changes OpenSSH Packaging

    Source URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/991088/ Source: Hacker News Title: Debian Changes OpenSSH Packaging Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The Debian project’s revision of OpenSSH patches following the XZ backdoor incident highlights the importance of security in software packaging and user impact assessments. The decision to separate Kerberos key exchange support into distinct packages…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Experimenting with audio input and output for the OpenAI Chat Completion API

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/18/openai-audio/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Experimenting with audio input and output for the OpenAI Chat Completion API Feedly Summary: OpenAI promised this at DevDay a few weeks ago and now it’s here: their Chat Completion API can now accept audio as input and return it as output. OpenAI still recommend their WebSocket-based…

  • CSA: Learn to Conduct a Cybersecurity Audit for the Cloud

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/10/18/learn-how-to-conduct-a-cybersecurity-audit-for-the-cloud-with-these-csa-training-options Source: CSA Title: Learn to Conduct a Cybersecurity Audit for the Cloud Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text presents an in-depth look at cloud-specific auditing training programs offered by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), focusing on the Certificate of Cloud Auditing Knowledge (CCAK) and STAR Lead Auditor Training.…

  • Cloud Blog: Introducing Google Cloud’s new Vulnerability Reward Program

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-cloud-launches-new-vulnerability-rewards-program/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Introducing Google Cloud’s new Vulnerability Reward Program Feedly Summary: Vulnerability reward programs play a vital role in driving security forward. By incentivizing security research, vulnerabilities can be found and fixed by vendors before they are potentially exploited by malicious actors, protecting users and strengthening security posture. Also known…

  • Cloud Blog: How to benchmark application performance from the user’s perspective

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/benchmarking-how-end-users-perceive-an-applications-performance/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How to benchmark application performance from the user’s perspective Feedly Summary: What kind of performance does your application have, and how do you know? More to the point, what kind of performance do your end users think your application has?  In this era of rapid growth and unpredictable…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/17/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-40711 Veeam Backup and Replication Deserialization Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant…

  • Cloud Blog: Accelerating partner growth with Earnings Hub and new AI resources

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/partners/track-and-optimize-incentives-with-earnings-hub/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Accelerating partner growth with Earnings Hub and new AI resources Feedly Summary: Today, we’re announcing a new tool to help Google Cloud partners better track their growth and opportunities, and new resources to help them increase their AI expertise and respond to growing customer demand. Our partners are…

  • CSA: What is the EU AI Act?

    Source URL: https://www.vanta.com/resources/the-eu-ai-act-roadmap Source: CSA Title: What is the EU AI Act? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text discusses the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), adopted on March 13, 2024, which sets forth a comprehensive legal framework for AI systems based on risk classification. It emphasizes…

  • Wired: This Prompt Can Make an AI Chatbot Identify and Extract Personal Details From Your Chats

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-imprompter-malware-llm/ Source: Wired Title: This Prompt Can Make an AI Chatbot Identify and Extract Personal Details From Your Chats Feedly Summary: Security researchers created an algorithm that turns a malicious prompt into a set of hidden instructions that could send a user’s personal information to an attacker. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Hacker News: Critical default credentials in Kubernetes allows SSH root access

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/critical_kubernetes_image_builder_bug/ Source: Hacker News Title: Critical default credentials in Kubernetes allows SSH root access Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a critical security vulnerability in the Kubernetes Image Builder, which can allow unauthorized SSH access to virtual machines through default credentials. It highlights the potential risks associated…