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  • Slashdot: Oracle’s Ellison Calls for Governments To Unify Data To Feed AI

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/02/12/1857208/oracles-ellison-calls-for-governments-to-unify-data-to-feed-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Oracle’s Ellison Calls for Governments To Unify Data To Feed AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Larry Ellison advocates for the consolidation of national data to enhance AI model effectiveness, emphasizing the need for a unified, secure database. This approach could yield significant improvements in public…

  • Hacker News: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/delivering-malware-through-abandoned-amazon-s3-buckets.html Source: Hacker News Title: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a concerning vulnerability in software supply chain security, specifically targeting abandoned Amazon S3 buckets that could serve as a platform for malware delivery. The research highlights the potential risks…

  • The Register: Crimelords and spies for rogue states are working together, says Google

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/google_state_cybercrime_report/ Source: The Register Title: Crimelords and spies for rogue states are working together, says Google Feedly Summary: Only lawmakers can stop them. Plus: software needs to be more secure, but what’s in it for us? Google says the the world’s lawmakers must take action against the increasing links between criminal and state-sponsored…

  • Schneier on Security: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/delivering-malware-through-abandoned-amazon-s3-buckets.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets Feedly Summary: Here’s a supply-chain attack just waiting to happen. A group of researchers searched for, and then registered, abandoned Amazon S3 buckets for about $400. These buckets contained software libraries that are still used. Presumably the projects don’t realize…

  • The Register: UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/uk_gov_ai_datacenters/ Source: The Register Title: UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant Feedly Summary: Economy-boosting bit barn? Not in my back yard, some locals expected to say The British government is pressing ahead with “AI Growth Zones" amid fears the rush to build datacenters to power AI could…

  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

  • Hacker News: Apple’s Best Option: Decentralize iCloud

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    Source URL: https://www.mnot.net/blog/2025/02/09/decentralize-icloud Source: Hacker News Title: Apple’s Best Option: Decentralize iCloud Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the implications of a UK government order for Apple to create a backdoor into iCloud for accessing encrypted data. It evaluates Apple’s potential responses, including compliance, leaving the UK market, or…

  • Schneier on Security: UK is Ordering Apple to Break its Own Encryption

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/uk-is-ordering-apple-to-break-its-own-encryption.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: UK is Ordering Apple to Break its Own Encryption Feedly Summary: The Washington Post is reporting that the UK government has served Apple with a “technical capability notice” as defined by the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, requiring them to break the Advanced Data Protection encryption in iCloud…