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  • CSA: BeyondTrust Breach: We Need Remote Access Security

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2025/02/07/beyondtrust-breach-a-wake-up-call-for-remote-access-security Source: CSA Title: BeyondTrust Breach: We Need Remote Access Security Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent security incident involving BeyondTrust and the US Treasury Department, emphasizing vulnerabilities in traditional remote access solutions. It advocates for adopting proactive security measures such as the principle of least…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Using pip to install a Large Language Model that’s under 100MB

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/7/pip-install-llm-smollm2/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Using pip to install a Large Language Model that’s under 100MB Feedly Summary: I just released llm-smollm2, a new plugin for LLM that bundles a quantized copy of the SmolLM2-135M-Instruct LLM inside of the Python package. This means you can now pip install a full LLM! If…

  • Slashdot: iOS App Store Apps With Screenshot-Reading Malware Found For the First Time

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/05/2010251/ios-app-store-apps-with-screenshot-reading-malware-found-for-the-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: iOS App Store Apps With Screenshot-Reading Malware Found For the First Time Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The discovery of “SparkCat” malware infiltrating iOS and Android apps marks a significant breach of security, being the first to implement malicious screenshot-reading capabilities in Apple’s App Store. This…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: o3-mini is really good at writing internal documentation

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/5/o3-mini-documentation/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: o3-mini is really good at writing internal documentation Feedly Summary: o3-mini is really good at writing internal documentation I wanted to refresh my knowledge of how the Datasette permissions system works today. I already have extensive hand-written documentation for that, but I thought it would be interesting…

  • The Register: DeepSeek rated too dodgy down under: Banned from Australian government devices

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/05/australia_deepseek_ban/ Source: The Register Title: DeepSeek rated too dodgy down under: Banned from Australian government devices Feedly Summary: As American big tech companies lashed for their slow efforts to prevent harms Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has banned the use of DeepSeek on federal government devices.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Australia’s…

  • The Register: Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/google_amd_microcode/ Source: The Register Title: Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number Feedly Summary: Malicious microcode vulnerability discovered, fixes rolling out for Epycs at least Googlers have not only figured out how to break AMD’s security – allowing them to load unofficial microcode into its…

  • Unit 42: Stealers on the Rise: A Closer Look at a Growing macOS Threat

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=138244 Source: Unit 42 Title: Stealers on the Rise: A Closer Look at a Growing macOS Threat Feedly Summary: Atomic Stealer, Poseidon Stealer and Cthulhu Stealer target macOS. We discuss their various properties and examine leverage of the AppleScript framework. The post Stealers on the Rise: A Closer Look at a Growing macOS…