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  • The Register: Anthropic teases Claude for Chrome: Don’t try this at home

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/anthropic_claude_chrome_warnings/ Source: The Register Title: Anthropic teases Claude for Chrome: Don’t try this at home Feedly Summary: AI am inevitable, AI firm argues Anthropic is now offering a research preview of Claude for Chrome, a browser extension that enables the firm’s machine learning model to automate web browsing.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Piloting Claude for Chrome

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/26/piloting-claude-for-chrome/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Piloting Claude for Chrome Feedly Summary: Piloting Claude for Chrome Two days ago I said: I strongly expect that the entire concept of an agentic browser extension is fatally flawed and cannot be built safely. Today Anthropic announced their own take on this pattern, implemented as an…

  • Slashdot: Firefox 142’s Link Previews Have a New Option: AI-Generated Summaries

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/24/0547251/firefox-142s-link-previews-have-a-new-option-ai-generated-summaries Source: Slashdot Title: Firefox 142’s Link Previews Have a New Option: AI-Generated Summaries Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the new features in Firefox 142, particularly its incorporation of AI for generating summaries of linked content and support for LLM (Large Language Model) extensions. This advancement has…

  • The Register: Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/firefox_142/ Source: The Register Title: Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links Feedly Summary: CRLite, link previews, and a llama-shaped surprise for devs Good news, everyone! The new version of Mozilla’s browser now makes even more extensive use of AI, providing summaries of linked content and offering developers the…

  • Slashdot: $1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/0037258/1m-stolen-in-industrial-scale-crypto-theft-using-ai-generated-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: $1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a sophisticated cybercrime operation, GreedyBear, which utilizes a highly coordinated strategy, weaponizing browser extensions and phishing sites to facilitate industrial-scale crypto theft. The group’s innovative techniques, including the modification…

  • Slashdot: Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/09/2257245/browser-extensions-turn-nearly-1-million-browsers-into-website-scraping-bots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the alarming discovery of over 240 browser extensions that have exploited users’ browsers to scrape sensitive data without their consent. This incident highlights substantial privacy and security implications,…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Famous Chollima deploying Python version of GolangGhost RAT

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/python-version-of-golangghost-rat/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Famous Chollima deploying Python version of GolangGhost RAT Feedly Summary: Learn how the North Korean-aligned Famous Chollima is using the a new Python-based RAT, “PylangGhost," to target cryptocurrency and blockchain jobseekers in a campaign affecting users primarily in India. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The analysis…

  • Cloud Blog: Is your browser a blindspot in your security strategy?

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/chrome-enterprise/is-your-browser-a-blindspot-in-your-security-strategy/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Is your browser a blindspot in your security strategy? Feedly Summary: In today’s digital world, we spend countless hours in our browsers. It’s where we work, collaborate, and access information. But have you ever stopped to consider if you’re fully leveraging the browser security features available to protect…