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  • Wired: McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-ai-hiring-chat-bot-paradoxai/ Source: Wired Title: McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’ Feedly Summary: Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI To Release AI Web Browser in Challenge To Chrome

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/09/1818249/openai-to-release-ai-web-browser-in-challenge-to-chrome?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI To Release AI Web Browser in Challenge To Chrome Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI is set to introduce an AI-driven web browser that aims to disrupt the dominance of Google Chrome, leveraging artificial intelligence to transform user experience and access to data. This development…

  • CSA: Scattered Spider Behind Major ESXi Ransomware Attacks

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    Source URL: https://valicyber.com/resources/scattered-spider-esxi-ransomware/ Source: CSA Title: Scattered Spider Behind Major ESXi Ransomware Attacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the evolving threat posed by the ransomware group Scattered Spider, particularly their focus on exploiting VMware ESXi hypervisors. Highlighting several high-profile breaches and their tactics, the article urges organizations to adapt…

  • The Register: Qantas begins telling some customers that mystery attackers have their home address

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/qantas_begins_telling_customers_data/ Source: The Register Title: Qantas begins telling some customers that mystery attackers have their home address Feedly Summary: Plus: Confirms less serious data points like meal preferences also leaked Qantas says that when cybercrooks attacked a “third party platform" used by the airline’s contact center systems, they accessed the personal information and…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Enhancing Microsoft 365 security by eliminating high-privilege access 

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/08/enhancing-microsoft-365-security-by-eliminating-high-privilege-access/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Enhancing Microsoft 365 security by eliminating high-privilege access  Feedly Summary: ​In this blog you will hear directly from Microsoft’s Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Experiences and Devices, Naresh Kannan, about eliminating high-privileged access across all Microsoft 365 applications. This blog is part of an ongoing…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : State Dept. Is Investigating Messages Impersonating Rubio, Official Says

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/rubio-ai-impersonation-investigation.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: State Dept. Is Investigating Messages Impersonating Rubio, Official Says Feedly Summary: A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees. AI…

  • Cloud Blog: This migration from Snowflake to BigQuery accelerated model building and cut costs in half

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/smarterx-migrating-to-bigquery-from-snowflake-cut-costs-in-half/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: This migration from Snowflake to BigQuery accelerated model building and cut costs in half Feedly Summary: In 2024, retail sales for consumer packaged goods were worth $7.5 trillion globally. Their sheer variety — from cosmetics to clothing, frozen vegetables to vitamins  — is hard to fathom. And distribution…

  • Slashdot: Police Department Apologizes for Sharing AI-Doctored Evidence Photo on Social Media

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/06/0252201/police-department-apologizes-for-sharing-ai-doctored-evidence-photo-on-social-media?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Police Department Apologizes for Sharing AI-Doctored Evidence Photo on Social Media Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A police department in Maine admitted to inadvertently sharing an AI-altered photo of drug evidence on social media, resulting in public scrutiny over the integrity of evidence presentation. This incident…

  • The Register: Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/06/ingram_micro_confirms_ransomware_behind/ Source: The Register Title: Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage Feedly Summary: SafePay crew claims responsibility for intrusion at one of world’s largest tech distributors Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest distributors, has confirmed it is trying to restore systems following a ransomware attack.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…