Tag: vigilance
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The Register: When LLMs get personal info they are more persuasive debaters than humans
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/19/when_llms_get_personal_info/ Source: The Register Title: When LLMs get personal info they are more persuasive debaters than humans Feedly Summary: Large-scale disinfo campaigns could use this in machines that adapt ‘to individual targets.’ Are we having fun yet? Fresh research is indicating that in online debates, LLMs are much more effective than humans at…
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Slashdot: Curl Warns GitHub About ‘Malicious Unicode’ Security Issue
Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/17/0420236/curl-warns-github-about-malicious-unicode-security-issue?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Curl Warns GitHub About ‘Malicious Unicode’ Security Issue Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a security issue related to the use of Unicode characters in URLs within the Curl project, highlighting the impact of such changes and the subsequent measures taken to address it.…
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The Register: Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/cyber_scum_attacking_uk_retailers/ Source: The Register Title: Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores Feedly Summary: DragonForce-riding ransomware ring also has ‘shiny object syndrome’ so will likely move on to another sector soon The same miscreants behind recent cyberattacks on British retailers are now trying to dig their claws into major American…
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Slashdot: Google Dominates AI Patent Applications
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/15/140222/google-dominates-ai-patent-applications?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Dominates AI Patent Applications Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has taken the lead in generative AI-related patents, surpassing IBM, and sets the pace in emerging agentic AI technologies. This shift not only emphasizes the competitive landscape in AI innovation among tech giants but also…
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The Register: Boffins warn that AI paper mills are swamping science with garbage studies
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/ai_junk_science_papers/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins warn that AI paper mills are swamping science with garbage studies Feedly Summary: Research flags rise in one-dimensional health research fueled by large language models A report from a British university warns that scientific knowledge itself is under threat from a flood of low-quality AI-generated research papers.……
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Cisco Talos Blog: Defining a new methodology for modeling and tracking compartmentalized threats
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/compartmentalized-threat-modeling/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Defining a new methodology for modeling and tracking compartmentalized threats Feedly Summary: How do you profile actors and defend your systems when multiple threat actors are working together? In Part 2, Cisco Talos proposes an extended Diamond Model to analyze complex relationships between attackers. AI Summary and…
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The Register: Nip chip smugglers by building trackers into GPUs, US Senator suggests
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/senator_fights_chip_smuggling/ Source: The Register Title: Nip chip smugglers by building trackers into GPUs, US Senator suggests Feedly Summary: AI phone home Despite stiff export controls on the legitimate sale of AI accelerators to China, stemming the flow of gray market GPUs streaming into the Middle Kingdom remains a point of concern for American…