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  • Hacker News: Kaspersky exposes hidden malware on GitHub stealing personal data

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    Source URL: https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/kaspersky-exposes-hidden-malware-on-github-stealing-personal-data-and-485000-in-bitcoin Source: Hacker News Title: Kaspersky exposes hidden malware on GitHub stealing personal data Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the discovery of a malicious campaign dubbed GitVenom by Kaspersky’s Global Research & Analysis Team, targeting gamers and crypto investors through compromised open-source repositories on GitHub. It…

  • 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.…

  • Hacker News: Your Invoice Is an Actor That Wants to Get Paid

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    Source URL: https://10xbetterai.beehiiv.com/p/your-invoice-is-an-actor-that-wants-to-get-paid Source: Hacker News Title: Your Invoice Is an Actor That Wants to Get Paid Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the evolution of business processes from manual, passive data handling to a future where data objects, termed Agentic Business Objects (ABOs), become self-aware and capable of…

  • Hacker News: Towards a test-suite for TOTP codes

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    Source URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/03/towards-a-test-suite-for-totp-codes/ Source: Hacker News Title: Towards a test-suite for TOTP codes Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text critiques the TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) specification, highlighting discrepancies between major implementations and emphasizing the need for consistency in security standards. The author has created a test suite to help identify…

  • 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,…

  • Hacker News: Sergey Brin says 60 hours a week is the ‘sweet spot’

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    Source URL: https://fortune.com/2025/02/28/sergey-brin-60-hours-work-week-rto-gemini-artificial-general-intelligence/ Source: Hacker News Title: Sergey Brin says 60 hours a week is the ‘sweet spot’ Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Sergey Brin’s emphasis on increased in-office work and longer hours reflects a pressing drive within Google to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI). He advocates for productivity-boosting practices among…

  • Slashdot: Malicious PyPI Package Exploited Deezer’s API, Orchestrates a Distributed Piracy Operation

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/02/064255/malicious-pypi-package-exploited-deezers-api-orchestrates-a-distributed-piracy-operation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Malicious PyPI Package Exploited Deezer’s API, Orchestrates a Distributed Piracy Operation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A malicious PyPi package named “automslc” exploited systems for unauthorized music downloads from Deezer, bypassing access restrictions and violating API terms. Its removal from PyPI demonstrates the ongoing security challenges…

  • Hacker News: The GitVenom campaign: cryptocurrency theft using GitHub

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    Source URL: https://securelist.com/gitvenom-campaign/115694/ Source: Hacker News Title: The GitVenom campaign: cryptocurrency theft using GitHub Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the GitVenom campaign, which involves threat actors creating fake open-source projects on GitHub to distribute malicious code. These projects appear legitimate and lure unsuspecting users, emphasizing the need for…

  • 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…

  • Hacker News: 3x Improvement with Infinite Retrieval: Attention Enhanced LLMs in Long-Context

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12962 Source: Hacker News Title: 3x Improvement with Infinite Retrieval: Attention Enhanced LLMs in Long-Context Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a novel approach called InfiniRetri, which enhances long-context processing capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) by utilizing their own attention mechanisms for improved retrieval accuracy. This…