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  • Slashdot: China Isolates Itself From Worldwide Web For Over an Hour

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/21/0543252/china-isolates-itself-from-worldwide-web-for-over-an-hour Source: Slashdot Title: China Isolates Itself From Worldwide Web For Over an Hour Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving a 74-minute shutdown of encrypted web traffic in China highlights significant security and compliance implications for international businesses relying on secure connections. This event not only affected access…

  • Embrace The Red: Hijacking Windsurf: How Prompt Injection Leaks Developer Secrets

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/windsurf-data-exfiltration-vulnerabilities/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Hijacking Windsurf: How Prompt Injection Leaks Developer Secrets Feedly Summary: This is the first post in a series exploring security vulnerabilities in Windsurf. If you are unfamiliar with Windsurf, it is a fork of VS Code and the coding agent is called Windsurf Cascade. The attack vectors…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Mustafa Suleyman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/21/mustafa-suleyman/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Mustafa Suleyman Feedly Summary: Simply put, my central worry is that many people will start to believe in the illusion of AIs as conscious entities so strongly that they’ll soon advocate for AI rights, model welfare and even AI citizenship. This development will be a dangerous…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Quantum-safe security: Progress towards next-generation cryptography

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/20/quantum-safe-security-progress-towards-next-generation-cryptography/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Quantum-safe security: Progress towards next-generation cryptography Feedly Summary: Microsoft is proactively leading the transition to quantum-safe security by advancing post-quantum cryptography, collaborating with global standards bodies, and helping organizations prepare for the coming quantum era. The post Quantum-safe security: Progress towards next-generation cryptography appeared first on Microsoft…

  • Slashdot: Harvard Dropouts To Launch ‘Always On’ AI Smart Glasses That Listen, Record Every Conversation

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/08/20/2058229/harvard-dropouts-to-launch-always-on-ai-smart-glasses-that-listen-record-every-conversation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Harvard Dropouts To Launch ‘Always On’ AI Smart Glasses That Listen, Record Every Conversation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The launch of Halo X smart glasses represents an innovative leap in AI-powered wearable technology, capitalizing on continuous audio capture and real-time information delivery. This technology raises…

  • The Register: Amazon quietly fixed Q Developer flaws that made AI agent vulnerable to prompt injection, RCE

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/amazon_quietly_fixed_q_developer_flaws/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon quietly fixed Q Developer flaws that made AI agent vulnerable to prompt injection, RCE Feedly Summary: Move along, nothing to see here Amazon has quietly fixed a couple of security issues in its coding agent: Amazon Q Developer VS Code extension. Attackers could use these vulns to…

  • The Register: Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/commvault_bug_chains_patched/ Source: The Register Title: Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven Feedly Summary: Researchers disclosing their findings said ‘it’s as bad as it sounds’ Researchers at watchTowr just published working proof-of-concept exploits for two unauthenticated remote code execution bug chains in backup giant Commvault.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • The Register: ‘Limited’ data leak at Aussie telco turns out to be 280K customer details

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/tpg_telecom_iinet_breach/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Limited’ data leak at Aussie telco turns out to be 280K customer details Feedly Summary: iiNet breach blamed on single stolen login, with emails, phone numbers, and addresses exposed Aussie telco giant TPG Telecom has opened an investigation after confirming a cyberattack at subsidiary iiNet.… AI Summary and…