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  • Embrace The Red: Sneaky Bits: Advanced Data Smuggling Techniques (ASCII Smuggler Updates)

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/sneaky-bits-and-ascii-smuggler/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Sneaky Bits: Advanced Data Smuggling Techniques (ASCII Smuggler Updates) Feedly Summary: You are likely aware of ASCII Smuggling via Unicode Tags. It is unique and fascinating because many LLMs inherently interpret these as instructions when delivered as hidden prompt injection, and LLMs can also emit them. Then,…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: New XCSSET malware adds new obfuscation, persistence techniques to infect Xcode projects

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/11/new-xcsset-malware-adds-new-obfuscation-persistence-techniques-to-infect-xcode-projects/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New XCSSET malware adds new obfuscation, persistence techniques to infect Xcode projects Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a new variant of XCSSET, a sophisticated modular macOS malware that infects Xcode projects, in the wild. Its first known variant since 2022, this latest XCSSET malware features…

  • Hacker News: PurrCrypt: Steganographic Encryption Disguised as Pet Sounds

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    Source URL: https://github.com/vxfemboy/purrcrypt Source: Hacker News Title: PurrCrypt: Steganographic Encryption Disguised as Pet Sounds Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a whimsical encryption tool called PurrCrypt that disguises real cryptographic messages as playful “pet talk,” specifically using feline and canine expressions. It creatively combines strong security practices, such as…

  • Hacker News: Smaller but Better: Unifying Layout Generation with Smaller LLMs

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14005 Source: Hacker News Title: Smaller but Better: Unifying Layout Generation with Smaller LLMs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The paper presents LGGPT, a large language model designed for unified layout generation, emphasizing its efficiency and performance even with a smaller size compared to larger models. It introduces novel…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Malvertising campaign leads to info stealers hosted on GitHub

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/06/malvertising-campaign-leads-to-info-stealers-hosted-on-github/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Malvertising campaign leads to info stealers hosted on GitHub Feedly Summary: Microsoft detected a large-scale malvertising campaign in early December 2024 that impacted nearly one million devices globally. The attack originated from illegal streaming websites embedded with malvertising redirectors and ultimately redirected users to GitHub to deliver…

  • Cloud Blog: GoStringUngarbler: Deobfuscating Strings in Garbled Binaries

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/gostringungarbler-deobfuscating-strings-in-garbled-binaries/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: GoStringUngarbler: Deobfuscating Strings in Garbled Binaries Feedly Summary: Written by: Chuong Dong Overview In our day-to-day work, the FLARE team often encounters malware written in Go that is protected using garble. While recent advancements in Go analysis from tools like IDA Pro have simplified the analysis process, garble…

  • Hacker News: AI can decode digital data stored in DNA in minutes instead of days

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    Source URL: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2469449-ai-can-decode-digital-data-stored-in-dna-in-minutes-instead-of-days/ Source: Hacker News Title: AI can decode digital data stored in DNA in minutes instead of days Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a novel AI-powered approach to reading data stored in DNA, significantly improving speed and accuracy over traditional methods. This advancement has implications for…

  • Hacker News: Go-attention: A full attention mechanism and transformer in pure Go

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    Source URL: https://github.com/takara-ai/go-attention Source: Hacker News Title: Go-attention: A full attention mechanism and transformer in pure Go Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text presents a pure Go implementation of attention mechanisms and transformer layers by takara.ai. This implementation emphasizes high performance and usability, making it valuable for applications in AI,…

  • Hacker News: Towards a test-suite for TOTP codes

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    Source URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/03/towards-a-test-suite-for-totp-codes/ Source: Hacker News Title: Towards a test-suite for TOTP codes Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text critiques the TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) specification, highlighting discrepancies between major implementations and emphasizing the need for consistency in security standards. The author has created a test suite to help identify…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-anthropic #24: Use new URL parameter to send attachments

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/1/llm-anthropic/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-anthropic #24: Use new URL parameter to send attachments Feedly Summary: llm-anthropic #24: Use new URL parameter to send attachments Anthropic released a neat quality of life improvement today. Alex Albert: We’ve added the ability to specify a public facing URL as the source for an image…