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  • Hacker News: NixOS and reproducible builds could have detected the xz backdoor

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    Source URL: https://luj.fr/blog/how-nixos-could-have-detected-xz.html Source: Hacker News Title: NixOS and reproducible builds could have detected the xz backdoor Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a significant security breach involving the open-source xz compression software, where a backdoor was inserted by a malicious maintainer. This event highlights the vulnerabilities within the…

  • The Register: Too many software supply chain defense bibles? Boffins distill advice

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/software_supply_chain_defense/ Source: The Register Title: Too many software supply chain defense bibles? Boffins distill advice Feedly Summary: How to avoid another SolarWinds, Log4j, and XZ Utils situation Organizations concerned about software supply chain attacks should focus on role-based access control, system monitoring, and boundary protection, according to a new preprint paper on the…

  • Slashdot: AI Crawlers Haven’t Learned To Play Nice With Websites

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/19/1027251/ai-crawlers-havent-learned-to-play-nice-with-websites?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Crawlers Haven’t Learned To Play Nice With Websites Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: SourceHut is experiencing service disruptions due to aggressive web crawling by AI companies collecting data for training large language models (LLMs). They have implemented mitigations, including blocking certain cloud providers due to…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Seven Industrial Control Systems Advisories

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/03/18/cisa-releases-seven-industrial-control-systems-advisories Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Seven Industrial Control Systems Advisories Feedly Summary: CISA released seven Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on March 18, 2025. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-25-077-01 Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Automation System User Interface (EPAS-UI) ICSA-25-077-02 Rockwell Automation Lifecycle…

  • Hacker News: The Failure Rate of EBS

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    Source URL: https://planetscale.com/blog/the-real-fail-rate-of-ebs Source: Hacker News Title: The Failure Rate of EBS Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the challenges and failure rates associated with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes, specifically noting that while complete failures are rare, performance degradation occurs frequently. This has significant implications for cloud…

  • Hacker News: AI crawlers haven’t learned to play nice with websites

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/ai_crawlers_sourcehut/ Source: Hacker News Title: AI crawlers haven’t learned to play nice with websites Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: SourceHut reports that excessive crawling by AI companies’ web crawlers is disrupting its services. These crawlers, primarily for training large language models (LLMs), have compelled SourceHut to implement several mitigations,…

  • Hacker News: Please stop externalizing your costs directly into my face

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    Source URL: https://drewdevault.com/2025/03/17/2025-03-17-Stop-externalizing-your-costs-on-me.html Source: Hacker News Title: Please stop externalizing your costs directly into my face Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reflects a sysadmin’s frustration with the disruptive impact of LLM crawlers on operational stability. It discusses ongoing battles against the misuse of computing resources by malicious bots, underscoring…

  • The Register: AI crawlers haven’t learned to play nice with websites

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/ai_crawlers_sourcehut/ Source: The Register Title: AI crawlers haven’t learned to play nice with websites Feedly Summary: SourceHut says it’s getting DDoSed by LLM bots SourceHut, an open source git-hosting service, says web crawlers for AI companies are slowing down services through their excessive demands for data.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…