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  • The Register: Google yet to take down ‘screenshot-grabbing’ Chrome VPN extension

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/freevpn_privacy_research/ Source: The Register Title: Google yet to take down ‘screenshot-grabbing’ Chrome VPN extension Feedly Summary: Researcher claims extension didn’t start out by exfiltrating info… while dev says its actions are ‘compliant’ Security boffins at Koi Security have warned of a shift in behavior of a popular Chrome VPN extension, FreeVPN.One, which recently…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Mustafa Suleyman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/21/mustafa-suleyman/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Mustafa Suleyman Feedly Summary: Simply put, my central worry is that many people will start to believe in the illusion of AIs as conscious entities so strongly that they’ll soon advocate for AI rights, model welfare and even AI citizenship. This development will be a dangerous…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Quantum-safe security: Progress towards next-generation cryptography

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/20/quantum-safe-security-progress-towards-next-generation-cryptography/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Quantum-safe security: Progress towards next-generation cryptography Feedly Summary: Microsoft is proactively leading the transition to quantum-safe security by advancing post-quantum cryptography, collaborating with global standards bodies, and helping organizations prepare for the coming quantum era. The post Quantum-safe security: Progress towards next-generation cryptography appeared first on Microsoft…

  • The Register: Perplexity’s Comet browser naively processed pages with evil instructions

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/perplexity_comet_browser_prompt_injection/ Source: The Register Title: Perplexity’s Comet browser naively processed pages with evil instructions Feedly Summary: Rival Brave flags prompt injection vulnerability, now patched To the surprise of no one in the security industry, processing untrusted, unvalidated input is a bad idea.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recently…

  • The Register: Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/commvault_bug_chains_patched/ Source: The Register Title: Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven Feedly Summary: Researchers disclosing their findings said ‘it’s as bad as it sounds’ Researchers at watchTowr just published working proof-of-concept exploits for two unauthenticated remote code execution bug chains in backup giant Commvault.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Warns Excel’s New AI Function ‘Can Give Incorrect Responses’ in High-Stakes Scenarios

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/20/128217/microsoft-warns-excels-new-ai-function-can-give-incorrect-responses-in-high-stakes-scenarios?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Warns Excel’s New AI Function ‘Can Give Incorrect Responses’ in High-Stakes Scenarios Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is testing a new AI feature called COPILOT in Excel that leverages OpenAI’s gpt-4.1-mini model for automating spreadsheet tasks through natural language. While it presents innovative capabilities…

  • Embrace The Red: Amazon Q Developer for VS Code Vulnerable to Invisible Prompt Injection

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/amazon-q-developer-interprets-hidden-instructions/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Amazon Q Developer for VS Code Vulnerable to Invisible Prompt Injection Feedly Summary: The Amazon Q Developer VS Code Extension (Amazon Q) is a very popular coding agent, with over 1 million downloads. In previous posts we showed how prompt injection vulnerabilities in Amazon Q could lead…

  • The Register: KPMG wrote 100-page prompt to build agentic TaxBot

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/kpmg_giant_prompt_tax_agent/ Source: The Register Title: KPMG wrote 100-page prompt to build agentic TaxBot Feedly Summary: Produces advice in a single day instead of two weeks – without job losses The Australian arm of consultancy firm KPMG wrote a 100-page prompt to create an agentic system that prepares tax advice far faster than humans.……