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  • Slashdot: Google DeepMind Is Hiring a ‘Post-AGI’ Research Scientist

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/15/182244/google-deepmind-is-hiring-a-post-agi-research-scientist?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google DeepMind Is Hiring a ‘Post-AGI’ Research Scientist Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses how major AI research firms, particularly Google and its DeepMind division, are preparing for a future beyond achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Despite the current lack of evidence supporting imminent…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/15/threat-actors-misuse-node-js-to-deliver-malware-and-other-malicious-payloads/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads Feedly Summary: Since October 2024, Microsoft Defender Experts has observed and helped multiple customers address campaigns leveraging Node.js to deliver malware and other payloads that ultimately lead to information theft and data exfiltration. The post Threat…

  • Schneier on Security: Slopsquatting

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/slopsquatting.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Slopsquatting Feedly Summary: As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names—laced with malware, of course. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a critical security concern in the intersection of AI and…

  • The Register: Chinese snoops use stealth RAT to backdoor US orgs – still active last week

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/chinese_spies_backdoored_us_orgs/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese snoops use stealth RAT to backdoor US orgs – still active last week Feedly Summary: Let the espionage and access resale campaigns begin (again) A cyberspy crew or individual with ties to China’s Ministry of State Security has infected global organizations with a remote access trojan (RAT)…

  • Anchore: The NVD Enrichment Crisis: One Year Later—How Anchore is Filling the Vulnerability Data Gap

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    Source URL: https://anchore.com/blog/nvd-crisis-one-year-later/ Source: Anchore Title: The NVD Enrichment Crisis: One Year Later—How Anchore is Filling the Vulnerability Data Gap Feedly Summary: About one year ago, Anchore’s own Josh Bressers broke the story that NVD (National Vulnerability Database) was not keeping up with its vulnerability enrichment. This week, we sat down with Josh to see…

  • The Register: Where it Hertz: Customer data driven off in Cleo attacks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/hertz_cleo_customer_data/ Source: The Register Title: Where it Hertz: Customer data driven off in Cleo attacks Feedly Summary: Car hire biz takes your privacy seriously, though Car hire giant Hertz has confirmed that customer information was stolen during the zero-day data raids on Cleo file transfer products last year.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Year in Review: The biggest trends in ransomware

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/year-in-review-ransomware/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Year in Review: The biggest trends in ransomware Feedly Summary: This week, our Year in Review spotlight is on ransomware—where low-profile tactics led to high-impact consequences. Download our 2 page ransomware summary, or watch our 55 second video. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses recent trends in…

  • The Register: Cyber congressman demands answers before CISA gets cut down to size

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/14/swalwell_cisa_cuts/ Source: The Register Title: Cyber congressman demands answers before CISA gets cut down to size Feedly Summary: What’s the goal here, Homeland Insecurity or something? As drastic cuts to the US govt’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency loom, Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA), the ranking member of the House’s cybersecurity subcommittee, has demanded…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Explore how to secure AI by attending our Learn Live Series

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    Source URL: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/explore-how-to-secure-ai-by-attending-our-learn-live-series/4399703 Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Explore how to secure AI by attending our Learn Live Series Feedly Summary: Register to attend one or all our Learn Live sessions to learn how to secure your environment for AI adoption. The post Explore how to secure AI by attending our Learn Live Series appeared…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/12/andrew-nesbitt/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt Feedly Summary: Slopsquatting — when an LLM hallucinates a non-existent package name, and a bad actor registers it maliciously. The AI brother of typosquatting. Credit to @sethmlarson for the name — Andrew Nesbitt Tags: ai-ethics, slop, packaging, generative-ai, supply-chain, ai, llms, seth-michael-larson AI Summary…