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  • Slashdot: Judge Denies Creating ‘Mass Surveillance Program’ Harming All ChatGPT Users

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/23/2039253/judge-denies-creating-mass-surveillance-program-harming-all-chatgpt-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Judge Denies Creating ‘Mass Surveillance Program’ Harming All ChatGPT Users Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a court order requiring OpenAI to indefinitely retain all ChatGPT user logs, raising concerns about user privacy and potential mass surveillance. Affected users fear the retention of sensitive…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/20/agentic-misalignment/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats Feedly Summary: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats One of the most entertaining details in the Claude 4 system card concerned blackmail: We then provided it access to emails implying that (1) the model will soon be…

  • The Register: Defense Department signs OpenAI for $200 million ‘frontier AI’ pilot project

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/17/dod_openai_contract/ Source: The Register Title: Defense Department signs OpenAI for $200 million ‘frontier AI’ pilot project Feedly Summary: DoD says deal covers ‘warfighting’. OpenAI merely mentions healthcare and ‘supporting proactive cyber defense’ The US Department of Defense has contracted OpenAI to run a pilot program that will create “frontier AI," but it’s not…

  • The Register: Ransomware scum disrupted utility services with SimpleHelp attacks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/12/cisa_simplehelp_flaw_exploit_warning/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware scum disrupted utility services with SimpleHelp attacks Feedly Summary: Good news: The vendor patched the flaw in January. Bad news: Not everyone got the memo Ransomware criminals infected a utility billing software providers’ customers, and in some cases disrupted services, after exploiting unpatched versions of SimpleHelp’s remote…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Know thyself, know thy environment

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/know-thyself-know-thy-environment/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Know thyself, know thy environment Feedly Summary: In this week’s edition, Bill explores the importance of self-awareness and building repeatable processes to better secure your environment. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The content addresses important security vulnerabilities discovered in popular software, highlights the ongoing need for…

  • Slashdot: More Than a Dozen VPN Apps Have Undisclosed Ties To China

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/12/1731258/more-than-a-dozen-vpn-apps-have-undisclosed-ties-to-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: More Than a Dozen VPN Apps Have Undisclosed Ties To China Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights concerns regarding the risk to user privacy and security posed by virtual private network (VPN) apps tied to Chinese companies available on Apple and Google’s app stores.…

  • The Register: ‘Major compromise’ at NHS temping arm exposed gaping security holes

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/12/compromise_nhs_professionals/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Major compromise’ at NHS temping arm exposed gaping security holes Feedly Summary: Incident responders suggested sweeping improvements following Active Directory database heist Exclusive Cybercriminals broke into systems belonging to the UK’s NHS Professionals body in May 2024, stealing its Active Directory database, but the healthcare organization never publicly…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: catdoc zero-day, NVIDIA, High-Logic FontCreator and Parallel vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/catdoc-zero-day-nvidia-high-logic-fontcreator-and-parallel-vulnerabilities/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: catdoc zero-day, NVIDIA, High-Logic FontCreator and Parallel vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Discovery & Research team recently disclosed three zero-day vulnerabilities in catdoc, as well as vulnerabilities in Parallel, NVIDIA and High-Logic FontCreator 15. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The disclosed vulnerabilities highlight significant security…