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  • Alerts: CISA Partners with ASD’s ACSC, CCCS, NCSC-UK, and Other International and US Organizations to Release Guidance on Edge Devices

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/02/04/cisa-partners-asds-acsc-cccs-ncsc-uk-and-other-international-and-us-organizations-release-guidance Source: Alerts Title: CISA Partners with ASD’s ACSC, CCCS, NCSC-UK, and Other International and US Organizations to Release Guidance on Edge Devices Feedly Summary: CISA—in partnership with international and U.S. organizations—released guidance to help organizations protect their network edge devices and appliances, such as firewalls, routers, virtual private networks (VPN) gateways, Internet…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Nine Industrial Control Systems Advisories

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/02/04/cisa-releases-nine-industrial-control-systems-advisories Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Nine Industrial Control Systems Advisories Feedly Summary: CISA released nine Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on February 4, 2025. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-25-035-01 Western Telematic Inc NPS Series, DSM Series, CPM Series ICSA-25-035-02 Rockwell Automation 1756-L8zS3…

  • CSA: How is AI Transforming Defensive Cybersecurity?

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    Source URL: https://abnormalsecurity.com/blog/key-insights-osterman-research-defensive-ai Source: CSA Title: How is AI Transforming Defensive Cybersecurity? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights critical insights from Osterman Research on the dual role of AI in cybersecurity—acting as both a tool for cybercriminals and a necessary defense mechanism. It emphasizes the urgency for security professionals to…

  • Unit 42: Stealers on the Rise: A Closer Look at a Growing macOS Threat

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=138244 Source: Unit 42 Title: Stealers on the Rise: A Closer Look at a Growing macOS Threat Feedly Summary: Atomic Stealer, Poseidon Stealer and Cthulhu Stealer target macOS. We discuss their various properties and examine leverage of the AppleScript framework. The post Stealers on the Rise: A Closer Look at a Growing macOS…

  • NCSC Feed: Guidance on digital forensics and protective monitoring specifications for producers of network devices and appliances

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    Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-on-digital-forensics-protective-monitoring Source: NCSC Feed Title: Guidance on digital forensics and protective monitoring specifications for producers of network devices and appliances Feedly Summary: Outlining the expectations for the minimum requirement for forensic visibility, to help network defenders secure organisational networks both before and after a compromise. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…

  • The Register: UK govt must learn fast and let failing projects die young

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/ukgov_must_embrace_a_fastlearning/ Source: The Register Title: UK govt must learn fast and let failing projects die young Feedly Summary: Tackle longstanding issues around productivity, cyber resilience and public sector culture, advises spending watchdog The UK’s government spending watchdog has called on the current administration to make better use of technology to kickstart the misfiring…

  • Wired: A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-associate-bfs-federal-payment-system/ Source: Wired Title: A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System Feedly Summary: The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that…

  • The Register: TSA’s airport facial-recog tech faces audit probe

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/tsa_facial_recognition_audit/ Source: The Register Title: TSA’s airport facial-recog tech faces audit probe Feedly Summary: Senators ask, Homeland Security watchdog answers: Is it worth the money? The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General has launched an audit of the Transportation Security Administration’s use of facial recognition technology at US airports, following criticism from lawmakers…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/constitutional-classifiers/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks Feedly Summary: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks Interesting new research from Anthropic, resulting in the paper Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against Universal Jailbreaks across Thousands of Hours of Red Teaming. From the paper: In particular, we introduce Constitutional Classifiers, a framework…

  • Hacker News: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks

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    Source URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/constitutional-classifiers Source: Hacker News Title: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a novel approach by the Anthropic Safeguards Research Team to defend AI models against jailbreaks through the use of Constitutional Classifiers. This system demonstrates robustness against various jailbreak techniques while…