Tag: implications for security

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/google_gemini_image_scaling_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Honey, I shrunk the image and now I’m pwned Feedly Summary: Google’s Gemini-powered tools tripped up by image-scaling prompt injection Security researchers with Trail of Bits have found that Google Gemini CLI and other production AI systems can be deceived by image scaling attacks, a well-known adversarial challenge…

The Register: Google joins government AI discount frenzy, undercuts competition with $0.47 deal

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/google_govt_discount_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Google joins government AI discount frenzy, undercuts competition with $0.47 deal Feedly Summary: If anyone’s gonna lock in Uncle Sam’s business, it’d better be us! It’s now safe to say the gang’s all here when it comes to big generative AI model makers signing dollar discount deals with…

Slashdot: China Isolates Itself From Worldwide Web For Over an Hour

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Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/21/0543252/china-isolates-itself-from-worldwide-web-for-over-an-hour Source: Slashdot Title: China Isolates Itself From Worldwide Web For Over an Hour Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving a 74-minute shutdown of encrypted web traffic in China highlights significant security and compliance implications for international businesses relying on secure connections. This event not only affected access…

The Register: Google yet to take down ‘screenshot-grabbing’ Chrome VPN extension

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/freevpn_privacy_research/ Source: The Register Title: Google yet to take down ‘screenshot-grabbing’ Chrome VPN extension Feedly Summary: Researcher claims extension didn’t start out by exfiltrating info… while dev says its actions are ‘compliant’ Security boffins at Koi Security have warned of a shift in behavior of a popular Chrome VPN extension, FreeVPN.One, which recently…

Unit 42: Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth

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Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/attackers-sell-your-bandwidth-using-sdks/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth Feedly Summary: A campaign leverages CVE-2024-36401 to stealthily monetize victims’ bandwidth where legitimate software development kits (SDKs) are deployed for passive income. The post Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth…

The Register: FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure

Aug 20, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/russian_fsb_cyberspies_exploiting_cisco_bug/ Source: The Register Title: FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure Feedly Summary: Snarfing up config files for ‘thousands’ of devices…just for giggles, we’re sure The FBI and security researchers today warned that Russian government spies exploited a seven-year-old bug in end-of-life Cisco networking devices…

Wired: AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It Has Already Arrived

Aug 20, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-hollywood-stability/ Source: Wired Title: AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It Has Already Arrived Feedly Summary: An early winner in the generative AI wars was near collapse—then bet everything on a star-studded comeback. Can Stability AI beat the competition? AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Stability AI’s significant challenges and recovery…

Unit 42: Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook

Aug 19, 2025

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Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/genai-phishing-bait/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook Feedly Summary: GenAI-created phishing campaigns misuse tools ranging from website builders to text generators in order to create more convincing and scalable attacks. The post Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook appeared first on Unit 42. AI Summary and Description:…

The Register: More customers asking for Google’s Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss

Aug 19, 2025

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