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  • Alerts: Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/14/adobe-releases-security-updates-multiple-products Source: Alerts Title: Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products Feedly Summary: Adobe released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Adobe software products including Adobe Photoshop, Animate, and Illustrator for iPad. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.  CISA encourages users…

  • Hacker News: Homomorphic Encryption in iOS 18

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    Source URL: https://boehs.org/node/homomorphic-encryption Source: Hacker News Title: Homomorphic Encryption in iOS 18 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides an in-depth analysis of Apple’s use of homomorphic encryption to protect user privacy while enhancing the search functionality in the Photos app. It contrasts conventional encryption methods with homomorphic encryption, emphasizing…

  • The Register: Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/15/patch_tuesday_january_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V Feedly Summary: Plus: Excel hell, angst for Adobe fans, and life’s too Snort for Cisco Patch Tuesday The first Patch Tuesday of 2025 has seen Microsoft address three under-attack privilege-escalation flaws in its Hyper-V hypervisor, plus plenty more problems that deserve…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI’s AI Reasoning Model ‘Thinks’ In Chinese Sometimes, No One Really Knows Why

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/239246/openais-ai-reasoning-model-thinks-in-chinese-sometimes-no-one-really-knows-why?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI’s AI Reasoning Model ‘Thinks’ In Chinese Sometimes, No One Really Knows Why Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The behavior exhibited by OpenAI’s reasoning AI model, o1, which seemingly “thinks” in multiple languages regardless of the input language, has raised questions within the AI community. Experts…

  • Hacker News: Don’t use cosine similarity carelessly

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    Source URL: https://p.migdal.pl/blog/2025/01/dont-use-cosine-similarity/ Source: Hacker News Title: Don’t use cosine similarity carelessly Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text explores the complexities and limitations of using cosine similarity in AI, particularly in the context of vector embeddings derived from language models. It critiques the blind application of cosine similarity to assess…

  • Krebs on Security: Microsoft: Happy 2025. Here’s 161 Security Updates

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/microsoft-happy-2025-heres-161-security-updates/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Microsoft: Happy 2025. Here’s 161 Security Updates Feedly Summary: Microsoft today unleashed updates to plug a whopping 161 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including three “zero-day" weaknesses that are already under active attack. Redmond’s inaugural Patch Tuesday of 2025 bundles more fixes than the company…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/14/cisa-adds-four-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-55591 Fortinet FortiOS Authorization Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2025-21333 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability CVE-2025-21334 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT…

  • Slashdot: Texas Sues Allstate For Collecting Driver Data To Raise Premiums

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/2042251/texas-sues-allstate-for-collecting-driver-data-to-raise-premiums?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Texas Sues Allstate For Collecting Driver Data To Raise Premiums Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Texas has initiated a significant lawsuit against Allstate and its subsidiary Arity for allegedly violating the state’s privacy laws by secretly collecting location data from millions of drivers, which was used…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/january-patch-tuesday-release/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Microsoft has released its monthly security update for January of 2025 which includes 159 vulnerabilities, including 10 that Microsoft marked as “critical.” The remaining vulnerabilities listed are classified as “important.”  AI Summary and…

  • The Register: Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/allstate_accused_of_paying_app/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data Feedly Summary: Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its mobile analytics subsidiary, Arity, alleging the…