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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Piloting Claude for Chrome

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/26/piloting-claude-for-chrome/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Piloting Claude for Chrome Feedly Summary: Piloting Claude for Chrome Two days ago I said: I strongly expect that the entire concept of an agentic browser extension is fatally flawed and cannot be built safely. Today Anthropic announced their own take on this pattern, implemented as an…

  • The Register: Fake CAPTCHA tests trick users into running malware

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/clickfix_report/ Source: The Register Title: Fake CAPTCHA tests trick users into running malware Feedly Summary: ClickFix tricks Microsoft’s security team has published an in-depth report into ClickFix, the social engineering attack which tricks users into executing malicious commands in the guise of proving their humanity.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s security…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/21/think-before-you-clickfix-analyzing-the-clickfix-social-engineering-technique/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique Feedly Summary: The ClickFix social engineering technique has been growing in popularity, with campaigns targeting thousands of enterprise and end-user devices daily. This technique exploits users’ tendency to resolve technical issues by tricking them into running malicious…

  • The Register: ‘Limited’ data leak at Aussie telco turns out to be 280K customer details

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/tpg_telecom_iinet_breach/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Limited’ data leak at Aussie telco turns out to be 280K customer details Feedly Summary: iiNet breach blamed on single stolen login, with emails, phone numbers, and addresses exposed Aussie telco giant TPG Telecom has opened an investigation after confirming a cyberattack at subsidiary iiNet.… AI Summary and…

  • Unit 42: Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/genai-phishing-bait/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook Feedly Summary: GenAI-created phishing campaigns misuse tools ranging from website builders to text generators in order to create more convincing and scalable attacks. The post Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook appeared first on Unit 42. AI Summary and Description:…

  • Slashdot: Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Number. It Was a Scam

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/18/0223228/googles-ai-overview-pointed-him-to-a-customer-number-it-was-a-scam?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Number. It Was a Scam Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a scam where a real estate developer was tricked into providing credit card information to an impersonator posing as a customer service representative for a…