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  • Slashdot: Signal Braces For Quantum Age With SPQR Encryption Upgrade

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/03/234236/signal-braces-for-quantum-age-with-spqr-encryption-upgrade?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Signal Braces For Quantum Age With SPQR Encryption Upgrade Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Signal’s introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR) marks a significant enhancement in encryption protocols, incorporating quantum-resistant cryptography into its messaging platform. This upgrade, called the Triple Ratchet, is designed to…

  • The Register: AI devs close to scraping bottom of data barrel

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/ai_training_requires_more_data/ Source: The Register Title: AI devs close to scraping bottom of data barrel Feedly Summary: Analysts at Goldman Sachs Global Institute say training is starting to hit its limits, enterprise info troves may be last hope Those spiffy AI systems that tech companies keep promising require mountains of training data, but high-quality…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : This Thriller Writer Took on a Tech Giant. And Won.

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/books/review/andrea-bartz-anthropic-lawsuit.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: This Thriller Writer Took on a Tech Giant. And Won. Feedly Summary: Andrea Bartz was disturbed to learn that her books had been used to train A.I. chatbots. So she sued, and helped win the largest copyright settlement in history. AI Summary and Description:…

  • The Register: Criminals take Renault UK customer data for a joyride

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/renault_uk_customer_data_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Criminals take Renault UK customer data for a joyride Feedly Summary: Names, numbers, and reg plates exposed in latest auto industry cyber-shunt Renault UK customers are being warned their personal data may be in criminal hands after one of its supplier was hacked.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Slashdot: Google Says Hackers Are Sending Extortion Emails To Executives

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/02/1812256/google-says-hackers-are-sending-extortion-emails-to-executives?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Says Hackers Are Sending Extortion Emails To Executives Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has reported that hackers associated with the ransomware group cl0p are sending extortion emails to executives, threatening the release of stolen sensitive data from Oracle business applications. The authenticity of these…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Family group chats: Your (very last) line of cyber defense

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/family-group-chats-your-very-last-line-of-cyber-defense/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Family group chats: Your (very last) line of cyber defense Feedly Summary: Amy gives an homage to parents in family group chats everywhere who want their children to stay safe in this wild world. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text provides insights into current cybersecurity…

  • The Register: Subpoena tracking platform blames outage on AWS social engineering attack

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/subpoena_tracking_platform_outage_blamed/ Source: The Register Title: Subpoena tracking platform blames outage on AWS social engineering attack Feedly Summary: Software maker Kodex said its domain registrar fell for a fraudulent legal order A software platform used by law enforcement agencies and major tech companies to manage subpoenas and data requests went dark this week after…

  • The Register: Cybercrims claim raid on 28,000 Red Hat repos, say they have sensitive customer files

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/cybercrims_claim_raid_on_28000/ Source: The Register Title: Cybercrims claim raid on 28,000 Red Hat repos, say they have sensitive customer files Feedly Summary: 570GB of data claimed to be stolen by the Crimson Collective A hacking crew claims to have broken into Red Hat’s private GitHub repositories, exfiltrating some 570GB of compressed data, including sensitive…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Two more Chinese pelicans

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/1/two-pelicans/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Two more Chinese pelicans Feedly Summary: Two new models from Chinese AI labs in the past few days. I tried them both out using llm-openrouter: DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp from DeepSeek. Announcement, Tech Report, Hugging Face (690GB, MIT license). As an intermediate step toward our next-generation architecture, V3.2-Exp builds upon…

  • The Register: US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/us_government_shutdown_it_seccurity/ Source: The Register Title: US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew Feedly Summary: The longer the shutdown, the less likely critical IT overhauls happen, ex Social Security CISO tells The Register The US government shut down at 1201 ET on October 1, halting non-essential IT modernization and…