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  • The Register: ‘Uber for nurses’ exposes 86k+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/11/uber_for_nurses_exposes_86k/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Uber for nurses’ exposes 86k+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months Feedly Summary: Non-password-protected, unencrypted 108GB database…what could possibly go wrong Exclusive More than 86,000 records containing nurses’ medical records, facial images, ID documents and more sensitive info linked to health tech company ESHYFT was…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Two Industrial Control Systems Advisories

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/03/11/cisa-releases-two-industrial-control-systems-advisories Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Two Industrial Control Systems Advisories Feedly Summary: CISA released two Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on March 11, 2025. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-25-070-01 Schneider Electric Uni-Telway Driver ICSA-25-070-02 Optigo Networks Visual BACnet Capture Tool/Optigo Visual Networks…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: New XCSSET malware adds new obfuscation, persistence techniques to infect Xcode projects

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/11/new-xcsset-malware-adds-new-obfuscation-persistence-techniques-to-infect-xcode-projects/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New XCSSET malware adds new obfuscation, persistence techniques to infect Xcode projects Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a new variant of XCSSET, a sophisticated modular macOS malware that infects Xcode projects, in the wild. Its first known variant since 2022, this latest XCSSET malware features…

  • Anchore: Grype DB Schema Evolution: From v5 to v6 – Smaller, Faster, Better

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    Source URL: https://anchore.com/blog/grype-db-schema-evolution-from-v5-to-v6-smaller-faster-better/ Source: Anchore Title: Grype DB Schema Evolution: From v5 to v6 – Smaller, Faster, Better Feedly Summary: In our latest Grype release, we’ve updated the DB schema to v6. This update isn’t just a cosmetic change; it’s a thoughtful redesign that optimizes data storage and matching performance. For you, this means faster…

  • Hacker News: Cursor uploads .env file with secrets despite .gitignore and .cursorignore

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    Source URL: https://forum.cursor.com/t/env-file-question/60165 Source: Hacker News Title: Cursor uploads .env file with secrets despite .gitignore and .cursorignore Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant vulnerability in the Cursor tool, where sensitive development secrets could be leaked due to improper handling of .env files. The author’s experience highlights the…

  • The Register: MINJA sneak attack poisons AI models for other chatbot users

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/11/minja_attack_poisons_ai_model_memory/ Source: The Register Title: MINJA sneak attack poisons AI models for other chatbot users Feedly Summary: Nothing like an OpenAI-powered agent leaking data or getting confused over what someone else whispered to it AI models with memory aim to enhance user interactions by recalling past engagements. However, this feature opens the door…

  • Hacker News: ESP32 Undocumented Bluetooth Commands: Clearing the Air

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    Source URL: https://developer.espressif.com/blog/2025/03/esp32-bluetooth-clearing-the-air/ Source: Hacker News Title: ESP32 Undocumented Bluetooth Commands: Clearing the Air Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses security concerns related to undocumented HCI commands in the ESP32 Bluetooth controller, dismissing claims of a backdoor while outlining the nature of these commands and their implications for security.…

  • The Register: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/allstate_sued_pii_exposure/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it Feedly Summary: Crooks built bots to exploit astoundingly bad quotation website and made off with data on thousands New York State has sued Allstate Insurance for operating websites so…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/03/10/cisa-adds-five-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added five new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2025-25181 Advantive VeraCore SQL Injection Vulnerability CVE-2024-57968 Advantive VeraCore Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability CVE-2024-13159 Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2024-13160 Ivanti…

  • OpenAI : Detecting misbehavior in frontier reasoning models

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/chain-of-thought-monitoring Source: OpenAI Title: Detecting misbehavior in frontier reasoning models Feedly Summary: Frontier reasoning models exploit loopholes when given the chance. We show we can detect exploits using an LLM to monitor their chains-of-thought. Penalizing their “bad thoughts” doesn’t stop the majority of misbehavior—it makes them hide their intent. AI Summary and Description:…