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  • The Register: Cybercrims now licking stamps and sending extortion demands in snail mail

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/snail_mail_data_release_extortion/ Source: The Register Title: Cybercrims now licking stamps and sending extortion demands in snail mail Feedly Summary: First crooks gave up encrypting data, and just stole it – now they don’t even bother pilfering info. Sheesh! Ransomware extortionists are now using letters sent by snail mail to demand payments, without bothering to…

  • The Register: So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/russia_cyber_threat/ Source: The Register Title: So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America? Feedly Summary: Mixed messages from Pentagon, CISA as Trump gets pally with Putin and Kremlin strikes US critical networks Comment America’s cybersecurity chiefs in recent days have been sending mixed messages about the threat posed by Russia in…

  • Hacker News: Show HN: Agents.json – OpenAPI Specification for LLMs

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    Source URL: https://github.com/wild-card-ai/agents-json Source: Hacker News Title: Show HN: Agents.json – OpenAPI Specification for LLMs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the introduction of the agents.json specification, which facilitates the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) with APIs by making API interactions more manageable and structured. This specification extends…

  • The Register: Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/03/microsoft_unveils_a_finalized_eu/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows Feedly Summary: Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored Microsoft has completed its EU data boundary, however, analysts and some regional cloud players are…

  • Hacker News: Mozilla is trying to backtrack on Firefox’s controversial data privacy update

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    Source URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/mozilla-is-already-trying-to-backtrack-on-firefoxs-controversial-data-privacy-update-but-it-might-be-too-little-too-late/ Source: Hacker News Title: Mozilla is trying to backtrack on Firefox’s controversial data privacy update Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the controversy surrounding Mozilla’s recent update to the Terms of Use for Firefox, which has sparked outrage among users due to concerns over data privacy.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Notes from my Accessibility and Gen AI podcast appearence

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/accessibility-and-gen-ai/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Notes from my Accessibility and Gen AI podcast appearence Feedly Summary: I was a guest on the most recent episode of the Accessibility + Gen AI Podcast, hosted by Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon. We had a really fun, wide-ranging conversation about a host of different topics.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Kellan Elliott-McCrea

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/kellan-elliott-mccrea/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Kellan Elliott-McCrea Feedly Summary: Regarding the recent blog post, I think a simpler explanation is that hallucinating a non-existent library is a such an inhuman error it throws people. A human making such an error would be almost unforgivably careless. — Kellan Elliott-McCrea Tags: ai-assisted-programming, generative-ai,…

  • Slashdot: 27-Year-Old EXE Became Python In Minutes. Is AI-Assisted Reverse Engineering Next?

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/03/01/2211210/27-year-old-exe-became-python-in-minutes-is-ai-assisted-reverse-engineering-next?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: 27-Year-Old EXE Became Python In Minutes. Is AI-Assisted Reverse Engineering Next? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses a remarkable case of using AI (Claude 3.7) to reverse-engineer a 27-year-old Visual Basic application and rewrite it in Python. This showcases the potential of generative AI…

  • Hacker News: Microsoft Copilot continues to expose private GitHub repositories

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    Source URL: https://www.developer-tech.com/news/microsoft-copilot-continues-to-expose-private-github-repositories/ Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft Copilot continues to expose private GitHub repositories Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The investigation by Lasso into claims about ChatGPT accessing private GitHub repositories highlighted critical concerns regarding data privacy and the phenomenon known as “Zombie Data.” This situation underscores the risks of…