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  • Hacker News: ESP32 Undocumented Bluetooth Commands: Clearing the Air

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    Source URL: https://developer.espressif.com/blog/2025/03/esp32-bluetooth-clearing-the-air/ Source: Hacker News Title: ESP32 Undocumented Bluetooth Commands: Clearing the Air Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses security concerns related to undocumented HCI commands in the ESP32 Bluetooth controller, dismissing claims of a backdoor while outlining the nature of these commands and their implications for security.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-openrouter 0.4

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/10/llm-openrouter-04/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-openrouter 0.4 Feedly Summary: llm-openrouter 0.4 I found out this morning that OpenRouter include support for a number of (rate-limited) free API models. I occasionally workshops on top of LLMs (like this one) and being able to provide students with a quick way to obtain an API…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Admits GitHub Hosted Malware That Infected Almost a Million Devices

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/03/10/1652235/microsoft-admits-github-hosted-malware-that-infected-almost-a-million-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Admits GitHub Hosted Malware That Infected Almost a Million Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has identified a malvertising campaign that exposed nearly a million devices to malware, linking infected users to malicious websites through redirectors from pirate video streaming sites. This highlights the…

  • The Register: Microsoft admits GitHub used to store malware that infected almost a million devices

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft admits GitHub used to store malware that infected almost a million devices Feedly Summary: Also, phone cleaner apps are a data-sucking scam, Singapore considering the literal rod for scammers, and more Infosec in Brief Microsoft has spotted a malvertising campaign that downloaded nastyware hosted on GitHub and…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: What’s new in the world of LLMs, for NICAR 2025

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/8/nicar-llms/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: What’s new in the world of LLMs, for NICAR 2025 Feedly Summary: I presented two sessions at the NICAR 2025 data journalism conference this year. The first was this one based on my review of LLMs in 2024, extended by several months to cover everything that’s happened…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Mistral OCR

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/7/mistral-ocr/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Mistral OCR Feedly Summary: Mistral OCR New closed-source specialist OCR model by Mistral – you can feed it images or a PDF and it produces Markdown with optional embedded images. It’s available via their API, or it’s “available to self-host on a selective basis" for people with…

  • 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…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Unmasking the new persistent attacks on Japan

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/new-persistent-attacks-japan/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Unmasking the new persistent attacks on Japan Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has discovered an active exploitation of CVE-2024-4577 by an attacker in order to gain access to the victim’s machines and carry out post-exploitation activities. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes a sophisticated cyberattack…

  • The Register: Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/windows_365_disaster_recovery_plus/ Source: The Register Title: Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes Feedly Summary: Presumably hosted by AWS? Microsoft has launched Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus, a service designed to rapidly bring Cloud PCs back online in the event of an outage.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…