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  • Cisco Talos Blog: Year in Review: Key vulnerabilities, tools, and shifts in attacker email tactics

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/year-in-review-key-vulnerabilities-tools-and-shifts-in-attacker-email-tactics/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Year in Review: Key vulnerabilities, tools, and shifts in attacker email tactics Feedly Summary: From Talos’ 2024 Year in Review, here are some findings from the top targeted network device vulnerabilities. We also explore how threat actors are moving away from time sensitive lures in their emails.…

  • Schneier on Security: Arguing Against CALEA

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/arguing-against-calea.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Arguing Against CALEA Feedly Summary: At a Congressional hearing earlier this week, Matt Blaze made the point that CALEA, the 1994 law that forces telecoms to make phone calls wiretappable, is outdated in today’s threat environment and should be rethought: In other words, while the legally-mandated CALEA…

  • The Register: Microsoft’s AI masterplan: Let OpenAI burn cash, then build on their successes

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/07/microsofts_ai_strategy/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft’s AI masterplan: Let OpenAI burn cash, then build on their successes Feedly Summary: Redmond’s not alone: AWS, Alibaba, DeepSeek also rely on others blazing the trail Analysis Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has extolled the virtues of playing second fiddle in the generative-AI race.… AI Summary and…

  • The Register: Chrome to patch decades-old flaw that let sites peek at your history

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/07/chrome_135_history_sniffing/ Source: The Register Title: Chrome to patch decades-old flaw that let sites peek at your history Feedly Summary: After 23 years, the privacy plumber has finally arrived to clean up this mess A 23-year-old side-channel attack for spying on people’s web browsing histories will get shut down in the forthcoming Chrome 136,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Note on 5th April 2025

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/5/llama-4-notes/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Note on 5th April 2025 Feedly Summary: Dropping a model release as significant as Llama 4 on a weekend is plain unfair! So far the best place to learn about the new model family is this post on the Meta AI blog. You can try them out…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Uses AI To Find Flaws In GRUB2, U-Boot, Barebox Bootloaders

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/05/0250250/microsoft-uses-ai-to-find-flaws-in-grub2-u-boot-barebox-bootloaders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Uses AI To Find Flaws In GRUB2, U-Boot, Barebox Bootloaders Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has leveraged its AI-powered Security Copilot to identify 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in critical bootloader software that affects numerous Linux distributions and IoT devices. This accomplishment highlights the role…

  • Slashdot: Google Launches Sec-Gemini v1 AI Model To Improve Cybersecurity Defense

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2035236/google-launches-sec-gemini-v1-ai-model-to-improve-cybersecurity-defense?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Launches Sec-Gemini v1 AI Model To Improve Cybersecurity Defense Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has launched Sec-Gemini v1, a specialized AI model aimed at enhancing cybersecurity. This model integrates various threat intelligence sources and reportedly outperforms existing solutions on key benchmarks, focusing on critical…