Tag: database

Source URL: https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/11/22/the-nearest-neighbor-attack-how-a-russian-apt-weaponized-nearby-wi-fi-networks-for-covert-access/ Source: Hacker News Title: The Nearest Neighbor Attack Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the Nearest Neighbor Attack, a novel cyber-espionage technique utilized by the Russian APT group GruesomeLarch to access targets remotely via compromised Wi-Fi networks of nearby organizations. It highlights the importance of strengthening…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Ask questions of SQLite databases and CSV/JSON files in your terminal

Nov 25, 2024

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/25/ask-questions-of-sqlite/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Ask questions of SQLite databases and CSV/JSON files in your terminal Feedly Summary: I built a new plugin for my sqlite-utils CLI tool that lets you ask human-language questions directly of SQLite databases and CSV/JSON files on your computer. It’s called sqlite-utils-ask. Here’s how you install it:…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Weeknotes: asynchronous LLMs, synchronous embeddings, and I kind of started a podcast

Nov 22, 2024

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/22/weeknotes/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Weeknotes: asynchronous LLMs, synchronous embeddings, and I kind of started a podcast Feedly Summary: These past few weeks I’ve been bringing Datasette and LLM together and distracting myself with a new sort-of-podcast crossed with a live streaming experiment. Project: interviewing people about their projects Datasette Public Office…

Cloud Blog: Create a self-escalating chatbot in Conversational Agents using Webhook and Generators

Nov 22, 2024

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/create-a-self-escalating-chatbot-in-conversational-agents/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Create a self-escalating chatbot in Conversational Agents using Webhook and Generators Feedly Summary: As conversational AI becomes a core part of the user experience, it’s crucial for application developers to build chatbots that not only provide accurate information, but also know the right time to escalate to a…

Hacker News: Listen to the whispers: web timing attacks that work

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Source URL: https://portswigger.net/research/listen-to-the-whispers-web-timing-attacks-that-actually-work Source: Hacker News Title: Listen to the whispers: web timing attacks that work Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text introduces novel web timing attack techniques capable of breaching server security by exposing hidden vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and attack surfaces more effectively than previous methods. It emphasizes the practical…

Hacker News: Pg_karnak: Transactional schema migration across tenant databases

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Source URL: https://www.thenile.dev/blog/distributed-ddl Source: Hacker News Title: Pg_karnak: Transactional schema migration across tenant databases Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses Nile, a re-engineered version of PostgreSQL optimized for multi-tenant applications. It elaborates on the architectural challenges of data storage for multiple customers, emphasizing a hybrid database model that balances…

CSA: A Vulnerability Management Crisis: The Issues with CVE

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Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/11/21/a-vulnerability-management-crisis-the-issues-with-cve Source: CSA Title: A Vulnerability Management Crisis: The Issues with CVE Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text explores the limitations and challenges of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, which has long been pivotal to the cybersecurity sector. It outlines issues such as data quality, submission complexities,…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-gguf 0.2, now with embeddings

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/llm-gguf-embeddings/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-gguf 0.2, now with embeddings Feedly Summary: llm-gguf 0.2, now with embeddings This new release of my llm-gguf plugin – which adds support for locally hosted GGUF LLMs – adds a new feature: it now supports embedding models distributed as GGUFs as well. This means you can…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: How some of the world’s most brilliant computer scientists got password policies so wrong

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