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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/12/andrew-nesbitt/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt Feedly Summary: Slopsquatting — when an LLM hallucinates a non-existent package name, and a bad actor registers it maliciously. The AI brother of typosquatting. Credit to @sethmlarson for the name — Andrew Nesbitt Tags: ai-ethics, slop, packaging, generative-ai, supply-chain, ai, llms, seth-michael-larson AI Summary…

  • The Register: AI can’t stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/ Source: The Register Title: AI can’t stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything Feedly Summary: Hallucinated package names fuel ‘slopsquatting’ The rise of AI-powered code generation tools is reshaping how developers write software – and introducing new risks to the software supply chain in the process.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: How we simplified NCMEC reporting with Cloudflare Workflows

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/simplifying-ncmec-reporting-with-cloudflare-workflows/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: How we simplified NCMEC reporting with Cloudflare Workflows Feedly Summary: We transitioned to Cloudflare Workflows to manage complex, multi-step processes more efficiently. This shift replaced our National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) reporting system. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines Cloudflare’s implementation…

  • Schneier on Security: AI Vulnerability Finding

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/ai-vulnerability-finding.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AI Vulnerability Finding Feedly Summary: Microsoft is reporting that its AI systems are able to find new vulnerabilities in source code: Microsoft discovered eleven vulnerabilities in GRUB2, including integer and buffer overflows in filesystem parsers, command flaws, and a side-channel in cryptographic comparison. Additionally, 9 buffer overflows…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/tiktok-china-bytedance-ai.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse Feedly Summary: A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on how a billion people use the internet. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Threat actors thrive in chaos

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/threat-actors-thrive-in-chaos/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Threat actors thrive in chaos Feedly Summary: Martin delves into how threat actors exploit chaos, offering insights from Talos’ 2024 Year in Review on how to fortify defenses against evolving email lures and frequently targeted vulnerabilities, even amidst economic disruption. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Krebs on Security: China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/china-based-sms-phishing-triad-pivots-to-banks/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks Feedly Summary: China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Until recently, the so-called “Smishing Triad” mainly impersonated toll road operators and shipping companies. But experts…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Unraveling the U.S. toll road smishing scams

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/unraveling-the-us-toll-road-smishing-scams/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Unraveling the U.S. toll road smishing scams Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has observed a widespread and ongoing financial theft SMS phishing (smishing) campaign since October 2024 that targets toll road users in the United States of America.   AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details…