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  • The Register: A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/a_big_ai_build_has/ Source: The Register Title: A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive Feedly Summary: Arista trumpeted its role in this project for a year. Good thing business is otherwise solid Big Tech’s plans to spend hundreds of billions on infrastructure during 2025 are…

  • Unit 42: Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/nvidia-cuda-toolkit-vulnerabilities/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit Feedly Summary: Unit 42 researchers detail nine vulnerabilities discovered in NVIDIA’s CUDA-based toolkit. The affected utilities help analyze cubin (binary) files. The post Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit appeared first on Unit 42. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:**…

  • The Register: US newspaper publisher uses linguistic gymnastics to avoid saying its outage was due to ransomware

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/us_newspaper_publisher_exercises_linguistic/ Source: The Register Title: US newspaper publisher uses linguistic gymnastics to avoid saying its outage was due to ransomware Feedly Summary: Called it an ‘incident’ in SEC filing, but encrypted apps and data exfiltration suggest Lee just can’t say the R word US newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is blaming its recent service…

  • Hacker News: Did Semgrep Just Get a Lot More Interesting?

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    Source URL: https://fly.io/blog/semgrep-but-for-real-now/ Source: Hacker News Title: Did Semgrep Just Get a Lot More Interesting? Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the evolving role of LLM-driven development tools like Cursor in code generation and security, particularly in leveraging Semgrep for vulnerability detection. It highlights the potential for closed-loop LLM…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: ClearML and Nvidia vulns

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/clearml-and-nvidia-vulns/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: ClearML and Nvidia vulns Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Discovery & Research team recently disclosed two vulnerabilities in ClearML and four vulnerabilities in Nvidia. The vulnerabilities mentioned in this blog post have been patched by their respective vendors, all in adherence to Cisco’s third-party vulnerability disclosure policy.   For Snort…

  • The Register: Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/14/postgresql_bug_treasury/ Source: The Register Title: Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury Feedly Summary: High-complexity bug unearthed by infoseccers, as Rapid7 probes exploit further A high-severity SQL injection bug in the PostgreSQL interactive tool was exploited alongside the zero-day used to break into the US Treasury in December, researchers say.……

  • Slashdot: Ex-Google Chief Warns West To Focus On Open-Source AI in Competition With China

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/12/1345256/ex-google-chief-warns-west-to-focus-on-open-source-ai-in-competition-with-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Ex-Google Chief Warns West To Focus On Open-Source AI in Competition With China Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Eric Schmidt’s warning highlights the strategic need for Western countries to develop open-source AI models to compete with China’s advancements in AI technology. He emphasizes that the closed…

  • Hacker News: Kaspersky finds hardware backdoor in 5 generations of Apple Silicon (2024)

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    Source URL: https://www.xstore.co.za/stuff/2024/01/kaspersky-finds-hardware-backdoor-in-5-generations-of-apple-silicon/ Source: Hacker News Title: Kaspersky finds hardware backdoor in 5 generations of Apple Silicon (2024) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant security concern regarding a hardware backdoor found in Apple’s silicon. Identified as CVE-2023-38606, this vulnerability reportedly affects five generations of Apple mobile CPUs,…