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  • Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-6382 exploits Cityworks zero-day vulnerability to deliver malware

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-6382-exploits-cityworks-vulnerability/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-6382 exploits Cityworks zero-day vulnerability to deliver malware Feedly Summary: Talos has observed exploitation of CVE-2025-0994 in the wild by UAT-6382, a Chinese-speaking threat actor, who then deployed malware payloads via TetraLoader. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes the exploitation of a significant remote-code-execution…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Devstral

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/21/devstral/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Devstral Feedly Summary: Devstral New Apache 2.0 licensed LLM release from Mistral, this time specifically trained for code. Devstral achieves a score of 46.8% on SWE-Bench Verified, outperforming prior open-source SoTA models by more than 6% points. When evaluated under the same test scaffold (OpenHands, provided by…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Says 394,000 Windows Computers Infected By Lumma Malware Globally

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/21/1954240/microsoft-says-394000-windows-computers-infected-by-lumma-malware-globally Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Says 394,000 Windows Computers Infected By Lumma Malware Globally Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has successfully taken down the Lumma Stealer malware, which infected over 394,000 Windows computers globally. The operation involved collaboration with law enforcement and resulted in the seizure of numerous domains…

  • The Register: Russia’s Fancy Bear swipes a paw at logistics, transport orgs’ email servers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/21/russias_fancy_bear_alert/ Source: The Register Title: Russia’s Fancy Bear swipes a paw at logistics, transport orgs’ email servers Feedly Summary: 13 govt agencies sound the alarm Russian cyberspies have targeted “dozens" of Western and NATO-country logistics providers, tech companies, and government orgs providing transport and foreign assistance to Ukraine, according to a joint government…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Lumma Stealer: Breaking down the delivery techniques and capabilities of a prolific infostealer

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/21/lumma-stealer-breaking-down-the-delivery-techniques-and-capabilities-of-a-prolific-infostealer/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Lumma Stealer: Breaking down the delivery techniques and capabilities of a prolific infostealer Feedly Summary: Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the persistent growth and operational sophistication of Lumma Stealer, an info-stealing malware used by multiple financially motivated threat actors to target various industries. Microsoft,…

  • NCSC Feed: Facing the cyber threat behind the headlines

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    Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/cyber-threat-behind-the-headlines Source: NCSC Feed Title: Facing the cyber threat behind the headlines Feedly Summary: NCSC CEO urges all businesses to face the stark reality of the cyber threat they face, whether in the spotlight or not. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The statement from the NCSC CEO underscores the critical need for…

  • The Register: Research reimagines LLMs as tireless tools of torture

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/21/llm_torture_tools/ Source: The Register Title: Research reimagines LLMs as tireless tools of torture Feedly Summary: No need for thumbscrews when your chatbot never lets up Large language models (LLMs) are not just about assistance and hallucinations. The technology has a darker side.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Short Summary with Insight: The text…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Nvidia’s Chief Says U.S. Chip Controls on China Have Backfired

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/business/nvidia-china-washington-chip-controls-failure.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Nvidia’s Chief Says U.S. Chip Controls on China Have Backfired Feedly Summary: Jensen Huang, the chipmaker’s top executive, said the attempt to cut off the flow of advanced A.I. chips spurred Chinese companies to “accelerate their development.” AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Krebs on Security: KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/krebsonsecurity-hit-with-near-record-6-3-tbps-ddos/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS Feedly Summary: KrebsOnSecurity last week was hit by a near record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that clocked in at more than 6.3 terabits of data per second (a terabit is one trillion bits of data). The brief attack appears to…

  • Gemini: Gemini Diffusion is our new experimental research model.

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    Source URL: https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/gemini-diffusion/ Source: Gemini Title: Gemini Diffusion is our new experimental research model. Feedly Summary: We’re always working on new approaches to improve our models, including making them more efficient and performant. Our latest research model, Gemini Diffusion, is a stat… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses ongoing enhancements in model…