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  • Hacker News: US employee screening giant DISA says hackers accessed data of 3M people

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    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/us-employee-screening-giant-disa-says-hackers-accessed-data-of-more-than-3m-people/ Source: Hacker News Title: US employee screening giant DISA says hackers accessed data of 3M people Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** DISA Global Solutions has confirmed a significant data breach affecting over 3.3 million individuals, involving sensitive personal and financial information. The breach highlights vulnerabilities in the organization’s…

  • Slashdot: Google To Eliminate SMS Authentication in Gmail, Implement QR Codes

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/24/1442246/google-to-eliminate-sms-authentication-in-gmail-implement-qr-codes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google To Eliminate SMS Authentication in Gmail, Implement QR Codes Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google is transitioning away from SMS verification codes for Gmail authentication, opting for QR codes instead. This shift addresses significant vulnerabilities related to SMS-based authentication, such as phishing and fraud, thereby…

  • Cloud Blog: Announcing quantum-safe digital signatures in Cloud KMS

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/announcing-quantum-safe-digital-signatures-in-cloud-kms/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Announcing quantum-safe digital signatures in Cloud KMS Feedly Summary: The continued advancement of experimental quantum computing has raised concerns about the security of many of the world’s widely-used public-key cryptography systems. Crucially, there exists the potential for sufficiently large, cryptographically-relevant quantum computers to break these algorithms. This potential…

  • The Register: A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/a_big_ai_build_has/ Source: The Register Title: A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive Feedly Summary: Arista trumpeted its role in this project for a year. Good thing business is otherwise solid Big Tech’s plans to spend hundreds of billions on infrastructure during 2025 are…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: New AI, cybercrime reports underscore need for security best practices

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-new-ai-cybercrime-reports-underscore-need-security-best-practices/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: New AI, cybercrime reports underscore need for security best practices Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for February 2025. Stephanie Kiel, our head of cloud security policy, government affairs and public policy, discusses two parallel and important security conversations she had at…

  • The Register: FreSSH bugs undiscovered for years threaten OpenSSH security

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/openssh_vulnerabilities_mitm_dos/ Source: The Register Title: FreSSH bugs undiscovered for years threaten OpenSSH security Feedly Summary: Exploit code now available for MitM and DoS attacks Researchers can disclose two brand-new vulnerabilities in OpenSSH now that patches have been released.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses two newly discovered vulnerabilities in OpenSSH,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Run LLMs on macOS using llm-mlx and Apple’s MLX framework

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/15/llm-mlx/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Run LLMs on macOS using llm-mlx and Apple’s MLX framework Feedly Summary: llm-mlx is a brand new plugin for my LLM Python Library and CLI utility which builds on top of Apple’s excellent MLX array framework library and mlx-lm package. If you’re a terminal user or Python…