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  • Hacker News: Okta Bcrypt incident lessons for designing better APIs

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    Source URL: https://n0rdy.foo/posts/20250121/okta-bcrypt-lessons-for-better-apis/ Source: Hacker News Title: Okta Bcrypt incident lessons for designing better APIs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a security incident involving Okta and the vulnerabilities associated with the Bcrypt hashing algorithm when utilized improperly. It highlights how the lack of input validation in some cryptographic…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: o3-mini is really good at writing internal documentation

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/5/o3-mini-documentation/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: o3-mini is really good at writing internal documentation Feedly Summary: o3-mini is really good at writing internal documentation I wanted to refresh my knowledge of how the Datasette permissions system works today. I already have extensive hand-written documentation for that, but I thought it would be interesting…

  • Bulletins: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 27, 2025

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/bulletins/sb25-034 Source: Bulletins Title: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 27, 2025 Feedly Summary: High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info 0xPolygonZero–plonky2  Plonky2 is a SNARK implementation based on techniques from PLONK and FRI. Lookup tables, whose length is not divisible by 26 = floor(num_routed_wires / 3) always…

  • Hacker News: Web Analytics Accidentally Collecting Passwords

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    Source URL: https://www.freshpaint.io/blog/rudderstack-collecting-passwords Source: Hacker News Title: Web Analytics Accidentally Collecting Passwords Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a significant security concern related to RudderStack’s data collection tool, emphasizing how the autotrack feature can inadvertently capture sensitive user information, including passwords, due to its implementation based on a flawed…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Whatsup Gold, Observium and Offis vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/whatsup-gold-observium-offis-vulnerabilities/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Whatsup Gold, Observium and Offis vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Research team recently disclosed three vulnerabilities in Observium, three vulnerabilities in Offis, and four vulnerabilities in Whatsup Gold.   These vulnerabilities exist in Observium, a network observation and monitoring system; Offis DCMTK, a collection of libraries and applications…

  • Hacker News: New Apple CPU side-channel attacks steals data from browsers

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    Source URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-apple-cpu-side-channel-attack-steals-data-from-browsers/ Source: Hacker News Title: New Apple CPU side-channel attacks steals data from browsers Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A recent disclosure by security researchers reveals critical side-channel vulnerabilities in modern Apple processors, specifically regarding the FLOP and SLAP attacks. These flaws exploit speculative execution mechanisms to leak sensitive…

  • Cloud Blog: Migrate Oracle-based applications to Google Cloud and simplify operations

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/tips-for-migrating-oracle-based-applications-to-google-cloud/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Migrate Oracle-based applications to Google Cloud and simplify operations Feedly Summary: Last year, Google Cloud and Oracle forged a strategic partnership to accelerate cloud transformation for businesses, allowing them to integrate Oracle’s robust database capabilities within Google Cloud’s environment. This partnership applies to Oracle databases, as well as…