Tag: AWS

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/nvidia_chips_china_whoops/ Source: The Register Title: A billion dollars’ worth of Nvidia chips fell off a truck and found their way to China, report says Feedly Summary: Psst, wanna buy some innovation? An estimated $1 billion worth of smuggled high-end Nvidia AI processors have reportedly found their way onto the Chinese black market, despite…

Wired: A Premium Luggage Service’s Web Bugs Exposed the Travel Plans of Every User—Including Diplomats

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/luggage-service-web-bugs-exposed-travel-plans-users-diplomats-airportr/ Source: Wired Title: A Premium Luggage Service’s Web Bugs Exposed the Travel Plans of Every User—Including Diplomats Feedly Summary: Security flaws in Airportr, a door-to-door luggage checking service used by 10 airlines, let hackers access user data and even gain privileges that would have let them redirect or steal luggage. AI Summary…

The Register: Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/amazon_q_ai_prompt/ Source: The Register Title: Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped Feedly Summary: Malicious actor reportedly sought to expose AWS ‘security theater’ The official Amazon Q extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) was compromised to include a prompt to wipe the user’s home directory and…

The Register: AI data-suckers would have to ask permission first under new bill

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/ai_copyright_bill_floated/ Source: The Register Title: AI data-suckers would have to ask permission first under new bill Feedly Summary: If it passes, the law would redefine the boundaries of fair use A bipartisan pair of US Senators introduced a bill this week that would protect copyrighted content from being used for AI training without…

Schneier on Security: How Solid Protocol Restores Digital Agency

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Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/how-solid-protocol-restores-digital-agency.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: How Solid Protocol Restores Digital Agency Feedly Summary: The current state of digital identity is a mess. Your personal information is scattered across hundreds of locations: social media companies, IoT companies, government agencies, websites you have accounts on, and data brokers you’ve never heard of. These entities…

The Register: AWS closes China AI research center, citing boilerplate ‘business priorities’

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/aws_closes_shanghai_ai_lab/ Source: The Register Title: AWS closes China AI research center, citing boilerplate ‘business priorities’ Feedly Summary: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang just had a win with his argument that the world needs China’s AI brains, now this Amazon Web Services has closed its AI lab in Shanghai, China.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

Slashdot: After $380 Million Hack, Clorox Sues Its ‘Service Desk’ Vendor For Simply Giving Out Passwords

Jul 23, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/2018211/after-380-million-hack-clorox-sues-its-service-desk-vendor-for-simply-giving-out-passwords?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: After $380 Million Hack, Clorox Sues Its ‘Service Desk’ Vendor For Simply Giving Out Passwords Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a cyberattack on Clorox in 2023, where an attacker exploited weak security practices at Cognizant, the company’s outsourced IT service desk provider, to…

Cloud Blog: From Help Desk to Hypervisor: Defending Your VMware vSphere Estate from UNC3944

Jul 23, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/defending-vsphere-from-unc3944/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: From Help Desk to Hypervisor: Defending Your VMware vSphere Estate from UNC3944 Feedly Summary: Introduction In mid 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GITG) identified a sophisticated and aggressive cyber campaign targeting multiple industries, including retail, airline, and insurance. This was the work of UNC3944, a financially motivated threat…

Slashdot: OpenAI CEO Tells Federal Reserve Confab That Entire Job Categories Will Disappear Due To AI

Jul 23, 2025

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