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  • Slashdot: AI Tools Give Dangerous Powers to Cyberattackers, Security Researchers Warn

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/21/2022257/ai-tools-give-dangerous-powers-to-cyberattackers-security-researchers-warn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Tools Give Dangerous Powers to Cyberattackers, Security Researchers Warn Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text highlights significant vulnerabilities associated with AI technologies, particularly in the context of automated systems and malicious actors leveraging them to exploit security gaps. It underscores emerging threats posed by…

  • Cloud Blog: How to secure your remote MCP server on Google Cloud

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-to-secure-your-remote-mcp-server-on-google-cloud/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How to secure your remote MCP server on Google Cloud Feedly Summary: As enterprises increasingly adopt model context protocol (MCP) to extend capabilities of AI models to better integrate with external tools, databases, and APIs, it becomes even more important to ensure secure MCP deployment.  MCP unlocks new…

  • The Register: AI-powered penetration tool, an attacker’s dream, downloaded 10K times in 2 months

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/cobalt_strikes_ai_successor_downloaded/ Source: The Register Title: AI-powered penetration tool, an attacker’s dream, downloaded 10K times in 2 months Feedly Summary: Shady, China-based company, all the apps needed for a fully automated attack – sounds totally legit Villager, a new penetration-testing tool linked to a suspicious China-based company and described by researchers as “Cobalt Strike’s…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Claude API: Web fetch tool

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/10/claude-web-fetch-tool/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Claude API: Web fetch tool Feedly Summary: Claude API: Web fetch tool New in the Claude API: if you pass the web-fetch-2025-09-10 beta header you can add {“type": "web_fetch_20250910", "name": "web_fetch", "max_uses": 5} to your "tools" list and Claude will gain the ability to fetch content from…

  • Wired: ICE Has Spyware Now

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-has-spyware-now/ Source: Wired Title: ICE Has Spyware Now Feedly Summary: Plus: An AI chatbot system is linked to a widespread hack, details emerge of a US plan to plant a spy device in North Korea, your job’s security training isn’t working, and more. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights significant…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Addressing the unauthorized issuance of multiple TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/unauthorized-issuance-of-certificates-for-1-1-1-1/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Addressing the unauthorized issuance of multiple TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1 Feedly Summary: Unauthorized TLS certificates were issued for 1.1.1.1 by a Certification Authority without permission from Cloudflare. These rogue certificates have now been revoked. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a serious incident involving…

  • The Register: Crims claim HexStrike AI penetration tool makes quick work of Citrix bugs

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/hexstrike_ai_citrix_exploits/ Source: The Register Title: Crims claim HexStrike AI penetration tool makes quick work of Citrix bugs Feedly Summary: LLMs and 0-days – what could possibly go wrong? Attackers on underground forums claimed they were using HexStrike AI, an open-source red-teaming tool, against Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities within hours of disclosure, according to Check…

  • Unit 42: Model Namespace Reuse: An AI Supply-Chain Attack Exploiting Model Name Trust

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/model-namespace-reuse/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Model Namespace Reuse: An AI Supply-Chain Attack Exploiting Model Name Trust Feedly Summary: Model namespace reuse is a potential security risk in the AI supply chain. Attackers can misuse platforms like Hugging Face for remote code execution. The post Model Namespace Reuse: An AI Supply-Chain Attack Exploiting Model…