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  • Hacker News: Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Backdoor

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    Source URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/07/uk-government-orders-access-icloud/ Source: Hacker News Title: Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Backdoor Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant demand from UK authorities for Apple to provide backdoor access to iCloud backups globally. This unprecedented request raises serious concerns about privacy, encryption, and…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Code injection attacks using publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/06/code-injection-attacks-using-publicly-disclosed-asp-net-machine-keys/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Code injection attacks using publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed limited activity by an unattributed threat actor using a publicly available, static ASP.NET machine key to inject malicious code and deliver the Godzilla post-exploitation framework. In the course of investigating, remediating, and…

  • Slashdot: ‘AI Granny’ Driving Scammers Up the Wall

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/05/1426220/ai-granny-driving-scammers-up-the-wall?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘AI Granny’ Driving Scammers Up the Wall Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The deployment of O2’s AI chatbot named Daisy to engage and waste the time of scammers leverages artificial intelligence for proactive fraud prevention, showcasing a novel application of AI technology. This approach not only…

  • Hacker News: Infosec 101 for Activists

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    Source URL: https://infosecforactivists.org Source: Hacker News Title: Infosec 101 for Activists Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This document provides critical guidance on digital safety and information security for activists, highlighting the vulnerabilities that arise in modern technology and the specific risks faced by those protesting against power structures. It emphasizes cautious…

  • The Register: Grubhub serves up security incident with a side of needing to change your password

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/grubhub_data_incident/ Source: The Register Title: Grubhub serves up security incident with a side of needing to change your password Feedly Summary: Contact info and partial payment details may be compromised US food and grocery delivery platform Grubhub says a security incident at a third-party service provider is to blame after user data was…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Preserving content provenance by integrating Content Credentials into Cloudflare Images

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/preserve-content-credentials-with-cloudflare-images/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Preserving content provenance by integrating Content Credentials into Cloudflare Images Feedly Summary: Media and journalism companies can now build end-to-end workflows that support Content Credentials by using Cloudflare Images. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary**: The text discusses Cloudflare’s integration of the Coalition for Content Provenance and…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/constitutional-classifiers/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks Feedly Summary: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks Interesting new research from Anthropic, resulting in the paper Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against Universal Jailbreaks across Thousands of Hours of Red Teaming. From the paper: In particular, we introduce Constitutional Classifiers, a framework…

  • NCSC Feed: Preserving integrity in the age of generative AI

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    Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/preserving-integrity-in-age-generative-ai Source: NCSC Feed Title: Preserving integrity in the age of generative AI Feedly Summary: New ‘Content Credentials’ guidance from the NSA seeks to counter the erosion of trust. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the challenges posed by AI technologies in establishing trustworthiness of online content due to the…

  • Cloud Blog: ScatterBrain: Unmasking the Shadow of PoisonPlug’s Obfuscator

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/scatterbrain-unmasking-poisonplug-obfuscator/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: ScatterBrain: Unmasking the Shadow of PoisonPlug’s Obfuscator Feedly Summary: Written by: Nino Isakovic Introduction Since 2022, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has been tracking multiple cyber espionage operations conducted by China-nexus actors utilizing POISONPLUG.SHADOW. These operations employ a custom obfuscating compiler that we refer to as “ScatterBrain," facilitating…