Tag: research

  • The Register: WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/whatsapp_view_once/ Source: The Register Title: WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics Feedly Summary: And it only took four months, tut WhatsApp has fixed a problem with its View Once feature, designed to protect people’s privacy with automatically disappearing pictures and videos.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: MC LR Router and GoCast unpatched vulnerabilities

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/mc-lr-router-and-gocast-zero-day-vulnerabilities-2/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: MC LR Router and GoCast unpatched vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Research team recently discovered two vulnerabilities in MC Technologies LR Router and three vulnerabilities in the GoCast service. These vulnerabilities have not been patched at time of this posting. For Snort coverage that can detect the exploitation…

  • Hacker News: Willow, Our Quantum Chip

    Source URL: https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/ Source: Hacker News Title: Willow, Our Quantum Chip Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text announces the launch of Google’s latest quantum chip, Willow, which significantly enhances quantum error correction and boasts unparalleled performance in quantum computing tasks compared to classical supercomputers. The development of Willow marks a…

  • The Register: Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/aws_credentials_stolen/ Source: The Register Title: Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket Feedly Summary: ShinyHunters-linked heist thought to have been ongoing since March Exclusive A massive online heist targeting AWS customers during which digital crooks abused misconfigurations in public websites and stole source code, thousands of…

  • Slashdot: AI Boosts Materials Discovery By 44% at Major US Lab

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/12/09/159202/ai-boosts-materials-discovery-by-44-at-major-us-lab?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Boosts Materials Discovery By 44% at Major US Lab Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A study highlights that AI-powered teams at a major U.S. materials company achieved significant innovations in material discovery and patent filings compared to traditional methods. However, it also raises concerns about…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: I can now run a GPT-4 class model on my laptop

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/9/llama-33-70b/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: I can now run a GPT-4 class model on my laptop Feedly Summary: Meta’s new Llama 3.3 70B is a genuinely GPT-4 class Large Language Model that runs on my laptop. Just 20 months ago I was amazed to see something that felt GPT-3 class run on…

  • The Register: OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/openwrt_firmware_vulnerabilities/ Source: The Register Title: OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare Feedly Summary: A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time OpenWrt users should upgrade their images to the same version to protect themselves from a possible supply chain attack reported to the open source Wi-Fi router…

  • Schneier on Security: Trust Issues in AI

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/trust-issues-in-ai.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Trust Issues in AI Feedly Summary: For a technology that seems startling in its modernity, AI sure has a long history. Google Translate, OpenAI chatbots, and Meta AI image generators are built on decades of advancements in linguistics, signal processing, statistics, and other fields going back to…

  • Hacker News: Compromising OpenWrt Supply Chain

    Source URL: https://flatt.tech/research/posts/compromising-openwrt-supply-chain-sha256-collision/ Source: Hacker News Title: Compromising OpenWrt Supply Chain Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text presents a comprehensive security analysis regarding vulnerabilities in the OpenWrt firmware supply chain, detailing how command injection and SHA-256 collisions can be exploited. It emphasizes the importance of secure coding practices and robust…

  • The Register: How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi’s national surveillance system

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/08/chinese_insiders_stealing_data/ Source: The Register Title: How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi’s national surveillance system Feedly Summary: ‘It’s a double-edged sword,’ security researchers tell The Reg Feature Chinese tech company employees and government workers are siphoning off user data and selling it online – and even high-ranking Chinese Communist…