Tag: security risk

  • Alerts: Microsoft Releases November 2024 Security Updates

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/12/microsoft-releases-november-2024-security-updates Source: Alerts Title: Microsoft Releases November 2024 Security Updates Feedly Summary: Microsoft released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following and apply necessary updates: Microsoft…

  • The Register: The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/the_us_government_wants_developers/ Source: The Register Title: The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++ Feedly Summary: Does anyone want to tell Linus Torvalds? No? I didn’t think so Opinion I must be a glutton for punishment. Not only was my first programming language IBM 360 Assembler, my second language was C.…

  • Hacker News: Are Devs Becoming Lazy? The Rise of AI and the Decline of Care

    Source URL: https://blackentropy.bearblog.dev/are-developers-becoming-lazy-the-rise-of-ai-and-the-decline-of-care/ Source: Hacker News Title: Are Devs Becoming Lazy? The Rise of AI and the Decline of Care Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text explores the implications of AI tools like GitHub Copilot on software development practices, emphasizing a troubling trend toward complacency and security risks. It argues…

  • Cisco Security Blog: Leveraging Threat Intelligence in Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Part 2

    Source URL: https://feedpress.me/link/23535/16879869/leveraging-threat-intelligence-in-cisco-secure-network-analytics-part-2 Source: Cisco Security Blog Title: Leveraging Threat Intelligence in Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Part 2 Feedly Summary: You can use public Cisco Talos blogs and third-party threat intelligence data with Cisco Secure Network Analytics to build custom security events. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes the integration of Cisco…

  • Hacker News: Perceptually lossless (talking head) video compression at 22kbit/s

    Source URL: https://mlumiste.com/technical/liveportrait-compression/ Source: Hacker News Title: Perceptually lossless (talking head) video compression at 22kbit/s Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the recent advancements in the LivePortrait model for animating still images and its implications for video compression, particularly in the realm of deepfake technology. This innovation presents significant…

  • Slashdot: US Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/07/1910221/us-agency-warns-employees-about-phone-use-amid-ongoing-china-hack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines a directive issued by a federal agency to restrict the use of mobile phones for work-related matters due to concerns surrounding cybersecurity and a recent hacking incident…

  • CSA: Mitigating GenAI Risks in SaaS Applications

    Source URL: https://www.valencesecurity.com/resources/blogs/mitigating-genai-risks-in-saas-applications Source: CSA Title: Mitigating GenAI Risks in SaaS Applications Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the growing adoption of Generative AI (GenAI) tools in Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, highlighting the associated security risks and challenges. It emphasizes the need for organizations to adopt stringent security…

  • Schneier on Security: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/iot-devices-in-password-spraying-botnet.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet Feedly Summary: Microsoft is warning Azure cloud users that a Chinese controlled botnet is engaging in “highly evasive” password spraying. Not sure about the “highly evasive” part; the techniques seem basically what you get in a distributed password-guessing attack: “Any threat actor…

  • Wired: Man Arrested for Snowflake Hacking Spree Faces US Extradition

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/connor-moucka-snowflake-hack-arrest-extradition/ Source: Wired Title: Man Arrested for Snowflake Hacking Spree Faces US Extradition Feedly Summary: Alexander “Connor” Moucka was arrested this week by Canadian authorities for allegedly carrying out a series of hacks that targeted Snowflake’s cloud customers. His next stop may be a US jail. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This…

  • The Register: Ongoing typosquatting campaign impersonates hundreds of popular npm packages

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/05/typosquatting_npm_campaign/ Source: The Register Title: Ongoing typosquatting campaign impersonates hundreds of popular npm packages Feedly Summary: Puppeteer or Pupeter? One of them will snoop around on your machine and steal your credentials An ongoing typosquatting campaign is targeting developers via hundreds of popular JavaScript libraries, whose weekly downloads number in the tens of…