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  • The Register: 23andMe hit with £2.3M fine after exposing genetic data of millions

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/17/23andme_ico_fine/ Source: The Register Title: 23andMe hit with £2.3M fine after exposing genetic data of millions Feedly Summary: Penalty follows year-long probe into flaws that allowed attack to affect so many The UK’s data watchdog is fining beleaguered DNA testing outfit 23andMe £2.31 million ($3.13 million) over its 2023 mega breach.… AI Summary…

  • Slashdot: Google Cloud Caused Outage By Ignoring Its Usual Code Quality Protections

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/2141250/google-cloud-caused-outage-by-ignoring-its-usual-code-quality-protections?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Cloud Caused Outage By Ignoring Its Usual Code Quality Protections Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a major outage in Google Cloud caused by a flawed update to its Service Control system, highlighting critical issues related to error handling and the lack of…

  • The Register: Alt cloud platform Railway forced to pause lowest tiers after onrush of GCP customers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/16/railway_pauses_lowest_tiers/ Source: The Register Title: Alt cloud platform Railway forced to pause lowest tiers after onrush of GCP customers Feedly Summary: A moment of panic as some customers thought the free tiers were going away On Monday, Railway, a provider of cloud infrastructure services, decided to throttle software builds by customers in its…

  • Anton on Security – Medium: Output-driven SIEM — 13 years later

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    Source URL: https://medium.com/anton-on-security/output-driven-siem-13-years-later-c549370abf11?source=rss—-8e8c3ed26c4c—4 Source: Anton on Security – Medium Title: Output-driven SIEM — 13 years later Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the evolution and relevance of output-driven Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) over 13 years, highlighting its necessity in effectively managing security data. The author emphasizes that effective logging and…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: The lethal trifecta for AI agents: private data, untrusted content, and external communication

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: The lethal trifecta for AI agents: private data, untrusted content, and external communication Feedly Summary: If you are a user of LLM systems that use tools (you can call them “AI agents" if you like) it is critically important that you understand the risk of combining tools…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Google Cloud outage incident report

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/14/google-cloud-outage-incident-report/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Google Cloud outage incident report Feedly Summary: Google Cloud, Google Workspace and Google Security Operations products experienced increased 503 errors in external API requests, impacting customers. […] On May 29, 2025, a new feature was added to Service Control for additional quota policy checks. This code…

  • The Register: Apple fixes zero-click exploit underpinning Paragon spyware attacks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/apple_fixes_zeroclick_exploit_underpinning/ Source: The Register Title: Apple fixes zero-click exploit underpinning Paragon spyware attacks Feedly Summary: Zero-day potentially tied to around 100 suspected infections in 2025 and a spyware scandal on the continent Apple has updated its iOS/iPadOS 18.3.1 documentation, confirming it introduced fixes for the zero-click vulnerability used to infect journalists with Paragon’s…

  • Slashdot: Researchers Confirm Two Journalists Were Hacked With Paragon Spyware

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/12/2235231/researchers-confirm-two-journalists-were-hacked-with-paragon-spyware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers Confirm Two Journalists Were Hacked With Paragon Spyware Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Recent research by The Citizen Lab reveals that European journalists, including an Italian reporter, were targeted and hacked using Israeli surveillance spyware from Paragon. This marks an alarming confirmation of previous suspicions…