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The Register: Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons

Aug 4, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/04/mozilla_add_on_phishing/ Source: The Register Title: Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons Feedly Summary: Devs told to exercise ‘extreme caution’ with emails disguised as account update prompts Mozilla is warning of an ongoing phishing campaign targeting developers of Firefox add-ons.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Mozilla has issued a…

Embrace The Red: Cursor IDE: Arbitrary Data Exfiltration Via Mermaid (CVE-2025-54132)

Aug 4, 2025

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Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/cursor-data-exfiltration-with-mermaid/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Cursor IDE: Arbitrary Data Exfiltration Via Mermaid (CVE-2025-54132) Feedly Summary: Cursor is a popular AI code editor. In this post I want to share how I found an interesting data exfiltration issue, the demo exploits built and how it got fixed. When using Cursor I noticed that…

Slashdot: Disney Struggles With How to Use AI – While Retaining Copyrights and Avoiding Legal Issues

Aug 4, 2025

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Source URL: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/08/04/0432213/disney-struggles-with-how-to-use-ai—while-retaining-copyrights-and-avoiding-legal-issues Source: Slashdot Title: Disney Struggles With How to Use AI – While Retaining Copyrights and Avoiding Legal Issues Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Disney is grappling with the integration of AI technology in its film production, particularly concerning the use of deepfakes for creating a digital double of Dwayne…

The Register: Lazarus Group rises again, this time with malware-laden fake FOSS

Aug 4, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/04/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: Lazarus Group rises again, this time with malware-laden fake FOSS Feedly Summary: PLUS: Slow MFA rollout costs Canucks $5m; Lawmakers ponder Stingray ban; MSFT tightens Teams; And more! Infosec In Brief North Korea’s Lazarus Group has changed tactics and is now creating malware-laden open source software.… AI Summary…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: The ChatGPT sharing dialog demonstrates how difficult it is to design privacy preferences

Aug 3, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/3/privacy-design/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: The ChatGPT sharing dialog demonstrates how difficult it is to design privacy preferences Feedly Summary: ChatGPT just removed their “make this chat discoverable" sharing feature, after it turned out a material volume of users had inadvertantly made their private chats available via Google search. Dane Stuckey, CISO…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: XBai o4

Aug 3, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/3/xbai-o4/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: XBai o4 Feedly Summary: XBai o4 Yet another open source (Apache 2.0) LLM from a Chinese AI lab. This model card claims: XBai o4 excels in complex reasoning capabilities and has now completely surpassed OpenAI-o3-mini in Medium mode. This a 32.8 billion parameter model released by MetaStone…

Slashdot: China’s Government Pushes Real-World AI Use to Jumpstart Its Adoption

Aug 3, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/02/0243223/chinas-government-pushes-real-world-ai-use-to-jumpstart-its-adoption?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: China’s Government Pushes Real-World AI Use to Jumpstart Its Adoption Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the Chinese government’s aggressive push for AI adoption across various sectors, including healthcare and law enforcement, utilizing a technology named DeepSeek. This initiative reflects a broader strategy to…

The Register: Silent Push CEO on cybercrime takedowns: ‘It’s an ongoing cat-and-mouse game’

Aug 3, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/03/silent_push_ceo_talks_cybercrime/ Source: The Register Title: Silent Push CEO on cybercrime takedowns: ‘It’s an ongoing cat-and-mouse game’ Feedly Summary: Plus: why takedowns aren’t in threat-intel analysts’ best interest interview It started out small: One US financial services company wanted to stop unknown crooks from spoofing their trading app, tricking customers into giving the digital…

Slashdot: Facing US Chip Restrictions, China Pitches Global Cooperation on AI

Aug 2, 2025

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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/02/030232/facing-us-chip-restrictions-china-pitches-global-cooperation-on-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Facing US Chip Restrictions, China Pitches Global Cooperation on AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the recent announcements from China at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference regarding the establishment of an international organization for AI regulation and a cooperative action plan for responsible…

The Register: CISA roasts unnamed critical national infrastructure body for shoddy security hygiene

Aug 2, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/02/cisa_coast_guard_cni/ Source: The Register Title: CISA roasts unnamed critical national infrastructure body for shoddy security hygiene Feedly Summary: Plaintext passwords, shared admin accounts, and insufficient logging rampant at mystery org CISA is using the findings from a recent probe of an unidentified critical infrastructure organization to warn about the dangers of getting cybersecurity…

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