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  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: 5 tips for secure AI success

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-5-tips-secure-ai-success/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: 5 tips for secure AI success Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for March 2025. Today, Royal Hansen, vice-president, Engineering, and Nick Godfrey, Office of the CISO senior director, discuss how new AI Protection capabilities in Security Command Center fit in with…

  • The Register: Google acquisition target Wiz links fresh supply chain attack to 23K pwned GitHub repos

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/wiz_github_supply_chain/ Source: The Register Title: Google acquisition target Wiz links fresh supply chain attack to 23K pwned GitHub repos Feedly Summary: Ad giant’s cloudy arm to pay $30B in security shop deal Wiz security researchers think they’ve found the root cause of the GitHub supply chain attack that unfolded over the weekend, and…

  • Hacker News: Mlx-community/OLMo-2-0325-32B-Instruct-4bit

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/16/olmo2/ Source: Hacker News Title: Mlx-community/OLMo-2-0325-32B-Instruct-4bit Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the OLMo 2 model, which claims to be a superior, fully open alternative to GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4o mini. It provides installation instructions for running this model on a Mac, highlighting its ease of access…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: StilachiRAT analysis: From system reconnaissance to cryptocurrency theft

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/17/stilachirat-analysis-from-system-reconnaissance-to-cryptocurrency-theft/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: StilachiRAT analysis: From system reconnaissance to cryptocurrency theft Feedly Summary: Microsoft Incident Response uncovered a novel remote access trojan (RAT) named StilachiRAT, which demonstrates sophisticated techniques to evade detection, persist in the target environment, and exfiltrate sensitive data. This blog primarily focuses on analysis of the WWStartupCtrl64.dll…

  • Slashdot: Google’s AI ‘Co-Scientist’ Solved a 10-Year Superbug Problem in Two Days

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/17/039241/googles-ai-co-scientist-solved-a-10-year-superbug-problem-in-two-days Source: Slashdot Title: Google’s AI ‘Co-Scientist’ Solved a 10-Year Superbug Problem in Two Days Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has partnered with Imperial College London to leverage its AI tool, built on Gemini 2.0, to enhance biomedical research effectiveness. The AI demonstrated the ability to swiftly generate hypotheses…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: mlx-community/OLMo-2-0325-32B-Instruct-4bit

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/16/olmo2/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: mlx-community/OLMo-2-0325-32B-Instruct-4bit Feedly Summary: mlx-community/OLMo-2-0325-32B-Instruct-4bit OLMo 2 32B claims to be “the first fully-open model (all data, code, weights, and details are freely available) to outperform GPT3.5-Turbo and GPT-4o mini". Thanks to the MLX project here’s a recipe that worked for me to run it on my Mac,…

  • Hacker News: AutoHete: An Automatic and Efficient Heterogeneous Training System for LLMs

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01890 Source: Hacker News Title: AutoHete: An Automatic and Efficient Heterogeneous Training System for LLMs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The paper introduces AutoHete, a groundbreaking training system designed for heterogeneous environments that significantly enhances the training efficiency of large language models (LLMs). It addresses GPU memory limitations and…

  • Hacker News: Lazarus Group deceives developers with 6 new malicious NPM packages

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    Source URL: https://cyberscoop.com/lazarus-group-north-korea-malicious-npm-packages-socket/ Source: Hacker News Title: Lazarus Group deceives developers with 6 new malicious NPM packages Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Lazarus Group has infiltrated the npm registry, introducing six malicious packages designed to deceive software developers, steal credentials, and disrupt their workflows. This incident highlights the ongoing threats…

  • The Register: New kids on the ransomware block channel Lockbit to raid Fortinet firewalls

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/14/ransomware_gang_lockbit_ties/ Source: The Register Title: New kids on the ransomware block channel Lockbit to raid Fortinet firewalls Feedly Summary: It’s March already and you haven’t patched? Researchers are tracking a newly discovered ransomware group with suspected links to LockBit after a series of intrusions were reported starting in January.… AI Summary and Description:…