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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/6/supabase-mcp-lethal-trifecta/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database Feedly Summary: Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database Here’s yet another example of a lethal trifecta attack, where an LLM system combines access to private data, exposure to potentially malicious instructions and a mechanism to communicate data…

Slashdot: Two Sudo Vulnerabilities Discovered and Patched

Jul 5, 2025

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Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/07/05/0323220/two-sudo-vulnerabilities-discovered-and-patched?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Two Sudo Vulnerabilities Discovered and Patched Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses recently disclosed security vulnerabilities in Sudo that allow local attackers to escalate their privileges. Researchers have identified two critical flaws, CVE-2025-32462 and CVE-2025-32463, which could potentially expose systems to security risks and…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: awwaiid/gremllm

Jul 4, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/4/gremllm/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: awwaiid/gremllm Feedly Summary: awwaiid/gremllm Delightfully cursed Python library by Brock Wilcox, built on top of LLM: from gremllm import Gremllm counter = Gremllm(“counter") counter.value = 5 counter.increment() print(counter.value) # 6? print(counter.to_roman_numerals()) # VI? You tell your Gremllm what it should be in the constructor, then it uses…

Scott Logic: Insights shaping the technology landscape in Private Equity in H1

Jul 4, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/07/04/insights-shaping-private-equity-tech-h1.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Insights shaping the technology landscape in Private Equity in H1 Feedly Summary: A roundup of themes we’re seeing in Private Equity technology, and some recommended resources. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights critical themes impacting the sectors of AI and private equity (PE), focusing on…

The Register: AI models just don’t understand what they’re talking about

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/ai_models_potemkin_understanding/ Source: The Register Title: AI models just don’t understand what they’re talking about Feedly Summary: Researchers find models’ success at tests hides illusion of understanding Researchers from MIT, Harvard, and the University of Chicago have proposed the term “potemkin understanding" to describe a newly identified failure mode in large language models that…

Slashdot: ChatGPT Creates Phisher’s Paradise By Recommending the Wrong URLs for Major Companies

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/07/03/1912216/chatgpt-creates-phishers-paradise-by-recommending-the-wrong-urls-for-major-companies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ChatGPT Creates Phisher’s Paradise By Recommending the Wrong URLs for Major Companies Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights a flaw in the accuracy of AI-powered chatbots like GPT-4.1, which could create vulnerabilities for users and pose a security risk due to misinformation. This inaccuracy…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Trial Court Decides Case Based On AI-Hallucinated Caselaw

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/3/trial-court-decides-case-based-on-ai-hallucinated-caselaw/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Trial Court Decides Case Based On AI-Hallucinated Caselaw Feedly Summary: Trial Court Decides Case Based On AI-Hallucinated Caselaw Joe Patrice writing for Above the Law: […] it was always only a matter of time before a poor litigant representing themselves fails to know enough to sniff out…

Krebs on Security: Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

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Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/big-techs-mixed-response-to-u-s-treasury-sanctions/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions Feedly Summary: In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. But more than a month later, the accused…

Docker: 5 Best Practices for Building, Testing, and Packaging MCP Servers

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