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  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

  • Hacker News: FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/fbi-dutch-police-disrupt-manipulaters-phishing-gang/ Source: Hacker News Title: FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the recent actions taken by the FBI and Dutch authorities against a significant cybercrime operation known as “The Manipulaters.” This group was involved in the distribution of malware and…

  • Krebs on Security: FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/fbi-dutch-police-disrupt-manipulaters-phishing-gang/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang Feedly Summary: The FBI and authorities in The Netherlands this week seized a number of servers and domains for a hugely popular spam and malware dissemination service operating out of Pakistan. The proprietors of the service, who use the collective…

  • Cloud Blog: Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/adversarial-misuse-generative-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI Feedly Summary: Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are unlocking new possibilities for the way we work and accelerating innovation in science, technology, and beyond. In cybersecurity, AI is poised to transform digital defense, empowering defenders and enhancing our collective security. Large language…

  • The Register: CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/27/cloudflare_cdn_location_data/ Source: The Register Title: CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy Feedly Summary: Also, Subaru web portal spills user deets, Tornado Cash sanctions overturned, a Stark ransomware attack, and more Infosec in brief Using a custom-built tool, a 15-year-old hacker exploited Cloudflare’s content delivery network to approximate the…

  • The Register: Mental toll: Scale AI, Outlier sued by humans paid to steer AI away from our darkest depths

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/24/scale_ai_outlier_sued_over/ Source: The Register Title: Mental toll: Scale AI, Outlier sued by humans paid to steer AI away from our darkest depths Feedly Summary: Who guards the guardrail makers? Not the bosses who hire them, it’s alleged Scale AI, which labels training data for machine-learning models, was sued this month, alongside labor platform…

  • Slashdot: AI Benchmarking Organization Criticized For Waiting To Disclose Funding from OpenAI

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/20/199223/ai-benchmarking-organization-criticized-for-waiting-to-disclose-funding-from-openai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Benchmarking Organization Criticized For Waiting To Disclose Funding from OpenAI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses allegations of impropriety regarding Epoch AI’s lack of transparency about its funding from OpenAI while developing math benchmarks for AI. This incident raises concerns about transparency in…

  • Schneier on Security: Biden Signs New Cybersecurity Order

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/biden-signs-new-cybersecurity-order.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Biden Signs New Cybersecurity Order Feedly Summary: President Biden has signed a new cybersecurity order. It has a bunch of provisions, most notably using the US governments procurement power to improve cybersecurity practices industry-wide. Some details: The core of the executive order is an array of mandates…

  • Hacker News: OpenAI funded FrontierMath Benchmarks and had access to the set

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    Source URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cu2E8wgmbdZbqeWqb/meemi-s-shortform Source: Hacker News Title: OpenAI funded FrontierMath Benchmarks and had access to the set Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses concerns regarding non-transparency in the funding and communication between OpenAI and Epoch AI related to the FrontierMath project. It highlights potential privacy and security implications for…