Tag: defense

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/14/chinese_spies_ransomware_moonlighting/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese spies suspected of ‘moonlighting’ as tawdry ransomware crooks Feedly Summary: Some employees steal sticky notes, others ‘borrow’ malicious code A crew identified as a Chinese government-backed espionage group appears to have started moonlighting as a ransomware player – further evidence that lines are blurring between nation-state cyberspies…

Microsoft Security Blog: Storm-2372 conducts device code phishing campaign

Feb 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/13/storm-2372-conducts-device-code-phishing-campaign/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Storm-2372 conducts device code phishing campaign Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center discovered an active and successful device code phishing campaign by a threat actor we track as Storm-2372. Our ongoing investigation indicates that this campaign has been active since August 2024 with the actor creating lures…

Slashdot: News Orgs Say AI Firm Stole Articles, Spit Out ‘Hallucinations’

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/02/13/2227239/news-orgs-say-ai-firm-stole-articles-spit-out-hallucinations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: News Orgs Say AI Firm Stole Articles, Spit Out ‘Hallucinations’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on a lawsuit filed by Conde Nast and several media companies against AI startup Cohere for alleged copyright and trademark infringement related to their published articles, raising key…

Hacker News: Tolerating full cloud outages with Monzo Stand-in

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Source URL: https://monzo.com/blog/tolerating-full-cloud-outages-with-monzo-stand-in Source: Hacker News Title: Tolerating full cloud outages with Monzo Stand-in Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text outlines Monzo’s innovative approach to ensuring system reliability and operational resilience through the implementation of its Monzo Stand-in platform, a backup banking infrastructure that operates independently from…

The Register: More victims of China’s Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos, unis hit via Cisco bugs

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/salt_typhoon_pwned_7_more/ Source: The Register Title: More victims of China’s Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos, unis hit via Cisco bugs Feedly Summary: Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing’s super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks China’s Salt Typhoon spy crew exploited vulnerabilities in Cisco devices to compromise at least seven devices linked to global…

Cloud Blog: Enhance Gemini model security with content filters and system instructions

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/enhance-gemini-model-security-with-content-filters-and-system-instructions/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Enhance Gemini model security with content filters and system instructions Feedly Summary: As organizations rush to adopt generative AI-driven chatbots and agents, it’s important to reduce the risk of exposure to threat actors who force AI models to create harmful content. We want to highlight two powerful capabilities…

Hacker News: White Hat Hackers Expose Iridium Satellite Security Flaws

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Source URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/iridium-satellite Source: Hacker News Title: White Hat Hackers Expose Iridium Satellite Security Flaws Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: In a recent demonstration, German hackers exposed significant vulnerabilities in the Iridium satellite communication system, revealing how they could intercept messages and track users despite existing encryption measures utilized by the…

The Register: Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You’re not alone

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/palo_alto_firewall/ Source: The Register Title: Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You’re not alone Feedly Summary: Limited-edition hotfix to get wider release before end of month Administrators of Palo Alto Networks’ firewalls have complained the equipment falls over unexpectedly, and while a fix has bee prepared, it’s not yet generally available.… AI Summary and…

Hacker News: Dangerous dependencies in third-party software – the underestimated risk

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