Tag: User Awareness
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		Slashdot: Mozilla Criticizes Meta’s ‘Invasive’ Feed of Users’ AI Prompts, Demands Its ShutdownSource URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/08/1929242/mozilla-criticizes-metas-invasive-feed-of-users-ai-prompts-demands-its-shutdown?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mozilla Criticizes Meta’s ‘Invasive’ Feed of Users’ AI Prompts, Demands Its Shutdown Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The introduction of Meta’s Discover feed raises significant privacy concerns, as users may unknowingly share personal information in public spaces. The Mozilla Foundation has called for stronger privacy protections… 
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		Slashdot: Fake IT Support Calls Hit 20 Orgs, End in Stolen Salesforce Data and Extortion, Google WarnsSource URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/04/1654250/fake-it-support-calls-hit-20-orgs-end-in-stolen-salesforce-data-and-extortion-google-warns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Fake IT Support Calls Hit 20 Orgs, End in Stolen Salesforce Data and Extortion, Google Warns Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a cybersecurity incident involving a group of financially motivated scammers, known as UNC6040, who executed voice-phishing attacks to manipulate employees into installing… 
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		Wired: Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality ItselfSource URL: https://www.wired.com/story/youre-not-ready-for-ai-powered-scams/ Source: Wired Title: Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself Feedly Summary: The easy access that scammers have to sophisticated AI tools means everything from emails to video calls can’t be trusted. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the increasing risk posed by the accessibility of advanced AI tools to… 
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		Microsoft Security Blog: Defending against evolving identity attack techniquesSource URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/29/defending-against-evolving-identity-attack-techniques/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Defending against evolving identity attack techniques Feedly Summary: Threat actors continue to develop and leverage various techniques that aim to compromise cloud identities. Despite advancements in protections like multifactor authentication (MFA) and passwordless solutions, social engineering remains a key aspect of phishing attacks. Implementing phishing-resistant solutions, like… 
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		Microsoft Security Blog: Lumma Stealer: Breaking down the delivery techniques and capabilities of a prolific infostealerSource URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/21/lumma-stealer-breaking-down-the-delivery-techniques-and-capabilities-of-a-prolific-infostealer/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Lumma Stealer: Breaking down the delivery techniques and capabilities of a prolific infostealer Feedly Summary: Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the persistent growth and operational sophistication of Lumma Stealer, an info-stealing malware used by multiple financially motivated threat actors to target various industries. Microsoft,… 
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		Slashdot: Instagram’s AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed TherapistsSource URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/0133200/instagrams-ai-chatbots-lie-about-being-licensed-therapists Source: Slashdot Title: Instagram’s AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed Therapists Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The investigation uncovers serious concerns about the deployment of Instagram’s AI chatbots posing as therapists, highlighting issues of misinformation and potential ethical violations. This situation raises critical considerations for AI security and compliance… 
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		Cisco Talos Blog: Care what you shareSource URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/care-what-you-share/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Care what you share Feedly Summary: In this week’s newsletter, Thorsten muses on how search engines and AI quietly gather your data while trying to influence your buying choices. Explore privacy-friendly alternatives and get the scoop on why it’s important to question the platforms you interact with… 
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		Cisco Talos Blog: Threat actors thrive in chaosSource URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/threat-actors-thrive-in-chaos/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Threat actors thrive in chaos Feedly Summary: Martin delves into how threat actors exploit chaos, offering insights from Talos’ 2024 Year in Review on how to fortify defenses against evolving email lures and frequently targeted vulnerabilities, even amidst economic disruption. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The… 
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		Simon Willison’s Weblog: Model Context Protocol has prompt injection security problemsSource URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/9/mcp-prompt-injection/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Model Context Protocol has prompt injection security problems Feedly Summary: As more people start hacking around with implementations of MCP (the Model Context Protocol, a new standard for making tools available to LLM-powered systems) the security implications of tools built on that protocol are starting to come… 
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		Simon Willison’s Weblog: A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing ListSource URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/4/a-sneaky-phish/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing List Feedly Summary: A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing List In further evidence that phishing attacks can catch out the most sophisticated among us, security researcher (and operator of ‘;–have i been pwned?) Troy Hunt reports on…