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  • Embrace The Red: Claude Code: Data Exfiltration with DNS Requests

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/claude-code-exfiltration-via-dns-requests/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Claude Code: Data Exfiltration with DNS Requests Feedly Summary: Today we cover Claude Code and a high severity vulnerability that Anthropic fixed in early June. The vulnerability allowed an attacker to hijack Claude Code via indirect prompt injection and leak sensitive information from the developer’s machine, e.g.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/11/the-rule-of-2/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2 Feedly Summary: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2 Alex Russell pointed me to this principle in the Chromium security documentation as similar to my description of the lethal trifecta. First added in 2019, the Chromium guideline states: When you write code…

  • Slashdot: How Python is Fighting Open Source’s ‘Phantom’ Dependencies Problem

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/025214/how-python-is-fighting-open-sources-phantom-dependencies-problem?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How Python is Fighting Open Source’s ‘Phantom’ Dependencies Problem Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Python Software Foundation is addressing the “phantom dependencies” issue in software packages by introducing the Software Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) through Python Enhancement Proposal 770. This initiative enhances metadata accessibility, making it easier…

  • Slashdot: ‘Hour of Code’ Announces It’s Now Evolving Into ‘Hour of AI’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/08/10/0110212/hour-of-code-announces-its-now-evolving-into-hour-of-ai Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Hour of Code’ Announces It’s Now Evolving Into ‘Hour of AI’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Microsoft’s significant investment in AI education, reflecting a shift in computer science education from traditional coding to AI literacy. It emphasizes the importance of understanding AI’s implications…

  • Slashdot: Google Says Its AI-Based Bug Hunter Found 20 Security Vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/09/1947230/google-says-its-ai-based-bug-hunter-found-20-security-vulnerabilities Source: Slashdot Title: Google Says Its AI-Based Bug Hunter Found 20 Security Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s Big Sleep, an LLM-based vulnerability researcher, reported 20 vulnerabilities in popular open-source software, marking a significant advancement in automated vulnerability discovery. This highlights the increasing efficacy of AI tools in…

  • Slashdot: Initiative Seeks AI Lab to Build ‘American Truly Open Models’ (ATOM)

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/09/1916243/initiative-seeks-ai-lab-to-build-american-truly-open-models-atom?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Initiative Seeks AI Lab to Build ‘American Truly Open Models’ (ATOM) Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the launch of the ATOM Project, aimed at enhancing U.S. open-source AI competitiveness, highlighting a significant gap in open-source AI development in the country compared to China.…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: ReVault! When your SoC turns against you… deep dive edition

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/revault-when-your-soc-turns-against-you-2/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: ReVault! When your SoC turns against you… deep dive edition Feedly Summary: Talos reported 5 vulnerabilities to Broadcom and Dell affecting both the ControlVault3 Firmware and its associated Windows APIs that we are calling “ReVault”.  AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text conducts an in-depth analysis…

  • Cloud Blog: Google is a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/google-is-a-leader-in-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-scps/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google is a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services Feedly Summary: For the eighth consecutive year, Gartner® has named Google a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Strategic Cloud Platform Services, and this year Google is also now ranked the highest for…