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Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/zero-trust-lessons-from-a-real-world-5g-cloud-core-security-assessment Source: CSA Title: 5G Cloud Core Security Assessment Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses vulnerabilities in a 5G core network that adopted a cloud-native architecture, emphasizing the significance of Zero Trust principles in securing telecom infrastructures. It highlights various security flaws discovered in the assessment, providing key…

Unit 42: Behind the Clouds: Attackers Targeting Governments in Southeast Asia Implement Novel Covert C2 Communication

Jul 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/windows-backdoor-for-novel-c2-communication/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Behind the Clouds: Attackers Targeting Governments in Southeast Asia Implement Novel Covert C2 Communication Feedly Summary: CL-STA-1020 targets Southeast Asian governments using a novel Microsoft backdoor we call HazyBeacon. It misuses AWS Lambda URLs for C2. The post Behind the Clouds: Attackers Targeting Governments in Southeast Asia Implement…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/ai-open-source-productivity/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity Feedly Summary: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity METR – for Model Evaluation & Threat Research – are a non-profit research institute founded by Beth Barnes, a former alignment researcher at…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/grok-4-heavy/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt Feedly Summary: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt Grok 4 Heavy is the “think much harder" version of Grok 4 that’s currenly only available on their $300/month plan. Jeremy Howard relays a report from a Grok 4…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting @grok

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/grok/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting @grok Feedly Summary: On the morning of July 8, 2025, we observed undesired responses and immediately began investigating. To identify the specific language in the instructions causing the undesired behavior, we conducted multiple ablations and experiments to pinpoint the main culprits. We identified the operative lines…

Slashdot: AI Slows Down Some Experienced Software Developers, Study Finds

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Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/12/016247/ai-slows-down-some-experienced-software-developers-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Slows Down Some Experienced Software Developers, Study Finds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A recent study by METR reveals that using AI coding assistants like Cursor can actually slow down experienced developers when working in familiar codebases. While developers initially believed AI would expedite their…

The Register: If MCP is the USB-C of AI agents, A2A is their Ethernet

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/12/ai_agent_protocols_mcp_a2a/ Source: The Register Title: If MCP is the USB-C of AI agents, A2A is their Ethernet Feedly Summary: Tell me, Mr. Smith … what good is an agent if it’s unable to speak? We have protocols and standards for just about everything. It’s generally helpful when we can all agree on how…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Musk’s latest Grok chatbot searches for billionaire mogul’s views before answering questions

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/musks-latest-grok/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Musk’s latest Grok chatbot searches for billionaire mogul’s views before answering questions Feedly Summary: Musk’s latest Grok chatbot searches for billionaire mogul’s views before answering questions I got quoted a couple of times in this story about Grok searching for tweets from:elonmusk by Matt O’Brien for the…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Google Hires Top A.I. Leaders From Windsurf, Which OpenAI Was Courting

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