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  • Slashdot: Arch Linux Faces ‘Ongoing’ DDoS Attack

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    Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/0513229/arch-linux-faces-ongoing-ddos-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Arch Linux Faces ‘Ongoing’ DDoS Attack Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a DDoS attack on the Arch Linux community, emphasizing the security challenges faced by volunteer-driven projects and their reliance on external hosting and infrastructure. It highlights the ongoing mitigation efforts by the…

  • Embrace The Red: Windsurf: Memory-Persistent Data Exfiltration (SpAIware Exploit)

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/windsurf-spaiware-exploit-persistent-prompt-injection/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Windsurf: Memory-Persistent Data Exfiltration (SpAIware Exploit) Feedly Summary: In this second post about Windsurf Cascade we are exploring the SpAIware attack, which allows memory persistent data exfiltration. SpAIware is an attack we first successfully demonstrated with ChatGPT last year and OpenAI mitigated. While inspecting the system prompt…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Reportedly Cuts China’s Early Access to Bug Disclosures, PoC Exploit Code

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/2059255/microsoft-reportedly-cuts-chinas-early-access-to-bug-disclosures-poc-exploit-code Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Reportedly Cuts China’s Early Access to Bug Disclosures, PoC Exploit Code Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has modified its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) to restrict access to proof-of-concept exploit code for companies in certain countries, including China, to combat the leak of sensitive…

  • Slashdot: Meta Signs $10 Billion Cloud Deal With Google

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    Source URL: https://meta.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/2043255/meta-signs-10-billion-cloud-deal-with-google Source: Slashdot Title: Meta Signs $10 Billion Cloud Deal With Google Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has entered into a significant six-year cloud computing partnership with Meta, valued at over $10 billion, to support Meta’s extensive AI infrastructure. This collaboration highlights the growing intersection of cloud computing and…

  • The Register: Short circuit: Electronics supplier to tech giants suffers ransomware shutdown

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/data_io_ransomware_attack_temporarily/ Source: The Register Title: Short circuit: Electronics supplier to tech giants suffers ransomware shutdown Feedly Summary: Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft among major customers Data I/O, a major electronics manufacturer whose customers include Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, notified federal regulators that it fell victim to a ransomware infection on August 16…

  • The Register: Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/firefox_142/ Source: The Register Title: Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links Feedly Summary: CRLite, link previews, and a llama-shaped surprise for devs Good news, everyone! The new version of Mozilla’s browser now makes even more extensive use of AI, providing summaries of linked content and offering developers the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: too many model context protocol servers and LLM allocations on the dance floor

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/22/too-many-mcps/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: too many model context protocol servers and LLM allocations on the dance floor Feedly Summary: too many model context protocol servers and LLM allocations on the dance floor Useful reminder from Geoffrey Huntley of the infrequently discussed significant token cost of using MCP. Geoffrey estimate estimates that…

  • The Register: Criminal background checker APCS faces data breach

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/apcs_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Criminal background checker APCS faces data breach Feedly Summary: The attack first affected an upstream provider of bespoke software Exclusive A leading UK provider of criminal record checks for employers is handling a data breach stemming from a third-party development company.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • The Register: Fake CAPTCHA tests trick users into running malware

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/clickfix_report/ Source: The Register Title: Fake CAPTCHA tests trick users into running malware Feedly Summary: ClickFix tricks Microsoft’s security team has published an in-depth report into ClickFix, the social engineering attack which tricks users into executing malicious commands in the guise of proving their humanity.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s security…

  • OpenAI : Accelerating life sciences research

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/accelerating-life-sciences-research-with-retro-biosciences Source: OpenAI Title: Accelerating life sciences research Feedly Summary: Discover how a specialized AI model, GPT-4b micro, helped OpenAI and Retro Bio engineer more effective proteins for stem cell therapy and longevity research. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the utilization of a specialized AI model, GPT-4b micro, in…