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Hacker News: Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries

Mar 25, 2025

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Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/devs-say-ai-crawlers-dominate-traffic-forcing-blocks-on-entire-countries/ Source: Hacker News Title: Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the challenges faced by software developers in managing aggressive AI crawler traffic that negatively affects open-source projects, leading to significant service instability and increased operational…

The Register: Infosec pro Troy Hunt HasBeenPwned in Mailchimp phish

Mar 25, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/troy_hunt_mailchimp_phish/ Source: The Register Title: Infosec pro Troy Hunt HasBeenPwned in Mailchimp phish Feedly Summary: 16,000 stolen records pertain to former and active mail subscribers Infosec veteran Troy Hunt of HaveIBeenPwned fame is notifying thousands of people after phishers scooped up his Mailchimp mailing list.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident…

The Cloudflare Blog: Upgraded Turnstile Analytics enable deeper insights, faster investigations, and improved security

Mar 18, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/upgraded-turnstile-analytics-enable-deeper-insights-faster-investigations/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Upgraded Turnstile Analytics enable deeper insights, faster investigations, and improved security Feedly Summary: Introducing new Turnstile Analytics: Gain insight into your visitor traffic, bot behavior patterns, traffic anomalies, and attack attributes. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides an in-depth look at Cloudflare’s Turnstile Analytics,…

Hacker News: Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised

Mar 18, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/password-reuse-rampant-half-user-logins-compromised/ Source: Hacker News Title: Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the pervasive issue of password reuse and its significant impact on online security, particularly regarding content management systems like WordPress. It highlights alarming statistics…

The Cloudflare Blog: Advancing account security as part of Cloudflare’s commitment to CISA’s Secure by Design pledge

Mar 17, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/advancing-account-security-as-part-of-cloudflare-commitment-to-cisa-secure-by-design-pledge/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Advancing account security as part of Cloudflare’s commitment to CISA’s Secure by Design pledge Feedly Summary: Cloudflare has made significant progress in boosting multi-factor authentication (MFA) adoption. With the addition of Apple and Google social logins, we’ve made secure access easier for our users. AI Summary and…

The Cloudflare Blog: Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised

Mar 17, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/password-reuse-rampant-half-user-logins-compromised/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised Feedly Summary: Nearly half of observed login attempts across websites protected by Cloudflare involved leaked credentials. The pervasive issue of password reuse is enabling automated bot attacks on a massive scale. AI Summary and Description:…

The Register: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it

Mar 10, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/allstate_sued_pii_exposure/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it Feedly Summary: Crooks built bots to exploit astoundingly bad quotation website and made off with data on thousands New York State has sued Allstate Insurance for operating websites so…

Embrace The Red: DeepSeek AI: From Prompt Injection To Account Takeover

Nov 29, 2024

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Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2024/deepseek-ai-prompt-injection-to-xss-and-account-takeover/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: DeepSeek AI: From Prompt Injection To Account Takeover Feedly Summary: About two weeks ago, DeepSeek released a new AI reasoning model, DeepSeek-R1-Lite. The news quickly gained attention and interest across the AI community due to the reasoning capabilities the Chinese lab announced. However, whenever there is a…

Hacker News: Coordinated Community Response Mitigates Fediverse Spam Attack

Nov 3, 2024

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Source URL: https://about.iftas.org/2024/10/21/coordinated-community-response-mitigates-fediverse-spam-attack/ Source: Hacker News Title: Coordinated Community Response Mitigates Fediverse Spam Attack Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a recent incident of spam attacks on the Fediverse, particularly affecting platforms like Misskey and Mastodon. The community’s rapid response technology efficacy and collaboration highlight the importance of proactive…

The Register: Anthropic’s latest Claude model can interact with computers – what could go wrong?

Oct 24, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/anthropic_claude_model_can_use_computers/ Source: The Register Title: Anthropic’s latest Claude model can interact with computers – what could go wrong? Feedly Summary: For starters, it could launch a prompt injection attack on itself… The latest version of AI startup Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet model can use computers – and the developer makes it sound like…

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