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  • Hacker News: Managing Secrets in Docker Compose – A Developer’s Guide

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    Source URL: https://phase.dev/blog/docker-compose-secrets Source: Hacker News Title: Managing Secrets in Docker Compose – A Developer’s Guide Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses best practices for managing secrets in Docker Compose, emphasizing security implications of using environment variables and providing progressively secure methods for handling secrets. It highlights issues and…

  • The Register: What does it mean to build in security from the ground up?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/02/security_design_choices/ Source: The Register Title: What does it mean to build in security from the ground up? Feedly Summary: As if secure design is the only bullet point in a list of software engineering best practices Systems Approach As my Systems Approach co-author Bruce Davie and I think through what it means to…

  • Slashdot: US Blocks Open Source ‘Help’ From These Countries

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/02/01/2356252/us-blocks-open-source-help-from-these-countries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Blocks Open Source ‘Help’ From These Countries Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the regulatory compliance challenges and cybersecurity risks faced by open source communities, particularly in relation to U.S. sanctions enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). It highlights how…

  • Wired: Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-general-services-administration/ Source: Wired Title: Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration Feedly Summary: Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Krebs on Security: FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/fbi-dutch-police-disrupt-manipulaters-phishing-gang/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang Feedly Summary: The FBI and authorities in The Netherlands this week seized a number of servers and domains for a hugely popular spam and malware dissemination service operating out of Pakistan. The proprietors of the service, who use the collective…

  • Slashdot: Taiwan Says Government Departments Should Not Use DeepSeek, Citing Security Concerns

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/31/1513252/taiwan-says-government-departments-should-not-use-deepseek-citing-security-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Taiwan Says Government Departments Should Not Use DeepSeek, Citing Security Concerns Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Taiwan’s digital ministry has issued a directive prohibiting government departments from utilizing the AI service provided by the Chinese startup DeepSeek, citing significant information security risks associated with reliance on…

  • 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…

  • Unit 42: Recent Jailbreaks Demonstrate Emerging Threat to DeepSeek

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=138180 Source: Unit 42 Title: Recent Jailbreaks Demonstrate Emerging Threat to DeepSeek Feedly Summary: Evaluation of three jailbreaking techniques on DeepSeek shows risks of generating prohibited content. The post Recent Jailbreaks Demonstrate Emerging Threat to DeepSeek appeared first on Unit 42. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the research conducted…

  • The Register: Canvassing apps used by UK political parties riddled with privacy, security issues

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/uk_canvassing_app_issues/ Source: The Register Title: Canvassing apps used by UK political parties riddled with privacy, security issues Feedly Summary: Neither Labour, Conservatives, nor the Lib Dems offered a retort to rights org’s report The Open Rights Group (ORG) has raised concerns about a number of security issues it found in all three of…