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AlgorithmWatch: “Risks come not just from technology” – Input to the EU on systemic risks stemming

Apr 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/input-eu-systemic-risks-stemming/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: “Risks come not just from technology” – Input to the EU on systemic risks stemming Feedly Summary: AlgorithmWatch has submitted expert input to the EU on systemic risks stemming from online platforms and search engines. We argued risks come not just from technology, but also (1) the attitudes of…

Hacker News: A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate

Mar 21, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/win-encryption-france-rejects-backdoor-mandate Source: Hacker News Title: A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The French National Assembly’s rejection of a proposal to undermine end-to-end encryption marks a significant victory for digital rights and privacy. The legislation threatened to introduce backdoor access to messaging platforms,…

Hacker News: Can We Trust AI Benchmarks? A Review of Current Issues in AI Evaluation

Feb 15, 2025

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Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06559 Source: Hacker News Title: Can We Trust AI Benchmarks? A Review of Current Issues in AI Evaluation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This paper critically examines the current practices of AI benchmarking, which are crucial for evaluating AI model performance, safety, and compliance. It highlights significant shortcomings in…

The Register: UK industry leaders unleash hurricane-grade scale for cyberattacks

Feb 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/uk_cyber_monitoring_centre/ Source: The Register Title: UK industry leaders unleash hurricane-grade scale for cyberattacks Feedly Summary: Freshly minted organization aims to take the guesswork out of incident severity for insurers and policy holders A world-first organization assembled to categorize the severity of cybersecurity incidents is up and running in the UK following a year-long…

Slashdot: Software Flaw Exposes Millions of Subarus, Rivers of Driver Data

Jan 28, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/28/0013226/software-flaw-exposes-millions-of-subarus-rivers-of-driver-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Software Flaw Exposes Millions of Subarus, Rivers of Driver Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights significant vulnerabilities in Subaru’s STARLINK telematics software, which permitted unauthorized access to numerous vehicles through easily accessible data. This case underscores ongoing security concerns in connected vehicle technologies,…

Hacker News: Lessons from building a small-scale AI application

Jan 23, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.thelis.org/blog/lessons-from-ai Source: Hacker News Title: Lessons from building a small-scale AI application Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text encapsulates critical lessons learned from constructing a small-scale AI application, emphasizing the differences between traditional programming and AI development, alongside the intricacies of managing data quality, training pipelines, and system…

Slashdot: Employees of Failed Startups Are at Special Risk of Stolen Personal Data Through Old Google Logins

Jan 20, 2025

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/20/1857213/employees-of-failed-startups-are-at-special-risk-of-stolen-personal-data-through-old-google-logins?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Employees of Failed Startups Are at Special Risk of Stolen Personal Data Through Old Google Logins Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a security vulnerability that allows hackers to exploit abandoned domains and existing Google login systems to access sensitive data from former startup…

The Cloudflare Blog: Demonstrating reduction of vulnerability classes: a key step in CISA’s “Secure by Design” pledge

Jan 14, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cisa-pledge-commitment-reducing-vulnerability/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Demonstrating reduction of vulnerability classes: a key step in CISA’s “Secure by Design” pledge Feedly Summary: Cloudflare strengthens its commitment to cybersecurity by joining CISA’s “Secure by Design" pledge. In line with this, we’re reducing the prevalence of vulnerability classes across our products. AI Summary and Description:…

Slashdot: Ransomware Crew Abuses AWS Native Encryption, Sets Data-Destruct Timer for 7 Days

Jan 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/0141238/ransomware-crew-abuses-aws-native-encryption-sets-data-destruct-timer-for-7-days?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Ransomware Crew Abuses AWS Native Encryption, Sets Data-Destruct Timer for 7 Days Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The emergence of the ransomware group Codefinger highlights a novel and dangerous method of exploiting AWS S3 buckets by using compromised AWS keys and AWS’s SSE-C (Server-Side Encryption with…

The Register: Ransomware crew abuses AWS native encryption, sets data-destruct timer for 7 days

Jan 13, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/ransomware_crew_abuses_compromised_aws/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware crew abuses AWS native encryption, sets data-destruct timer for 7 days Feedly Summary: ‘Codefinger’ crims on the hunt for compromised keys A new ransomware crew dubbed Codefinger targets AWS S3 buckets and uses the cloud giant’s own server-side encryption with customer provided keys (SSE-C) to lock up…

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