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  • The Register: Microsoft doing light work with Analog Optical Computer prototype

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/05/microsoft_analog_optical_computer/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft doing light work with Analog Optical Computer prototype Feedly Summary: Good for solving finance and clinical problems… and AI Microsoft researchers in Cambridge have unveiled its latest iteration of an Analog Optical Computer (AOC) and have inevitably incorporated AI into the technology’s capabilities.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • Schneier on Security: GPT-4o-mini Falls for Psychological Manipulation

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/gpt-4o-mini-falls-for-psychological-manipulation.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: GPT-4o-mini Falls for Psychological Manipulation Feedly Summary: Interesting experiment: To design their experiment, the University of Pennsylvania researchers tested 2024’s GPT-4o-mini model on two requests that it should ideally refuse: calling the user a jerk and giving directions for how to synthesize lidocaine. The researchers created experimental…

  • The Register: Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/05/uk_schools_intradev_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust Feedly Summary: Affinity Learning Partnership warns staff after Intradev breach A major UK education trust has warned staff that their personal information may have been compromised following a cyberattack on software developer Intradev in August.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • The Register: Attackers snooping around Sitecore, dropping malware via public sample keys

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/unknown_miscreants_snooping_around_sitecore/ Source: The Register Title: Attackers snooping around Sitecore, dropping malware via public sample keys Feedly Summary: You cut and pasted the machine key from the official documentation? Ouch Unknown miscreants are exploiting a configuration vulnerability in multiple Sitecore products to achieve remote code execution via a publicly exposed key and deploy snooping…

  • The Register: Boffins build automated Android bug hunting system

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/boffins_build_automated_android_bug_hunting/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins build automated Android bug hunting system Feedly Summary: AI agent system said to have found more than 100 zero-day flaws in production apps AI models get slammed for producing sloppy bug reports and burdening open source maintainers with hallucinated issues, but they also have the potential to…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: From summer camp to grind season

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/from-summer-camp-to-grind-season/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: From summer camp to grind season Feedly Summary: Bill takes thoughtful look at the transition from summer camp to grind season, explores the importance of mental health and reflects on AI psychiatry. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses the ongoing evolution of threats related…

  • Gemini: CEO Sundar Pichai’s remarks at the White House AI Education Taskforce event

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    Source URL: https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/ai-education-efforts/ Source: Gemini Title: CEO Sundar Pichai’s remarks at the White House AI Education Taskforce event Feedly Summary: Google is offering Gemini for Education to American high schools, and committing $150 million in grants to support AI education and digital wellbeing. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s initiative to offer Gemini for…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Addressing the unauthorized issuance of multiple TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/unauthorized-issuance-of-certificates-for-1-1-1-1/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Addressing the unauthorized issuance of multiple TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1 Feedly Summary: Unauthorized TLS certificates were issued for 1.1.1.1 by a Certification Authority without permission from Cloudflare. These rogue certificates have now been revoked. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a serious incident involving…

  • The Register: Windows starts asking for admin rights where it shouldn’t after security fix

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/windows_admin_rights_bug/ Source: The Register Title: Windows starts asking for admin rights where it shouldn’t after security fix Feedly Summary: Patch closes vuln but leaves standard users locked out of common apps Microsoft’s August 2025 Windows Security Update is causing pain for administrators after a fix for a vulnerability led to some unintended consequences.……

  • Schneier on Security: Generative AI as a Cybercrime Assistant

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/generative-ai-as-a-cybercrime-assistant.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Generative AI as a Cybercrime Assistant Feedly Summary: Anthropic reports on a Claude user: We recently disrupted a sophisticated cybercriminal that used Claude Code to commit large-scale theft and extortion of personal data. The actor targeted at least 17 distinct organizations, including in healthcare, the emergency services,…