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  • Microsoft Security Blog: Analyzing CVE-2024-44243, a macOS System Integrity Protection bypass through kernel extensions

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/13/analyzing-cve-2024-44243-a-macos-system-integrity-protection-bypass-through-kernel-extensions/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Analyzing CVE-2024-44243, a macOS System Integrity Protection bypass through kernel extensions Feedly Summary: Microsoft discovered a macOS vulnerability allowing attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) by loading third party kernel extensions, which could lead to serious consequences, such as allowing attackers to install rootkits, create persistent…

  • The Register: Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/10/german_router_maker_avm_lgpl/ Source: The Register Title: Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL Feedly Summary: On the Fritz: German router maker AVM declines to appeal in device rights case after coughing up source code Sebastian Steck, a software developer based in Germany, has obtained the source code and library installation scripts for…

  • Hacker News: PostgreSQL Support for Certificate Transparency Logs Now Available

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    Source URL: https://blog.transparency.dev/postgresql-support-for-certificate-transparency-logs-released Source: Hacker News Title: PostgreSQL Support for Certificate Transparency Logs Now Available Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The recent integration of PostgreSQL as a storage backend for the Trillian certificate transparency ecosystem enhances data integrity and reliability for log operators. This shift, motivated by previous log failures, allows…

  • Anchore: Going All In: Anchore at SBOM Plugfest 2024

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    Source URL: https://anchore.com/blog/going-all-in-anchore-at-sbom-plugfest-2024/ Source: Anchore Title: Going All In: Anchore at SBOM Plugfest 2024 Feedly Summary: When we were invited to participate in Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) SBOM Harmonization Plugfest 2024, we saw an opportunity to contribute to SBOM generation standardization efforts and thoroughly exercise our open-source SBOM generator, Syft.  While the…

  • Hacker News: Konwinski Prize

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    Source URL: https://andykonwinski.com/2024/12/12/konwinski-prize.html Source: Hacker News Title: Konwinski Prize Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text introduces the K Prize, a $1 million competition aimed at enhancing open source AI development through a benchmarking initiative called SWE-bench, which focuses on coding performance without the risk of cheating. It underscores the importance…

  • Hacker News: A journey of optimization of cloud-based geospatial data processing

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    Source URL: https://blog.terrafloww.com/efficient-cloud-native-raster-data-access-an-alternative-to-rasterio-gdal/ Source: Hacker News Title: A journey of optimization of cloud-based geospatial data processing Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses advancements in cloud-based access and analysis of Earth observation data using Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs (COGs) and STAC GeoParquet. It highlights the challenges of reading geo-data efficiently and introduces…

  • The Register: OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/openwrt_firmware_vulnerabilities/ Source: The Register Title: OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare Feedly Summary: A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time OpenWrt users should upgrade their images to the same version to protect themselves from a possible supply chain attack reported to the open source Wi-Fi router…

  • Hacker News: Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America’s leaky water infrastructure

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/24/water_defcon_hacker/ Source: Hacker News Title: Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America’s leaky water infrastructure Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the Franklin project, an initiative launched at DEF CON aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity of America’s critical water infrastructure through collaboration with hackers. This innovative approach…

  • Hacker News: Open source audio transcription model that obscures sensitive info in realtime

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    Source URL: https://venturebeat.com/ai/aiola-unveils-open-source-ai-audio-transcription-model-that-obscures-sensitive-info-in-realtime/ Source: Hacker News Title: Open source audio transcription model that obscures sensitive info in realtime Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a new open-source AI model, Whisper-NER from Israeli startup aiOla, designed for audio transcription while enhancing privacy through named entity recognition (NER). This model integrates…

  • CSA: CSA Interview: Nerding Out with CISO Alexander Getsin

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/11/21/csa-community-spotlight-nerding-out-about-security-with-ciso-alexander-getsin Source: CSA Title: CSA Interview: Nerding Out with CISO Alexander Getsin Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) highlights its 15 years of impactful research in cloud security, involvement of key cybersecurity personnel, and future ambitions to incorporate AI security into its mandate. This is significant…