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Tag: Security Vulnerabilities

  • Hacker News: Malicious extensions circumvent Google’s remote code ban

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    Source URL: https://palant.info/2025/01/20/malicious-extensions-circumvent-googles-remote-code-ban/ Source: Hacker News Title: Malicious extensions circumvent Google’s remote code ban Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses security vulnerabilities related to malicious browser extensions in the Chrome Web Store, focusing on how they can execute remote code and compromise user privacy. It critiques Google’s policies regarding…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Lessons From Red Teaming 100 Generative AI Products

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/18/lessons-from-red-teaming/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Lessons From Red Teaming 100 Generative AI Products Feedly Summary: Lessons From Red Teaming 100 Generative AI Products New paper from Microsoft describing their top eight lessons learned red teaming (deliberately seeking security vulnerabilities in) 100 different generative AI models and products over the past few years.…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Research: AI Systems Cannot Be Made Fully Secure

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/17/1658230/microsoft-research-ai-systems-cannot-be-made-fully-secure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Research: AI Systems Cannot Be Made Fully Secure Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A recent study by Microsoft researchers highlights the inherent security vulnerabilities of AI systems, particularly large language models (LLMs). Despite defensive measures, the researchers assert that AI products will remain susceptible to…

  • The Register: Six vulnerabilities in ubiquitous rsync tool announced and fixed in a day

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/rsync_vulnerabilities/ Source: The Register Title: Six vulnerabilities in ubiquitous rsync tool announced and fixed in a day Feedly Summary: Turns out tool does both file transfers and security fixes fast Don’t panic. Yes, there were a bunch of CVEs affecting potentially hundreds of thousands of users found in rsync in early December –…

  • CSA: AI and Compliance for the Mid-Market

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    Source URL: https://www.scrut.io/post/ai-and-compliance-for-the-mid-market Source: CSA Title: AI and Compliance for the Mid-Market Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text emphasizes the urgent need for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to adopt AI responsibly, given the potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and evolving regulatory landscape associated with AI technologies. It outlines practical guidance and standards…

  • The Register: Just as your LLM once again goes off the rails, Cisco, Nvidia are at the door smiling

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/nvidia_cisco_ai_guardrails_security/ Source: The Register Title: Just as your LLM once again goes off the rails, Cisco, Nvidia are at the door smiling Feedly Summary: Some of you have apparently already botched chatbots or allowed ‘shadow AI’ to creep in Cisco and Nvidia have both recognized that as useful as today’s AI may be,…

  • Alerts: CISA and Partners Release Call to Action to Close the National Software Understanding Gap

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/16/cisa-and-partners-release-call-action-close-national-software-understanding-gap Source: Alerts Title: CISA and Partners Release Call to Action to Close the National Software Understanding Gap Feedly Summary: Today, CISA—in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E), and the National Security Agency (NSA)—published Closing the Software…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Patches Windows To Eliminate Secure Boot Bypass Threat

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/16/1755240/microsoft-patches-windows-to-eliminate-secure-boot-bypass-threat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Patches Windows To Eliminate Secure Boot Bypass Threat Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has addressed a significant Windows vulnerability (CVE-2024-7344) that permitted attackers to bypass Secure Boot, which serves as a crucial safeguard against firmware infections. This vulnerability was present for over seven months…

  • Cloud Blog: Your Single-Page Applications Are Vulnerable: Here’s How to Fix Them

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/single-page-applications-vulnerable/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Your Single-Page Applications Are Vulnerable: Here’s How to Fix Them Feedly Summary: Written by: Steven Karschnia, Truman Brown, Jacob Paullus, Daniel McNamara Executive Summary Due to their client-side nature, single-page applications (SPAs) will typically have multiple access control vulnerabilities By implementing a robust access control policy on supporting APIs,…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Slew of WavLink vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/slew-of-wavlink-vulnerabilities/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Slew of WavLink vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Lilith >_> of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Forty-four vulnerabilities and sixty-three CVEs were discovered across ten .cgi and three .sh files, as well as the static login page, of the Wavlink AC3000 wireless router web application.  The Wavlink AC3000 wireless router is…