Tag: defensive measures
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Slashdot: Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing 1.1 Terabytes of Disney’s Slack Data
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/03/0126234/man-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-11-terabytes-of-disneys-slack-data Source: Slashdot Title: Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing 1.1 Terabytes of Disney’s Slack Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A 25-year-old man has admitted to hacking a Disney employee’s computer by using malware disguised as an AI art tool, leading to the theft of significant confidential data. This incident…
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The Register: Today’s LLMs craft exploits from patches at lightning speed
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/21/ai_models_can_generate_exploit/ Source: The Register Title: Today’s LLMs craft exploits from patches at lightning speed Feedly Summary: Erlang? Er, man, no problem. ChatGPT, Claude to go from flaw disclosure to actual attack code in hours The time from vulnerability disclosure to proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code can now be as short as a few hours,…
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Slashdot: China Outs US Hackers for Attack, a New Frontier in Spy Games
Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/15/2012216/china-outs-us-hackers-for-attack-a-new-frontier-in-spy-games Source: Slashdot Title: China Outs US Hackers for Attack, a New Frontier in Spy Games Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant escalation in cyber tensions between the US and China, with China publicly naming alleged NSA hackers who targeted the Asian Winter Games. This marks…
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CSA: PTaaS Cybersecurity Approach for the Public Sector
Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/ptaas-the-smarter-cybersecurity-approach-for-the-public-sector Source: CSA Title: PTaaS Cybersecurity Approach for the Public Sector Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the importance of effective cybersecurity strategies for public sector organizations, particularly the Department of Defense (DoD), highlighting the differences between bug bounty programs and Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS). It…
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Hacker News: Heap-overflowing Llama.cpp to RCE
Source URL: https://retr0.blog/blog/llama-rpc-rce Source: Hacker News Title: Heap-overflowing Llama.cpp to RCE Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a detailed, technical exploration of exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability within the Llama.cpp framework, specifically focusing on a heap-overflow issue and its associated mitigations. It offers insights into the unique memory…
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Slashdot: Open Source Devs Say AI Crawlers Dominate Traffic, Forcing Blocks On Entire Countries
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/26/016244/open-source-devs-say-ai-crawlers-dominate-traffic-forcing-blocks-on-entire-countries Source: Slashdot Title: Open Source Devs Say AI Crawlers Dominate Traffic, Forcing Blocks On Entire Countries Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the challenges faced by software developers, particularly open source maintainers, in managing aggressive AI crawler traffic that overwhelms their repositories. This scenario underscores the urgent…