Tag: information security

  • Slashdot: Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/2043251/fintech-giant-finastra-investigating-data-breach Source: Slashdot Title: Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant security incident involving Finastra, a fintech firm that supports major banks. The report highlights the alleged theft of over 400 gigabytes of sensitive data from their internal file transfer platform,…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Bidirectional communication via polyrhythms and shuffles: Without Jon the beat must go on

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/bidirectional-communication-via-polyrhythms-and-shuffles-without-jon-the-beat-must-go-on/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Bidirectional communication via polyrhythms and shuffles: Without Jon the beat must go on Feedly Summary: The Threat Source Newsletter is back! William Largent discusses bidirectional communication in the SOC, and highlights new Talos research including the discovery of PXA Stealers. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • The Register: DARPA-backed voting system for soldiers abroad savaged

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/darpabacked_voting_system_for_soldiers/ Source: The Register Title: DARPA-backed voting system for soldiers abroad savaged Feedly Summary: VotingWorks, developer of the system, disputes critics’ claims An electronic voting project backed by DARPA – Uncle Sam’s boffinry nerve center – to improve the process of absentee voting for American military personnel stationed abroad has been slammed by…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Insights from Red Team Assessment of a U.S. Critical Infrastructure Sector Organization

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/21/cisa-releases-insights-red-team-assessment-us-critical-infrastructure-sector-organization Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Insights from Red Team Assessment of a U.S. Critical Infrastructure Sector Organization Feedly Summary: Today, CISA released Enhancing Cyber Resilience: Insights from CISA Red Team Assessment of a U.S. Critical Infrastructure Sector Organization in coordination with the assessed organization. This cybersecurity advisory details lessons learned and key…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Accidentally Deleted Potential Evidence in New York Times Copyright Lawsuit

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/144233/openai-accidentally-deleted-potential-evidence-in-new-york-times-copyright-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Accidentally Deleted Potential Evidence in New York Times Copyright Lawsuit Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text pertains to a lawsuit against OpenAI regarding alleged copyright infringement through the unauthorized scraping of content from The New York Times and Daily News. The situation is further…

  • Wired: China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/chineses-surveillance-state-is-selling-citizens-data-as-a-side-hustle/ Source: Wired Title: China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle Feedly Summary: Chinese black market operators are openly recruiting government agency insiders, paying them for access to surveillance data and then reselling it online—no questions asked. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the alarming phenomenon…

  • Hacker News: Why one would use Qubes OS? (2023)

    Source URL: https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2023-06-17-qubes-os-why.html Source: Hacker News Title: Why one would use Qubes OS? (2023) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Qubes OS offers a unique take on security and privacy through a compartmentalization paradigm that leverages virtualization. Its design allows users to create isolated environments (qubes) for different tasks, enhancing security by…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Steven Johnson

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/steven-johnson/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Steven Johnson Feedly Summary: When we started working on what became NotebookLM in the summer of 2022, we could fit about 1,500 words in the context window. Now we can fit up to 1.5 million words. (And using various other tricks, effectively fit 25 million words.)…

  • Alerts: Apple Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/20/apple-releases-security-updates-multiple-products Source: Alerts Title: Apple Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products Feedly Summary: Apple released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Apple products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/20/cisa-adds-two-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-38812 VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability CVE-2024-38813 VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors…