Tag: organizations

  • The Register: It’s only a matter of time before LLMs jump start supply-chain attacks

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/29/llm_supply_chain_attacks/ Source: The Register Title: It’s only a matter of time before LLMs jump start supply-chain attacks Feedly Summary: ‘The greatest concern is with spear phishing and social engineering’ Interview Now that criminals have realized there’s no need to train their own LLMs for any nefarious purposes – it’s much cheaper and easier…

  • Hacker News: New ‘OtterCookie’ malware used to backdoor devs in fake job offers

    Source URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-ottercookie-malware-used-to-backdoor-devs-in-fake-job-offers/ Source: Hacker News Title: New ‘OtterCookie’ malware used to backdoor devs in fake job offers Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines a cybersecurity threat posed by North Korean actors using new malware called OtterCookie in a campaign targeting software developers through fake job offers. It highlights…

  • The Register: How cops taking down LockBit, ALPHV led to RansomHub’s meteoric rise

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/28/lockbit_alphv_disruptions_ransomhub_rise/ Source: The Register Title: How cops taking down LockBit, ALPHV led to RansomHub’s meteoric rise Feedly Summary: Cut off one head, two more grow back in its place RansomHub, the ransomware collective that emerged earlier this year, quickly gained momentum, outpacing its criminal colleagues and hitting its victims especially hard. The group…

  • Slashdot: Massive VW Data Leak Exposed 800,000 EV Owners’ Movements

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/12/27/2256234/massive-vw-data-leak-exposed-800000-ev-owners-movements?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Massive VW Data Leak Exposed 800,000 EV Owners’ Movements Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving the VW Group’s inadequate data security highlights significant vulnerabilities in automotive cloud services, exposing sensitive user information for hundreds of thousands of vehicles. This lapse presents critical insights for…

  • The Register: OpenAI plans to ring in the New Year with a for-profit push

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/27/openai_for_profit_push/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI plans to ring in the New Year with a for-profit push Feedly Summary: We have altered the deal, pray we don’t alter it any further Amid growing competition and skyrocketing compute requirements necessary to support the next generation of AI models, OpenAI is shaking up its corporate…

  • Hacker News: PQConnect – Automated Post-Quantum End-to-End Tunnels from DJB, Lange, ohters.

    Source URL: https://www.pqconnect.net/ Source: Hacker News Title: PQConnect – Automated Post-Quantum End-to-End Tunnels from DJB, Lange, ohters. Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: PQConnect introduces a new layer of Internet security specifically designed to counter quantum threats by automatically applying post-quantum cryptography. This solution offers both system administrators and end users an…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Plans Corporate Overhaul To Draw More Investment

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/12/27/1321234/openai-plans-corporate-overhaul-to-draw-more-investment Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Plans Corporate Overhaul To Draw More Investment Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s transformation into a Delaware public benefit corporation marks a significant shift in its corporate model, aimed at facilitating greater fundraising potential to enhance AI development. This restructuring is particularly relevant in the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Open WebUI

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/27/open-webui/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Open WebUI Feedly Summary: Open WebUI I tried out this open source (MIT licensed, JavaScript and Python) localhost UI for accessing LLMs today for the first time. It’s very nicely done. I ran it with uvx like this: uvx –python 3.11 open-webui serve On first launch it…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: DeepSeek_V3.pdf

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/26/deepseek-v3/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: DeepSeek_V3.pdf Feedly Summary: DeepSeek_V3.pdf The DeepSeek v3 paper (and model card) are out, after yesterday’s mysterious release of the undocumented model weights. Plenty of interesting details in here. The model pre-trained on 14.8 trillion “high-quality and diverse tokens" (not otherwise documented). Following this, we conduct post-training, including…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting EU Artificial Intelligence Act

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/26/eu-artificial-intelligence-act/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting EU Artificial Intelligence Act Feedly Summary: Providers and deployers of AI systems shall take measures to ensure, to their best extent, a sufficient level of AI literacy of their staff and other persons dealing with the operation and use of AI systems on their behalf, taking…