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  • The Register: Bug hunter tricked SSL.com into issuing cert for Alibaba Cloud domain in 5 steps

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/22/ssl_com_validation_flaw/ Source: The Register Title: Bug hunter tricked SSL.com into issuing cert for Alibaba Cloud domain in 5 steps Feedly Summary: 10 other certificates ‘were mis-issued and have now been revoked’ Certificate issuer SSL.com’s domain validation system had an unfortunate bug that was exploited by miscreants to obtain, without authorization, digital certs for…

  • Slashdot: AI Hallucinations Lead To a New Cyber Threat: Slopsquatting

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/22/0118200/ai-hallucinations-lead-to-a-new-cyber-threat-slopsquatting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Hallucinations Lead To a New Cyber Threat: Slopsquatting Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new cyber threat termed Slopsquatting, which involves the creation of fake package names by AI coding tools that can be exploited for malicious purposes. This threat underscores the…

  • Slashdot: Amazon Has Paused Some Data Center Lease Commitments, Wells Fargo Says

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/21/2031221/amazon-has-paused-some-data-center-lease-commitments-wells-fargo-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amazon Has Paused Some Data Center Lease Commitments, Wells Fargo Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) recent decision to delay new data center leases amidst economic concerns, along with similar actions from Microsoft. This highlights a notable trend in…

  • The Register: Today’s LLMs craft exploits from patches at lightning speed

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/21/ai_models_can_generate_exploit/ Source: The Register Title: Today’s LLMs craft exploits from patches at lightning speed Feedly Summary: Erlang? Er, man, no problem. ChatGPT, Claude to go from flaw disclosure to actual attack code in hours The time from vulnerability disclosure to proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code can now be as short as a few hours,…

  • CSA: Five Keys to Choosing a Cloud Security Provider

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/the-five-keys-to-choosing-a-cloud-security-provider Source: CSA Title: Five Keys to Choosing a Cloud Security Provider Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines critical considerations for organizations when selecting cloud security providers to effectively navigate the complexities and risks of multi-cloud and hybrid environments. It emphasizes the importance of independence, transparency, and a…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: AI assisted search-based research actually works now

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/21/ai-assisted-search/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: AI assisted search-based research actually works now Feedly Summary: For the past two and a half years the feature I’ve most wanted from LLMs is the ability to take on search-based research tasks on my behalf. We saw the first glimpses of this back in early 2023,…

  • Unit 42: False Face: Unit 42 Demonstrates the Alarming Ease of Synthetic Identity Creation

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=139512 Source: Unit 42 Title: False Face: Unit 42 Demonstrates the Alarming Ease of Synthetic Identity Creation Feedly Summary: North Korean IT workers are reportedly using real-time deepfakes to secure remote work, raising serious security concerns. We explore the implications. The post False Face: Unit 42 Demonstrates the Alarming Ease of Synthetic Identity…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Note on 20th April 2025

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/20/janky-license/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Note on 20th April 2025 Feedly Summary: Now that Llama has very real competition in open weight models (Gemma 3, latest Mistrals, DeepSeek, Qwen) I think their janky license is becoming much more of a liability for them. It’s just limiting enough that it could be the…

  • Slashdot: US Chipmakers Fear Ceding China’s AI Market to Huawei After New Trump Restrictions

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/19/2339227/us-chipmakers-fear-ceding-chinas-ai-market-to-huawei-after-new-trump-restrictions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Chipmakers Fear Ceding China’s AI Market to Huawei After New Trump Restrictions Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implications of the Trump administration’s restrictions on AI chip sales to China, particularly affecting major U.S. companies like Nvidia, AMD, and Intel. The regulations…