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  • Slashdot: UK Plans To Ban Public Sector Organizations From Paying Ransomware Hackers

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/160241/uk-plans-to-ban-public-sector-organizations-from-paying-ransomware-hackers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: UK Plans To Ban Public Sector Organizations From Paying Ransomware Hackers Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The U.K. government is considering a targeted ban on ransomware payments for public sector entities in response to rising cyberattacks. This proposal aims to disrupt the financial incentives that fuel…

  • Embrace The Red: Microsoft 365 Copilot Generated Images Accessible Without Authentication — Fixed!

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/m365-copilot-image-generation-without-authentication/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Microsoft 365 Copilot Generated Images Accessible Without Authentication — Fixed! Feedly Summary: I regularly look at how the system prompts of chatbots change over time. Updates frequently highlight new features being added, design changes that occur and potential areas that might benefit from more security scrutiny. A…

  • Slashdot: Congress Funds Removal of Chinese Telecom Gear as Feds Probe Home Router Risks

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/12/19/143223/congress-funds-removal-of-chinese-telecom-gear-as-feds-probe-home-router-risks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Congress Funds Removal of Chinese Telecom Gear as Feds Probe Home Router Risks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the U.S. Congress’s allocation of $3 billion to eliminate Chinese equipment from national networks due to security vulnerabilities associated with potential cyberattacks by state-sponsored actors.…

  • The Register: Three more vulns spotted in Ivanti CSA, all critical, one 10/10

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/11/ivanti_vulns_critical/ Source: The Register Title: Three more vulns spotted in Ivanti CSA, all critical, one 10/10 Feedly Summary: Patch up, everyone – that admin portal is mighty attractive to your friendly cyberattacker Ivanti just put out a security advisory warning of three critical vulnerabilities in its Cloud Services Application (CSA), including a perfect…

  • Data and computer security | The Guardian: Alder Hey children’s hospital explores ‘data breach’ after ransomware claims

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    Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/29/alder-hey-childrens-hospital-explores-data-breach-after-ransomware-claims Source: Data and computer security | The Guardian Title: Alder Hey children’s hospital explores ‘data breach’ after ransomware claims Feedly Summary: Screenshots purporting to be from systems of Liverpool NHS health facility have been posted onlineA ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from the Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool, allegedly…

  • The Register: Cloudflare broke its logging-a-service service, causing customer data loss

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/cloudflare_logs_data_loss_incident/ Source: The Register Title: Cloudflare broke its logging-a-service service, causing customer data loss Feedly Summary: Software snafu took five minutes to roll back. The mess it made took hours to clean up Cloudflare has admitted that it broke its own logging-as-a-service service with a bad software update, and that customer data was…

  • Slashdot: ‘It’s Surprisingly Easy To Jailbreak LLM-Driven Robots’

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/11/23/0513211/its-surprisingly-easy-to-jailbreak-llm-driven-robots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘It’s Surprisingly Easy To Jailbreak LLM-Driven Robots’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new study revealing a method to exploit LLM-driven robots, achieving a 100% success rate in bypassing safety mechanisms. The researchers introduced RoboPAIR, an algorithm that allows attackers to manipulate self-driving…

  • Krebs on Security: Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/feds-charge-five-men-in-scattered-spider-roundup/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup Feedly Summary: Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Malicious QR codes

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/malicious_qr_codes/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Malicious QR codes Feedly Summary: QR codes are disproportionately effective at bypassing most anti-spam filters, as most filters are not designed to recognize that a QR code is present in an image and decode the QR code. According to Talos’ data, roughly 60% of all email containing…

  • Hacker News: O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time

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    Source URL: https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/o2-unveils-daisy-the-ai-granny-wasting-scammers-time/ Source: Hacker News Title: O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: O2 has unveiled an AI called ‘Daisy’, designed to engage and distract phone scammers while informing the public about scam awareness. This innovative approach leverages advanced AI technology to keep…