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  • 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…

  • The Register: Codeberg beset by AI bots that now bypass Anubis tarpit

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/codeberg_beset_by_ai_bots/ Source: The Register Title: Codeberg beset by AI bots that now bypass Anubis tarpit Feedly Summary: Nowhere to hide Codeberg, a Berlin-based code hosting community, is struggling to cope with a deluge of AI bots that can now bypass previously effective defenses.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Codeberg’s…

  • The Register: Typhoon-adjacent Chinese crew broke into Taiwanese web host

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/typhoonadjacent_chinese_crew_taiwan_web_servers/ Source: The Register Title: Typhoon-adjacent Chinese crew broke into Taiwanese web host Feedly Summary: Is that a JuicyPotato on your network? A suspected Chinese-government-backed cyber crew recently broke into a Taiwanese web hosting provider to steal credentials and plant backdoors for long-term access, using a mix of open-source and custom software tools,…

  • Slashdot: Proton Begins Shifting Infrastructure Outside of Switzerland Ahead of Surveillance Legislation

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/15/1612259/proton-begins-shifting-infrastructure-outside-of-switzerland-ahead-of-surveillance-legislation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Proton Begins Shifting Infrastructure Outside of Switzerland Ahead of Surveillance Legislation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Proton is proactively relocating its infrastructure outside Switzerland in response to forthcoming surveillance legislation that poses threats to user privacy and data retention requirements. The move begins with the AI…

  • The Register: Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/cisco_secure_firewall_management_bug/ Source: The Register Title: Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole Feedly Summary: Switchzilla’s summer of perfect 10s Cisco has issued a patch for a maximum-severity bug in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-7237 targets Taiwanese web hosting infrastructure

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-7237-targets-web-hosting-infra/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-7237 targets Taiwanese web hosting infrastructure Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered UAT-7237, a Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) group active since at least 2022, which has significant overlaps with UAT-5918. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the activities of UAT-7237, a Chinese-speaking advanced persistent…

  • The Register: LLM chatbots trivial to weaponise for data theft, say boffins

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/llm_chatbots_trivial_to_weaponise/ Source: The Register Title: LLM chatbots trivial to weaponise for data theft, say boffins Feedly Summary: System prompt engineering turns benign AI assistants into ‘investigator’ and ‘detective’ roles that bypass privacy guardrails A team of boffins is warning that AI chatbots built on large language models (LLM) can be tuned into malicious…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: MadeYouReset: An HTTP/2 vulnerability thwarted by Rapid Reset mitigations

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/madeyoureset-an-http-2-vulnerability-thwarted-by-rapid-reset-mitigations/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: MadeYouReset: An HTTP/2 vulnerability thwarted by Rapid Reset mitigations Feedly Summary: A new HTTP/2 denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability called MadeYouReset was recently disclosed by security researchers. Cloudflare HTTP DDoS mitigation, already protects from MadeYouReset. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a newly identified HTTP/2 DoS…

  • Slashdot: Russian Hackers Seized Control of Norwegian Dam, Spy Chief Says

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/14/232228/russian-hackers-seized-control-of-norwegian-dam-spy-chief-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Russian Hackers Seized Control of Norwegian Dam, Spy Chief Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent cyber-attack attributed to Russian hackers, who gained control over a Norwegian hydropower dam. This incident highlights increasing cybersecurity threats from pro-Russian actors aimed at instilling fear…