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  • The Cloudflare Blog: How a volunteer-run wildfire site in Portugal stayed online during DDoS attacks

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/wildfire-fogos-pt-portugal-ddos-attack/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: How a volunteer-run wildfire site in Portugal stayed online during DDoS attacks Feedly Summary: Fogos.pt, a volunteer-run wildfire tracker in Portugal, grew from a side project into a critical national resource used by citizens, media, and government. During 2025 fire season it was hit by DDoS AI…

  • Unit 42: Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/attackers-sell-your-bandwidth-using-sdks/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth Feedly Summary: A campaign leverages CVE-2024-36401 to stealthily monetize victims’ bandwidth where legitimate software development kits (SDKs) are deployed for passive income. The post Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth…

  • Slashdot: AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/16/1936221/ai-is-reshaping-hacking-no-one-agrees-how-fast Source: Slashdot Title: AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses advancements in AI agents presented at the Black Hat conference, highlighting how these innovations could potentially enhance the capabilities of cybersecurity defenders. However, it also underscores the duality of…

  • Slashdot: LLMs’ ‘Simulated Reasoning’ Abilities Are a ‘Brittle Mirage,’ Researchers Find

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/2253229/llms-simulated-reasoning-abilities-are-a-brittle-mirage-researchers-find?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: LLMs’ ‘Simulated Reasoning’ Abilities Are a ‘Brittle Mirage,’ Researchers Find Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Recent investigations into chain-of-thought reasoning models in AI reveal limitations in their logical reasoning capabilities, suggesting they operate more as pattern-matchers than true reasoners. The findings raise crucial concerns for industries…

  • Slashdot: $1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/0037258/1m-stolen-in-industrial-scale-crypto-theft-using-ai-generated-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: $1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a sophisticated cybercrime operation, GreedyBear, which utilizes a highly coordinated strategy, weaponizing browser extensions and phishing sites to facilitate industrial-scale crypto theft. The group’s innovative techniques, including the modification…

  • Embrace The Red: OpenHands and the Lethal Trifecta: Leaking Your Agent’s Secrets

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/openhands-the-lethal-trifecta-strikes-again/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: OpenHands and the Lethal Trifecta: Leaking Your Agent’s Secrets Feedly Summary: Another day, another AI data exfiltration exploit. Today we talk about OpenHands, formerly referred to as OpenDevin initially. It’s created by All-Hands AI. OpenHands renders images in chat, which enables zero-click data exfiltration during prompt injection…