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  • Slashdot: Signal President Calls Out Agentic AI As Having ‘Profound’ Security and Privacy Issues

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/07/2310205/signal-president-calls-out-agentic-ai-as-having-profound-security-and-privacy-issues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Signal President Calls Out Agentic AI As Having ‘Profound’ Security and Privacy Issues Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, cautioned at SXSW about the serious privacy and security threats posed by agentic AI, which requires extensive access to personal user data and…

  • Hacker News: Hacked firm demanded journalist ‘take down’ breach reporting, citing UK court

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    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/hacked-health-firm-hcrg-demanded-journalist-take-down-data-breach-reporting-citing-uk-court-order/ Source: Hacker News Title: Hacked firm demanded journalist ‘take down’ breach reporting, citing UK court Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a conflict between independent cybersecurity journalism and legal actions taken by a U.K. healthcare provider, HCRG, following a ransomware attack. A U.S.-based journalist refuses to…

  • The Register: Apple takes UK government to court over ‘backdoor’ order

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/apple_reportedly_ipt_complaint/ Source: The Register Title: Apple takes UK government to court over ‘backdoor’ order Feedly Summary: A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports Apple has reportedly filed a legal complaint with the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) contesting the UK government’s order that it must forcibly break the…

  • The Register: Cybercrims now licking stamps and sending extortion demands in snail mail

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/snail_mail_data_release_extortion/ Source: The Register Title: Cybercrims now licking stamps and sending extortion demands in snail mail Feedly Summary: First crooks gave up encrypting data, and just stole it – now they don’t even bother pilfering info. Sheesh! Ransomware extortionists are now using letters sent by snail mail to demand payments, without bothering to…

  • The Register: VMware patches guest-to-hypervisor escape flaws already under attack

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/vmware_plugs_three_hypervisorhijack_holes/ Source: The Register Title: VMware patches guest-to-hypervisor escape flaws already under attack Feedly Summary: The heap overflow in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant Broadcom today pushed out patches for three VMware hypervisor-hijacking bugs, including one rated critical, that have already been found and exploited by criminals.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • The Register: India’s top telco plans cloud PCs for its 475 million subscribers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/03/asia_tech_news_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: India’s top telco plans cloud PCs for its 475 million subscribers Feedly Summary: PLUS: China bans AI leaders from visiting USA; Acer data leak suspect cuffed; and more Asia In Brief India’s top telco Reliance Jio , which boasts over 460 million subscribers, will soon introduce a cloud…

  • Hacker News: Microsoft Copilot continues to expose private GitHub repositories

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    Source URL: https://www.developer-tech.com/news/microsoft-copilot-continues-to-expose-private-github-repositories/ Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft Copilot continues to expose private GitHub repositories Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The investigation by Lasso into claims about ChatGPT accessing private GitHub repositories highlighted critical concerns regarding data privacy and the phenomenon known as “Zombie Data.” This situation underscores the risks of…