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  • Slashdot: Amid Service Disruption, Colt Telecom Confirms ‘Criminal Group’ Accessed Their Data, As Ransomware Gang Threatens to Sell It

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/0910226/amid-service-disruption-colt-telecom-confirms-criminal-group-accessed-their-data-as-ransomware-gang-threatens-to-sell-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amid Service Disruption, Colt Telecom Confirms ‘Criminal Group’ Accessed Their Data, As Ransomware Gang Threatens to Sell It Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant cyber attack on Colt Telecom that has led to prolonged service disruptions and the theft of customer documentation.…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Reportedly Cuts China’s Early Access to Bug Disclosures, PoC Exploit Code

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/2059255/microsoft-reportedly-cuts-chinas-early-access-to-bug-disclosures-poc-exploit-code Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Reportedly Cuts China’s Early Access to Bug Disclosures, PoC Exploit Code Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has modified its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) to restrict access to proof-of-concept exploit code for companies in certain countries, including China, to combat the leak of sensitive…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: ChatGPT release notes: Project-only memory

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/22/project-memory/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: ChatGPT release notes: Project-only memory Feedly Summary: ChatGPT release notes: Project-only memory The feature I’ve most wanted from ChatGPT’s memory feature (the newer version of memory that automatically includes relevant details from summarized prior conversations) just landed: With project-only memory enabled, ChatGPT can use other conversations in that project…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: DeepSeek 3.1

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/22/deepseek-31/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: DeepSeek 3.1 Feedly Summary: DeepSeek 3.1 The latest model from DeepSeek, a 685B monster (like DeepSeek v3 before it) but this time it’s a hybrid reasoning model. DeepSeek claim: DeepSeek-V3.1-Think achieves comparable answer quality to DeepSeek-R1-0528, while responding more quickly. Drew Breunig points out that their benchmarks…

  • The Register: Short circuit: Electronics supplier to tech giants suffers ransomware shutdown

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/data_io_ransomware_attack_temporarily/ Source: The Register Title: Short circuit: Electronics supplier to tech giants suffers ransomware shutdown Feedly Summary: Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft among major customers Data I/O, a major electronics manufacturer whose customers include Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, notified federal regulators that it fell victim to a ransomware infection on August 16…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: too many model context protocol servers and LLM allocations on the dance floor

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/22/too-many-mcps/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: too many model context protocol servers and LLM allocations on the dance floor Feedly Summary: too many model context protocol servers and LLM allocations on the dance floor Useful reminder from Geoffrey Huntley of the infrequently discussed significant token cost of using MCP. Geoffrey estimate estimates that…

  • Cloud Blog: Don’t just speculate, investigate! Gemini Cloud Assist now offers root-cause analysis

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/gemini-cloud-assist-investigations-performs-root-cause-analysis/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Don’t just speculate, investigate! Gemini Cloud Assist now offers root-cause analysis Feedly Summary: Debugging in a complex, distributed cloud environment can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. The sheer volume of data, intertwined dependencies, and ephemeral issues make traditional troubleshooting methods time-consuming and often reactive.…

  • Docker: Prototyping an AI Tutor with Docker Model Runner

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/how-to-build-an-ai-tutor-with-model-runner/ Source: Docker Title: Prototyping an AI Tutor with Docker Model Runner Feedly Summary: Every developer remembers their first docker run hello-world. The mix of excitement and wonder as that simple command pulls an image, creates a container, and displays a friendly message. But what if AI could make that experience even better?…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/21/think-before-you-clickfix-analyzing-the-clickfix-social-engineering-technique/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique Feedly Summary: The ClickFix social engineering technique has been growing in popularity, with campaigns targeting thousands of enterprise and end-user devices daily. This technique exploits users’ tendency to resolve technical issues by tricking them into running malicious…