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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: How often do LLMs snitch? Recreating Theo’s SnitchBench with LLM

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/snitchbench-with-llm/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: How often do LLMs snitch? Recreating Theo’s SnitchBench with LLM Feedly Summary: A fun new benchmark just dropped! Inspired by the Claude 4 system card – which showed that Claude 4 might just rat you out to the authorities if you told it to “take initiative" in…

  • Slashdot: UnitedHealth Now Has 1,000 AI Applications In Production

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/05/05/2050232/unitedhealth-now-has-1000-ai-applications-in-production?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: UnitedHealth Now Has 1,000 AI Applications In Production Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: UnitedHealth Group is leveraging 1,000 AI applications across various segments, including insurance and healthcare. A significant portion of these initiatives involves generative AI, highlighting both its potential and the inherent challenges, particularly in…

  • CSA: Prioritizing Care when Facing Cyber Risks

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    Source URL: https://www.zscaler.com/cxorevolutionaries/insights/prioritizing-continuity-care-face-cyber-risks-healthcare Source: CSA Title: Prioritizing Care when Facing Cyber Risks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text explores the challenges and innovations in healthcare technology amidst cyber risks, particularly due to the shift towards digital solutions like EHRs and telemedicine. It emphasizes the critical need for robust…

  • CSA: How Can Healthcare Improve Cybersecurity? Lessons from 2024

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/from-ransomware-to-regulation-lessons-from-the-worst-year-of-healthcare-cyber-breaches Source: CSA Title: How Can Healthcare Improve Cybersecurity? Lessons from 2024 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the heightened cybersecurity challenges faced by the healthcare sector in 2024, emphasizing the increasing frequency and severity of cyberattacks, particularly ransomware, which poses serious threats to patient safety and healthcare…

  • The Register: Up to $75M needed to address rural hospital cybersecurity

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/06/rural_hospitals_cybersecurity/ Source: The Register Title: Up to $75M needed to address rural hospital cybersecurity Feedly Summary: Attacks strike, facilities go bust, patients die. But it’s preventable It will cost upward of $75 million to address the cybersecurity needs of rural US hospitals, Microsoft reckons, as mounting closures threaten the lives of Americans.… AI…

  • Slashdot: America’s FDA Warns About Backdoor Found in Chinese Company’s Patient Monitors

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/02/01/0632248/americas-fda-warns-about-backdoor-found-in-chinese-companys-patient-monitors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: America’s FDA Warns About Backdoor Found in Chinese Company’s Patient Monitors Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The FDA has issued concerns regarding cybersecurity vulnerabilities in patient monitors manufactured by Contec, a China-based company. These vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized access to the devices, potentially compromising patient data…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Fact Sheet Detailing Embedded Backdoor Function of Contec CMS8000 Firmware

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/30/cisa-releases-fact-sheet-detailing-embedded-backdoor-function-contec-cms8000-firmware Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Fact Sheet Detailing Embedded Backdoor Function of Contec CMS8000 Firmware Feedly Summary: CISA released a fact sheet, Contec CMS8000 Contains a Backdoor, detailing an analysis of three firmware package versions of the Contec CMS8000, a patient monitor used by the U.S. Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector.…

  • The Register: Enzo Biochem settles lawsuit over 2023 ransomware attack for $7.5M

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/enzo_biochem_ransomware_lawsuit/ Source: The Register Title: Enzo Biochem settles lawsuit over 2023 ransomware attack for $7.5M Feedly Summary: That’s in addition to the $4.5M fine paid to three state AGs last year Enzo Biochem has settled a consolidated class-action lawsuit relating to its 2023 ransomware incident for $7.5 million.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Slashdot: NHS Major ‘Cyber Incident’ Forces Hospitals To Use Pen and Paper

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/28/2251215/nhs-major-cyber-incident-forces-hospitals-to-use-pen-and-paper?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: NHS Major ‘Cyber Incident’ Forces Hospitals To Use Pen and Paper Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The reported cybersecurity incident affecting an NHS group highlights the critical vulnerabilities in healthcare IT infrastructure and the reliance on digital systems. As organizations face cyber threats, this incident underscores…