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  • Slashdot: WeTransfer Backtracks on Terms Suggesting User Files Could Train AI Models After Backlash

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/16/165222/wetransfer-backtracks-on-terms-suggesting-user-files-could-train-ai-models-after-backlash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: WeTransfer Backtracks on Terms Suggesting User Files Could Train AI Models After Backlash Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: WeTransfer has retracted recent changes to its terms of service that implied user-uploaded files could be utilized for machine learning purposes, responding to widespread backlash. The clarification reassures…

  • Google Online Security Blog: Advancing Protection in Chrome on Android

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    Source URL: https://security.googleblog.com/2025/07/advancing-protection-in-chrome-on.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: Advancing Protection in Chrome on Android Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes the integration of Google’s Advanced Protection Program into Android and Chrome, focusing on new security features aimed at safeguarding at-risk users, such as journalists and public figures. It highlights…

  • The Register: That WhatsApp from an Israeli infosec expert could be a Iranian phish

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/26/that_whatsapp_from_an_israeli/ Source: The Register Title: That WhatsApp from an Israeli infosec expert could be a Iranian phish Feedly Summary: Charming Kitten unsheathes its claws and tries to catch credentials The cyber-ops arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has started a spear-phishing campaign intent on stealing credentials from Israeli journalists, cybersecurity experts, and…

  • The Register: Apple fixes zero-click exploit underpinning Paragon spyware attacks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/apple_fixes_zeroclick_exploit_underpinning/ Source: The Register Title: Apple fixes zero-click exploit underpinning Paragon spyware attacks Feedly Summary: Zero-day potentially tied to around 100 suspected infections in 2025 and a spyware scandal on the continent Apple has updated its iOS/iPadOS 18.3.1 documentation, confirming it introduced fixes for the zero-click vulnerability used to infect journalists with Paragon’s…

  • Slashdot: Researchers Confirm Two Journalists Were Hacked With Paragon Spyware

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/12/2235231/researchers-confirm-two-journalists-were-hacked-with-paragon-spyware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers Confirm Two Journalists Were Hacked With Paragon Spyware Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Recent research by The Citizen Lab reveals that European journalists, including an Italian reporter, were targeted and hacked using Israeli surveillance spyware from Paragon. This marks an alarming confirmation of previous suspicions…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud’s security team helps build securely

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-how-google-cloud-security-team-helps-build-securely/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud’s security team helps build securely Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2025. Today, Iain Mulholland, senior director, Security Engineering, pulls back the curtain on how Google Cloud approaches security engineering and how we take secure by design…

  • Wired: Google’s Advanced Protection for Vulnerable Users Comes to Android

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/google-advanced-protection-vulnerable-users-lockdown-android-16/ Source: Wired Title: Google’s Advanced Protection for Vulnerable Users Comes to Android Feedly Summary: A new extra-secure mode for Android 16 will let at-risk users lock their devices down. AI Summary and Description: Yes Short Summary with Insight: The announcement of an extra-secure mode for Android 16 is particularly relevant for professionals…