Tag: Bug

  • The Register: Micropatchers share 1-instruction fix for NTLM hash leak flaw in Windows 7+

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/06/opatch_zeroday_microsoft/ Source: The Register Title: Micropatchers share 1-instruction fix for NTLM hash leak flaw in Windows 7+ Feedly Summary: Microsoft’s OS sure loves throwing your creds at remote systems Acros Security claims to have found an unpatched bug in Microsoft Windows 7 and onward that can be exploited to steal users’ OS account…

  • Hacker News: Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct

    Source URL: https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct Source: Hacker News Title: Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides comprehensive information about the Meta Llama 3.3 multilingual large language model, highlighting its architecture, training methodologies, intended use cases, safety measures, and performance benchmarks. It elucidates the model’s capabilities, including its pretraining on extensive datasets…

  • Hacker News: The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding

    Source URL: https://addyo.substack.com/p/the-70-problem-hard-truths-about Source: Hacker News Title: The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text explores the role of AI in software development, highlighting two primary patterns of AI usage: “bootstrappers” and “iterators.” While AI tools can significantly speed up development, the text emphasizes…

  • The Register: PoC exploit chains Mitel MiCollab 0-day, auth-bypass bug to access sensitive files

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/06/mitel_micollab_0day/ Source: The Register Title: PoC exploit chains Mitel MiCollab 0-day, auth-bypass bug to access sensitive files Feedly Summary: Still unpatched 100+ days later, watchTowr says A zero-day arbitrary file read vulnerability in Mitel MiCollab can be chained with a now-patched critical bug in the same platform to give attackers access to sensitive…

  • The Register: Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure as it joins the AI arms race

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/05/canada_ai_funding/ Source: The Register Title: Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure as it joins the AI arms race Feedly Summary: Project includes hundreds of millions of loonies for a national supercomputing facility Canada is one of the latest nations to catch the sovereign AI bug and plans to invest $2 billion CAD…

  • Hacker News: Bringing K/V context quantisation to Ollama

    Source URL: https://smcleod.net/2024/12/bringing-k/v-context-quantisation-to-ollama/ Source: Hacker News Title: Bringing K/V context quantisation to Ollama Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses K/V context cache quantisation in the Ollama platform, a significant enhancement that allows for the use of larger AI models with reduced VRAM requirements. This innovation is valuable for professionals…

  • Hacker News: Deploying Containers on NixOS: A Guide

    Source URL: https://bkiran.com/blog/deploying-containers-nixos Source: Hacker News Title: Deploying Containers on NixOS: A Guide Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses managing infrastructure through NixOS, emphasizing its advantages for professionals in DevOps and infrastructure. It presents practical steps for setting up containerized applications using Podman within NixOS, highlighting its declarative build…

  • Cloud Blog: (QR) Coding My Way Out of Here: C2 in Browser Isolation Environments

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/c2-browser-isolation-environments/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: (QR) Coding My Way Out of Here: C2 in Browser Isolation Environments Feedly Summary: Written by: Thibault Van Geluwe de Berlaere Executive Summary Browser isolation is a security technology where web browsing activity is separated from the user’s local device by running the browser in a secure environment,…

  • Hacker News: Show HN: Flow – A Dynamic Task Engine for building AI Agents

    Source URL: https://github.com/lmnr-ai/flow Source: Hacker News Title: Show HN: Flow – A Dynamic Task Engine for building AI Agents Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a lightweight task engine named Flow, designed for building AI agents with a focus on simplicity and flexibility. The emphasis on concurrency, dynamic scheduling,…

  • Hacker News: Discovery of CVE-2024-2550 (Palo Alto)

    Source URL: https://www.ac3.com.au/resources/discovery-of-CVE-2024-2550/ Source: Hacker News Title: Discovery of CVE-2024-2550 (Palo Alto) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a security incident involving a critical vulnerability in Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN, traced back to a “nil pointer dereference” error after a firewall patch. The collaboration between AC3 and Palo Alto…