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  • Unit 42: Stealers on the Rise: A Closer Look at a Growing macOS Threat

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=138244 Source: Unit 42 Title: Stealers on the Rise: A Closer Look at a Growing macOS Threat Feedly Summary: Atomic Stealer, Poseidon Stealer and Cthulhu Stealer target macOS. We discuss their various properties and examine leverage of the AppleScript framework. The post Stealers on the Rise: A Closer Look at a Growing macOS…

  • Slashdot: Anthropic Asks Job Applicants Not To Use AI In Job Applications

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/03/2042230/anthropic-asks-job-applicants-not-to-use-ai-in-job-applications?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Anthropic Asks Job Applicants Not To Use AI In Job Applications Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses Anthropic’s unique application requirement that prevents job applicants from using AI assistants in their application process. This reflects a growing concern about over-reliance on AI tools, which…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: OpenAI reasoning models: Advice on prompting

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/2/openai-reasoning-models-advice-on-prompting/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: OpenAI reasoning models: Advice on prompting Feedly Summary: OpenAI reasoning models: Advice on prompting OpenAI’s documentation for their o1 and o3 “reasoning models" includes some interesting tips on how to best prompt them: Developer messages are the new system messages: Starting with o1-2024-12-17, reasoning models support developer…

  • Hacker News: ScatterBrain: Unmasking the Shadow of PoisonPlug’s Obfuscator

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/scatterbrain-unmasking-poisonplug-obfuscator Source: Hacker News Title: ScatterBrain: Unmasking the Shadow of PoisonPlug’s Obfuscator Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary**: The text provides a comprehensive analysis of the ScatterBrain obfuscating compiler, a sophisticated tool used in cyber espionage by China-nexus actors, particularly with the POISONPLUG.SHADOW malware. It highlights the advanced obfuscation techniques…

  • The Register: What does it mean to build in security from the ground up?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/02/security_design_choices/ Source: The Register Title: What does it mean to build in security from the ground up? Feedly Summary: As if secure design is the only bullet point in a list of software engineering best practices Systems Approach As my Systems Approach co-author Bruce Davie and I think through what it means to…

  • Hacker News: Auto-Differentiating Any LLM Workflow: A Farewell to Manual Prompting

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16673 Source: Hacker News Title: Auto-Differentiating Any LLM Workflow: A Farewell to Manual Prompting Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses LLM-AutoDiff, a novel framework aimed at improving the efficiency of prompt engineering for large language models (LLMs) by utilizing automatic differentiation principles. This development has significant implications…

  • Hacker News: Why Tracebit is written in C#

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    Source URL: https://tracebit.com/blog/why-tracebit-is-written-in-c-sharp Source: Hacker News Title: Why Tracebit is written in C# Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the decision behind choosing C# as the programming language for a B2B SaaS security product, Tracebit. It highlights key factors such as productivity, open-source viability, cross-platform capabilities, language popularity, memory…

  • Unit 42: Recent Jailbreaks Demonstrate Emerging Threat to DeepSeek

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=138180 Source: Unit 42 Title: Recent Jailbreaks Demonstrate Emerging Threat to DeepSeek Feedly Summary: Evaluation of three jailbreaking techniques on DeepSeek shows risks of generating prohibited content. The post Recent Jailbreaks Demonstrate Emerging Threat to DeepSeek appeared first on Unit 42. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the research conducted…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Eight Industrial Control Systems Advisories

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/30/cisa-releases-eight-industrial-control-systems-advisories Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Eight Industrial Control Systems Advisories Feedly Summary: CISA released eight Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on January 30, 2025. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-25-030-01 Hitachi Energy UNEM ICSA-25-030-02 New Rock Technologies Cloud Connected Devices ICSA-25-030-03 Schneider Electric…