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  • The Register: Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/15/patch_tuesday_january_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V Feedly Summary: Plus: Excel hell, angst for Adobe fans, and life’s too Snort for Cisco Patch Tuesday The first Patch Tuesday of 2025 has seen Microsoft address three under-attack privilege-escalation flaws in its Hyper-V hypervisor, plus plenty more problems that deserve…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI’s AI Reasoning Model ‘Thinks’ In Chinese Sometimes, No One Really Knows Why

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/239246/openais-ai-reasoning-model-thinks-in-chinese-sometimes-no-one-really-knows-why?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI’s AI Reasoning Model ‘Thinks’ In Chinese Sometimes, No One Really Knows Why Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The behavior exhibited by OpenAI’s reasoning AI model, o1, which seemingly “thinks” in multiple languages regardless of the input language, has raised questions within the AI community. Experts…

  • Hacker News: Don’t use cosine similarity carelessly

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    Source URL: https://p.migdal.pl/blog/2025/01/dont-use-cosine-similarity/ Source: Hacker News Title: Don’t use cosine similarity carelessly Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text explores the complexities and limitations of using cosine similarity in AI, particularly in the context of vector embeddings derived from language models. It critiques the blind application of cosine similarity to assess…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/14/cisa-adds-four-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-55591 Fortinet FortiOS Authorization Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2025-21333 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability CVE-2025-21334 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT…

  • Slashdot: Texas Sues Allstate For Collecting Driver Data To Raise Premiums

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/2042251/texas-sues-allstate-for-collecting-driver-data-to-raise-premiums?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Texas Sues Allstate For Collecting Driver Data To Raise Premiums Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Texas has initiated a significant lawsuit against Allstate and its subsidiary Arity for allegedly violating the state’s privacy laws by secretly collecting location data from millions of drivers, which was used…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/14/cisa-releases-four-industrial-control-systems-advisories Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories Feedly Summary: CISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on January 14, 2025. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-25-014-01 Hitachi Energy FOXMAN-UN ICSA-25-014-02 Schneider Electric Vijeo Designer ICSA-25-014-03 Schneider Electric EcoStruxure ICSA-25-014-04…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Simon Willison And SWYX Tell Us Where AI Is In 2025

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/14/where-ai-is-in-2025/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Simon Willison And SWYX Tell Us Where AI Is In 2025 Feedly Summary: Simon Willison And SWYX Tell Us Where AI Is In 2025 I recorded this podcast episode with Brian McCullough and swyx riffing off my Things we learned about LLMs in 2024 review. We also…

  • AWS News Blog: Now open — AWS Mexico (Central) Region

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-open-aws-mexico-central-region/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Now open — AWS Mexico (Central) Region Feedly Summary: AWS launches its first cloud Region in Mexico, enabling digital transformation with local infrastructure, delivering low latency, and helping customers meet data residency requirements, backed by a planned $5 billion investment over 15 years. AI Summary and Description:…

  • The Register: Snyk appears to deploy ‘malicious’ packages targeting Cursor for unknown reason

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/snyk_npm_deployment_removed/ Source: The Register Title: Snyk appears to deploy ‘malicious’ packages targeting Cursor for unknown reason Feedly Summary: Packages removed, vendor said to have apologized to AI code editor as onlookers say it could have been a test Developer security company Snyk is at the center of allegations concerning the possible targeting or…

  • Anchore: Software Supply Chain Security in 2025: SBOMs Take Center Stage

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    Source URL: https://anchore.com/blog/software-supply-chain-security-in-2025-sboms-take-center-stage/ Source: Anchore Title: Software Supply Chain Security in 2025: SBOMs Take Center Stage Feedly Summary: In recent years, we’ve witnessed software supply chain security transition from a quiet corner of cybersecurity into a primary battlefield. This is due to the increasing complexity of modern software that obscures the full truth—applications are a…