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  • Slashdot: Hackers Call Current AI Security Testing ‘Bullshit’

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/11/191240/hackers-call-current-ai-security-testing-bullshit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Hackers Call Current AI Security Testing ‘Bullshit’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The DEF CON conference has highlighted serious flaws in current AI security practices, specifically criticizing the limitations of red teaming for identifying vulnerabilities in AI systems. Researchers advocate for a new framework for documenting…

  • Hacker News: Library Sandboxing for Verona

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    Source URL: https://github.com/microsoft/verona-sandbox Source: Hacker News Title: Library Sandboxing for Verona Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a process-based sandboxing mechanism designed for the Verona programming language, emphasizing security features that aim to maintain safe execution of untrusted libraries. This innovative approach to sandboxing can significantly enhance security in…

  • Cloud Blog: CVE-2023-6080: A Case Study on Third-Party Installer Abuse

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cve-2023-6080-third-party-installer-abuse/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: CVE-2023-6080: A Case Study on Third-Party Installer Abuse Feedly Summary: Written By: Jacob Paullus, Daniel McNamara, Jake Rawlins, Steven Karschnia Executive Summary Mandiant exploited flaws in the Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) repair action of Lakeside Software’s SysTrack installer to obtain arbitrary code execution. An attacker with low-privilege access…

  • 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…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Open WebUI

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/27/open-webui/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Open WebUI Feedly Summary: Open WebUI I tried out this open source (MIT licensed, JavaScript and Python) localhost UI for accessing LLMs today for the first time. It’s very nicely done. I ran it with uvx like this: uvx –python 3.11 open-webui serve On first launch it…

  • Wired: The Worst Hacks of 2024

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/worst-hacks-2024/ Source: Wired Title: The Worst Hacks of 2024 Feedly Summary: From Chinese cyberspies breaching US telecoms to ruthless ransomware gangs disrupting health care for millions of people, 2024 saw some of the worst hacks, breaches, and data leaks ever. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines significant cybersecurity incidents and…