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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…

  • The Register: All your 8Base are belong to us: Ransomware crew busted in global sting

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/8base_police_arrrest/ Source: The Register Title: All your 8Base are belong to us: Ransomware crew busted in global sting Feedly Summary: Dark web site seized, four cuffed in Thailand An international police operation spanning the US, Europe, and Asia has shuttered the 8Base ransomware crew’s dark web presence and resulted in the arrest of…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: QUIC action: patching a broadcast address amplification vulnerability

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/mitigating-broadcast-address-attack/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: QUIC action: patching a broadcast address amplification vulnerability Feedly Summary: Cloudflare was recently contacted by researchers who discovered a broadcast amplification vulnerability through their QUIC Internet measurement research. We’ve implemented a mitigation. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text discusses a recently discovered vulnerability in Cloudflare’s…

  • Slashdot: How To Make Any AMD Zen CPU Always Generate 4 As a Random Number

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/09/2021244/how-to-make-any-amd-zen-cpu-always-generate-4-as-a-random-number?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How To Make Any AMD Zen CPU Always Generate 4 As a Random Number Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google security researchers have identified a vulnerability in AMD’s security architecture, allowing them to inject unofficial microcode into processors, which can compromise the integrity of virtual environments…

  • The Register: Poisoned Go programming language package lay undetected for 3 years

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/golang_supply_chain_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Poisoned Go programming language package lay undetected for 3 years Feedly Summary: Researcher says ecosystem’s auto-caching is a net positive but presents exploitable quirks A security researcher says a backdoor masquerading as a legitimate Go programming language package used by thousands of organizations was left undetected for years.……

  • The Register: Abandoned AWS S3 buckets can be reused in supply-chain attacks that would make SolarWinds look ‘insignificant’

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/abandoned_aws_s3/ Source: The Register Title: Abandoned AWS S3 buckets can be reused in supply-chain attacks that would make SolarWinds look ‘insignificant’ Feedly Summary: When cloud customers don’t clean up after themselves, part 97 Abandoned AWS S3 buckets could be reused to hijack the global software supply chain in an attack that would make…

  • Wired: DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/deepseeks-ai-jailbreak-prompt-injection-attacks/ Source: Wired Title: DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot Feedly Summary: Security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks against DeepSeek’s popular new AI chatbot. It didn’t stop a single one. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the ongoing battle between hackers and security researchers…

  • The Register: VMware plugs steal-my-credentials holes in Cloud Foundation

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/vmware_infomration_disclosure_flaws/ Source: The Register Title: VMware plugs steal-my-credentials holes in Cloud Foundation Feedly Summary: Consider patching soon because cybercrooks love to hit vulnerable tools from Broadcom’s virtualization giant Broadcom has fixed five flaws, collectively deemed “high severity," in VMware’s IT operations and log management tools within Cloud Foundation, including two information disclosure bugs…

  • The Register: Lazarus Group cloned open source projects to plant backdoors, steal credentials

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/lazarus_groups_supply_chain_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Lazarus Group cloned open source projects to plant backdoors, steal credentials Feedly Summary: Stealing crypto is so 2024. Supply-chain attacks leading to data exfil pays off better? North Korea’s Lazarus Group compromised hundreds of victims across the globe in a massive secret-stealing supply chain attack that was ongoing…