Tag: Meta
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The Register: WhatsApp’s former security boss claims reporting infosec failings led to ousting
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/08/whatsapp_exsecurity_head_sues_company/ Source: The Register Title: WhatsApp’s former security boss claims reporting infosec failings led to ousting Feedly Summary: Meta shrugs off allegations of improper dismissal, ignoring privacy and security WhatsApp’s former head of security, Attaullah Baig, has filed a lawsuit against its parent company, Meta, alleging that the social media megalith retaliated against…
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Slashdot: Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/08/1647240/whistle-blower-sues-meta-over-claims-of-whatsapp-security-flaws?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The lawsuit filed by the former head of security for WhatsApp against Meta highlights significant security and privacy concerns affecting billions of users. It brings to light allegations of negligence in addressing…
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Cloud Blog: BigQuery under the hood: The power of the Column Metadata index aka CMETA
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/understanding-the-bigquery–column-metadata-cmeta-index/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: BigQuery under the hood: The power of the Column Metadata index aka CMETA Feedly Summary: While petabyte-scale data warehouses are becoming more common, getting the performance you need without escalating costs and effort remain key challenges, even in a modern cloud data warehouse. While many data warehouse platform…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Why I think the $1.5 billion Anthropic class action settlement may count as a win for Anthropic
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/6/anthropic-settlement/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Why I think the $1.5 billion Anthropic class action settlement may count as a win for Anthropic Feedly Summary: Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement I wrote about the details of this case when it was found that Anthropic’s training on book…
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Cloud Blog: ViewState Deserialization Zero-Day Vulnerability in Sitecore Products (CVE-2025-53690)
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/viewstate-deserialization-zero-day-vulnerability/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: ViewState Deserialization Zero-Day Vulnerability in Sitecore Products (CVE-2025-53690) Feedly Summary: Written by: Rommel Joven, Josh Fleischer, Joseph Sciuto, Andi Slok, Choon Kiat Ng In a recent investigation, Mandiant Threat Defense discovered an active ViewState deserialization attack affecting Sitecore deployments leveraging sample machine keys that had been exposed in…
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Bulletins: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 25, 2025
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/bulletins/sb25-245 Source: Bulletins Title: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 25, 2025 Feedly Summary: High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info 1000projects–Online Project Report Submission and Evaluation System A vulnerability has been found in 1000projects Online Project Report Submission and Evaluation System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Cloudflare Radar: AI Insights
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/1/cloudflare-radar-ai-insights/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Cloudflare Radar: AI Insights Feedly Summary: Cloudflare Radar: AI Insights Cloudflare launched this dashboard back in February, incorporating traffic analysis from Cloudflare’s network along with insights from their popular 1.1.1.1 DNS service. I found this chart particularly interesting, showing which documented AI crawlers are most active collecting…
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The Register: WhatsApp warns of ‘attack against specific targeted users’
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/01/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: WhatsApp warns of ‘attack against specific targeted users’ Feedly Summary: PLUS: Microsoft ends no-MFA Azure access; WorkDay attack diverts payments; FreePBX warns of CVSS 10 flaw; and more Infosec In brief A flaw in Meta’s WhatsApp app “may have been exploited in a sophisticated attack against specific targeted…
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Slashdot: Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data?
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/31/1820249/are-ai-web-crawlers-destroying-websites-in-their-hunt-for-training-data Source: Slashdot Title: Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the adverse effects of AI web crawlers on website performance, highlighting the increasing web traffic attributed to these bots. It addresses the challenges website owners face…
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Slashdot: Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/29/2116246/meta-changes-teen-ai-chatbot-responses-as-senate-begins-probe-into-romantic-conversations Source: Slashdot Title: Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta is instituting temporary limitations on its AI chatbots for teenage users to safeguard them from engaging in inappropriate conversations. The adjustments aim to redirect conversations away from…