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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: My LLM codegen workflow atm

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/21/my-llm-codegen-workflow-atm/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: My LLM codegen workflow atm Feedly Summary: My LLM codegen workflow atm Harper Reed describes his workflow for writing code with the assistance of LLMs. This is clearly a very well-thought out process, which has evolved a lot already and continues to change. Harper starts greenfield projects…

  • Hacker News: Tea Extensions [pdf] (2006)

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    Source URL: https://tayloredge.com/reference/Mathematics/TEA-XTEA.pdf Source: Hacker News Title: Tea Extensions [pdf] (2006) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The provided text discusses the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA), describing its characteristics, efficiency, and practical implementations in various programming languages. As a lightweight and open-source encryption technique, TEA is notable for its simplicity and speed,…

  • Hacker News: Will AI Agents Revolutionize How We Query and Use Data?

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    Source URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43036779 Source: Hacker News Title: Will AI Agents Revolutionize How We Query and Use Data? Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The introduction of AI Data Agents in Snowflake’s Cortex marks a significant shift in data workflows, moving from traditional query-driven methods to more dynamic goal-driven automation. By enabling agents…

  • The Register: The Feds want developers to stop coding ‘unforgivable’ buffer overflow vulns

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/fbi_cisa_unforgivable_buffer_overflow/ Source: The Register Title: The Feds want developers to stop coding ‘unforgivable’ buffer overflow vulns Feedly Summary: FBI, CISA harrumph at Microsoft and VMware in call for coders to quit baking avoidable defects into stuff US authorities have labelled buffer overflow vulnerabilities “unforgivable defects”, pointed to the presence of the holes in…

  • Alerts: CISA and FBI Warn of Malicious Cyber Actors Using Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities to Compromise Software

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/02/12/cisa-and-fbi-warn-malicious-cyber-actors-using-buffer-overflow-vulnerabilities-compromise-software Source: Alerts Title: CISA and FBI Warn of Malicious Cyber Actors Using Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities to Compromise Software Feedly Summary: CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a Secure by Design Alert, Eliminating Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, as part of their cooperative Secure by Design Alert series—an ongoing series aimed…

  • The Register: The biggest microcode attack in our history is underway

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/microcode_attack_trump_musk/ Source: The Register Title: The biggest microcode attack in our history is underway Feedly Summary: When your state machines are vulnerable, all bets are off Opinion All malicious attacks on digital systems have one common aim: taking control. Mostly, that means getting a CPU somewhere to turn traitor, running code that silently…

  • Hacker News: It is time to standardize principles and practices for software memory safety

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    Source URL: https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/it-is-time-to-standardize-principles-and-practices-for-software-memory-safety/ Source: Hacker News Title: It is time to standardize principles and practices for software memory safety Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a comprehensive exploration of the endemic memory-safety vulnerabilities in software, their implications for security, and the necessity for memory-safety standardization to enhance software security…

  • Hacker News: Okta Bcrypt incident lessons for designing better APIs

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    Source URL: https://n0rdy.foo/posts/20250121/okta-bcrypt-lessons-for-better-apis/ Source: Hacker News Title: Okta Bcrypt incident lessons for designing better APIs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a security incident involving Okta and the vulnerabilities associated with the Bcrypt hashing algorithm when utilized improperly. It highlights how the lack of input validation in some cryptographic…

  • 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…