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  • Schneier on Security: AI-Enabled Influence Operation Against Iran

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/ai-enabled-influence-operation-against-iran.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AI-Enabled Influence Operation Against Iran Feedly Summary: Citizen Lab has uncovered a coordinated AI-enabled influence operation against the Iranian government, probably conducted by Israel. Key Findings A coordinated network of more than 50 inauthentic X profiles is conducting an AI-enabled influence operation. The network, which we refer…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Too salty to handle: Exposing cases of CSS abuse for hidden text salting

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/too-salty-to-handle-exposing-cases-of-css-abuse-for-hidden-text-salting/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Too salty to handle: Exposing cases of CSS abuse for hidden text salting Feedly Summary: A simple yet effective tactic, known as hidden text salting, is increasingly used by cybercriminals over the past few months to evade even the most advanced email security solutions, including those powered…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: a system that can do work independently on behalf of the user

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/work-independently/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: a system that can do work independently on behalf of the user Feedly Summary: I’ve settled on agents as meaning “LLMs calling tools in a loop to achieve a goal" but OpenAI continue to muddy the waters with much more vague definitions. Swyx spotted this one in…

  • The Register: Microsoft blames Medusa ransomware affiliates for GoAnywhere exploits while Fortra keeps head buried

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/microsoft_blames_medusa_ransomware_affiliates/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft blames Medusa ransomware affiliates for GoAnywhere exploits while Fortra keeps head buried Feedly Summary: You can’t find anything bad if you don’t look, right? Medusa ransomware affiliates are among those exploiting a maximum-severity bug in Fortra’s GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT) product, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.……

  • AWS News Blog: Introducing new compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-new-compute-optimized-amazon-ec2-c8i-and-c8i-flex-instances/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Introducing new compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances Feedly Summary: AWS launched compute-optimized C8i and C8i-flex EC2 instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors available only on AWS to offer up to 15% better price performance, 20% higher performance, and 2.5 times more memory throughput…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Inside Microsoft Threat Intelligence: Calm in the chaos

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/security-insider/threat-landscape/inside-microsoft-threat-intelligence-calm-in-chaos#overview-video Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Inside Microsoft Threat Intelligence: Calm in the chaos Feedly Summary: Incident response is never orderly. Threat actors don’t wait. Environments are compromised. Data is missing. Confidence is shaken. But for Microsoft’s Incident Response (IR) team, that chaos is exactly where the work begins. The post Inside Microsoft…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: GPT-5 pro

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/gpt-5-pro/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: GPT-5 pro Feedly Summary: GPT-5 pro Here’s OpenAI’s model documentation for their GPT-5 pro model, released to their API today at their DevDay event. It has similar base characteristics to GPT-5: both share a September 30, 2024 knowledge cutoff and 400,000 context limit. GPT-5 pro has maximum…

  • Slashdot: ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/06/1848254/chatgpt-now-has-800-million-weekly-active-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, announced that ChatGPT has reached 800 million weekly active users, indicating significant adoption across various sectors, including consumers and enterprises. This growth underscores the rising demand for AI infrastructure…