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  • The Register: ‘Major compromise’ at NHS temping arm exposed gaping security holes

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/12/compromise_nhs_professionals/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Major compromise’ at NHS temping arm exposed gaping security holes Feedly Summary: Incident responders suggested sweeping improvements following Active Directory database heist Exclusive Cybercriminals broke into systems belonging to the UK’s NHS Professionals body in May 2024, stealing its Active Directory database, but the healthcare organization never publicly…

  • Slashdot: Google Brings AI-Powered Live Translation To Meet

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/20/1750258/google-brings-ai-powered-live-translation-to-meet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Brings AI-Powered Live Translation To Meet Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google is enhancing its Meet platform with AI-powered live translation that allows real-time communication in different languages while preserving the speaker’s vocal characteristics. Initially supporting English-Spanish, this technology faces some limitations in performance but…

  • Slashdot: US National Security Official Caught Using ‘Less-Secure Signal App Knockoff’

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/03/0427226/us-national-security-official-caught-using-less-secure-signal-app-knockoff?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US National Security Official Caught Using ‘Less-Secure Signal App Knockoff’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a security incident involving U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz using a modified version of the Signal app, which jeopardized the integrity of secure communications by allowing message…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: MCP Run Python

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/18/mcp-run-python/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: MCP Run Python Feedly Summary: MCP Run Python Pydantic AI’s MCP server for running LLM-generated Python code in a sandbox. They ended up using a trick I explored two years ago: using a Deno process to run Pyodide in a WebAssembly sandbox. Here’s a bit of a…

  • The Register: Chinese snoops use stealth RAT to backdoor US orgs – still active last week

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/chinese_spies_backdoored_us_orgs/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese snoops use stealth RAT to backdoor US orgs – still active last week Feedly Summary: Let the espionage and access resale campaigns begin (again) A cyberspy crew or individual with ties to China’s Ministry of State Security has infected global organizations with a remote access trojan (RAT)…

  • Cloud Blog: Instance Replication now available for Filestore

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer/filestore-instance-replication-now-available/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Instance Replication now available for Filestore Feedly Summary: We are excited to announce Filestore Instance Replication on Google Cloud, which helps customers meet their business continuity goals and regulatory requirements. The feature offers an efficient replication point objective (RPO) that can reach 30 minutes for data change rates…

  • Slashdot: Nearly 1.5 Million Private Photos from Five Dating Apps Were Exposed Online

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/30/0236216/nearly-15-million-private-photos-from-five-dating-apps-were-exposed-online Source: Slashdot Title: Nearly 1.5 Million Private Photos from Five Dating Apps Were Exposed Online Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reveals a significant security breach concerning nearly 1.5 million explicit images from specialist dating apps being stored unprotected online, making them susceptible to unauthorized access. The incident…