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  • Cisco Talos Blog: Cybercriminals camouflaging threats as AI tool installers

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/fake-ai-tool-installers/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Cybercriminals camouflaging threats as AI tool installers Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has uncovered new threats, including ransomware like CyberLock and Lucky_Gh0$t, and a destructive malware called Numero, all disguised as legitimate AI tool installers to target victims. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text reveals critical…

  • The Register: OpenAI model modifies shutdown script in apparent sabotage effort

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/29/openai_model_modifies_shutdown_script/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI model modifies shutdown script in apparent sabotage effort Feedly Summary: Even when instructed to allow shutdown, o3 sometimes tries to prevent it, research claims A research organization claims that OpenAI machine learning model o3 might prevent itself from being shut down in some circumstances while completing an…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-mistral 0.14

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/29/llm-mistral-014/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-mistral 0.14 Feedly Summary: llm-mistral 0.14 I added tool-support to my plugin for accessing the Mistral API from LLM today, plus support for Mistral’s new Codestral Embed embedding model. An interesting challenge here is that I’m not using an official client library for llm-mistral – I rolled…

  • The Register: Attack on LexisNexis Risk Solutions exposes data on 300k +

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/28/attack_on_lexisnexis_risk_solutions/ Source: The Register Title: Attack on LexisNexis Risk Solutions exposes data on 300k + Feedly Summary: Data analytics and risk management biz says software dev platform breached, not itself LexisNexis Risk Solutions (LNRS) is the latest big-name organization to disclose a serious cyberattack leading to data theft, with the number of affected…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Codestral Embed

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/28/codestral-embed/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Codestral Embed Feedly Summary: Codestral Embed Brand new embedding model from Mistral, specifically trained for code. Mistral claim that: Codestral Embed significantly outperforms leading code embedders in the market today: Voyage Code 3, Cohere Embed v4.0 and OpenAI’s large embedding model. The model is designed to work…

  • Cloud Blog: Mark Your Calendar: APT41 Innovative Tactics

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/apt41-innovative-tactics/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Mark Your Calendar: APT41 Innovative Tactics Feedly Summary: Written by: Patrick Whitsell Google Threat Intelligence Group’s (GTIG) mission is to protect Google’s billions of users and Google’s multitude of products and services. In late October 2024, GTIG discovered an exploited government website hosting malware being used to target…

  • Scott Logic: Advice on transitioning from a legacy API

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    Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/05/28/advice-on-transitioning-from-a-legacy-api.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Advice on transitioning from a legacy API Feedly Summary: We have been helping a client migrate their trading platform to a new version of a third-party API. The migration is more interesting than usual for a number of reasons, so I thought it might be useful to share…

  • The Register: DragonForce double-whammy: First hit an MSP, then use RMM software to push ransomware

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/28/dragonforce_ransomware_gang_sets_fire/ Source: The Register Title: DragonForce double-whammy: First hit an MSP, then use RMM software to push ransomware Feedly Summary: SimpleHelp was the vector for the attack DragonForce ransomware infected a managed service provider, and its customers, after attackers exploited security flaws in remote monitoring and management tool SimpleHelp.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • The Register: Don’t click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/fake_social_media_ads_ai_tool/ Source: The Register Title: Don’t click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool Feedly Summary: Millions may fall for it – and end up with malware instead A group of miscreants tracked as UNC6032 is exploiting interest in AI video generators by planting malicious ads on social media platforms to steal…