Tag: RoT

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/19/ollama_driveby_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Don’t want drive-by Ollama attackers snooping on your local chats? Patch now Feedly Summary: Reconfigure local app settings via a ‘simple’ POST request A now-patched flaw in popular AI model runner Ollama allows drive-by attacks in which a miscreant uses a malicious website to remotely target people’s personal…

Krebs on Security: Oregon Man Charged in ‘Rapper Bot’ DDoS Service

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Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/oregon-man-charged-in-rapper-bot-ddos-service/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Oregon Man Charged in ‘Rapper Bot’ DDoS Service Feedly Summary: A 22-year-old Oregon man has been arrested on suspicion of operating “Rapper Bot," a massive botnet used to power a service for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets — including a March 2025 DDoS that knocked…

Cloud Blog: Announcing new capabilities for enabling defenders and securing AI innovation

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/security-summit-2025-enabling-defenders-and-securing-ai-innovation/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Announcing new capabilities for enabling defenders and securing AI innovation Feedly Summary: AI presents an unprecedented opportunity for organizations to redefine their security posture and reduce the greatest amount of risk for the investment. From proactively finding zero-day vulnerabilities to processing vast amounts of threat intelligence data in…

Wired: The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/adobe-ai-powered-pdf-end-of-an-era/ Source: Wired Title: The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era Feedly Summary: As Adobe rolls out more generative AI features for the PDF, the era of chatbot-less software is firmly a thing of the past. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Adobe’s introduction of generative AI features for PDF editing…

Cisco Talos Blog: Ransomware incidents in Japan during the first half of 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ransomware_incidents_in_japan_during_the_first_half_of_2025/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Ransomware incidents in Japan during the first half of 2025 Feedly Summary: Ransomware attackers continue to primarily target small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses in Japan. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides an in-depth analysis of the rise in ransomware attacks in Japan during the…

The Register: More customers asking for Google’s Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/19/critical_thinking_and_sovereign_cloud/ Source: The Register Title: More customers asking for Google’s Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss Feedly Summary: Developer demand for sovereign cloud from tech giant is on the rise, says exec Interview Google’s President of Customer Experience, Hayete Gallot, offered some words of comfort to developers who are looking nervously at the…

Slashdot: US Spy Chief Gabbard Says UK Agreed To Drop ‘Backdoor’ Mandate for Apple

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Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/08/19/0345252/us-spy-chief-gabbard-says-uk-agreed-to-drop-backdoor-mandate-for-apple?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Spy Chief Gabbard Says UK Agreed To Drop ‘Backdoor’ Mandate for Apple Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent development in the UK’s approach to encryption and security, specifically regarding Apple and its iCloud data. The intervention by the Trump administration highlights…

The Register: Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells

Aug 18, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/microsoft_adds_copilot_ai_formulas/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells Feedly Summary: Meet the new COPILOT function Microsoft, in its ongoing effort to AI-ify every product it has, is now adding it right into the cells of Excel. Available on Monday to beta users of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new…

The Register: GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on fire

Aug 18, 2025

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