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  • Hacker News: Training AI models might not need enormous data centres

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    Source URL: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/01/08/training-ai-models-might-not-need-enormous-data-centres Source: Hacker News Title: Training AI models might not need enormous data centres Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the increasing competition among tech leaders to secure vast computational resources, specifically GPUs, which are crucial for training advanced AI models like GPT-4. This arms race highlights…

  • The Register: Miscreants ‘mass exploited’ Fortinet firewalls, ‘highly probable’ zero-day used

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/miscreants_mass_exploited_fortinet_firewalls/ Source: The Register Title: Miscreants ‘mass exploited’ Fortinet firewalls, ‘highly probable’ zero-day used Feedly Summary: Ransomware ‘not off the table,’ Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg Miscreants running a “mass exploitation campaign" against Fortinet firewalls, which peaked in December, may be using an unpatched zero-day vulnerability to compromise the equipment, according…

  • Hacker News: Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages targeting Cursor.com

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    Source URL: https://sourcecodered.com/snyk-malicious-npm-package/ Source: Hacker News Title: Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages targeting Cursor.com Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a significant security incident involving potential dependency confusion attacks on NPM (Node Package Manager) packages. It underscores the importance of package analysis and highlights the actions taken…

  • The Register: Microsoft re-orgs to create ‘CoreAI – Platform and Tools’ software engineering team

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/microsoft_corea_team_reorg/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft re-orgs to create ‘CoreAI – Platform and Tools’ software engineering team Feedly Summary: Nad lad reckons 30 years of change is happening in three years as apps and services go ‘agentic’ Microsoft has revealed it’s created an engineering team that CEO Satya Nadella feels is needed to…

  • Rekt: Moby Trade – Rekt

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    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/mobytrade-rekt Source: Rekt Title: Moby Trade – Rekt Feedly Summary: When your private keys become the white whale, who’s really hunting whom? Moby Trade loses roughly $1 million to a compromised key, while white hats rescue $1.47M from the depths. Some lessons of the sea only need to be learned once. AI Summary…

  • The Register: Microsoft sues ‘foreign-based’ criminals, seizes sites used to abuse AI

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/microsoft_sues_foreignbased_crims_seizes/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft sues ‘foreign-based’ criminals, seizes sites used to abuse AI Feedly Summary: Crooks stole API keys, then started a hacking-as-a-service biz Microsoft has sued a group of unnamed cybercriminals who developed tools to bypass safety guardrails in its generative AI tools. The tools were used to create harmful…

  • The Register: Azure and M365 MFA outage locks out users across regions

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/azure_m365_outage/ Source: The Register Title: Azure and M365 MFA outage locks out users across regions Feedly Summary: It’s sorted out (mostly), but European users had a manic Monday Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Azure and Microsoft 365 (M365) was offline for four hours during Monday’s busy start for European subscribers.… AI Summary and…

  • Slashdot: Companies Deploy AI To Curb Hiring as ‘Cost Avoidance’ Gains Ground

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/13/1633224/companies-deploy-ai-to-curb-hiring-as-cost-avoidance-gains-ground?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Companies Deploy AI To Curb Hiring as ‘Cost Avoidance’ Gains Ground Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a growing trend among U.S. companies to leverage AI technologies as a means of reducing hiring costs, primarily within the software development and customer service sectors. This…

  • Slashdot: FBI Chief Warns China Poised To Wreak ‘Real-World Harm’ on US Infrastructure

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/13/1443251/fbi-chief-warns-china-poised-to-wreak-real-world-harm-on-us-infrastructure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: FBI Chief Warns China Poised To Wreak ‘Real-World Harm’ on US Infrastructure Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: FBI Director Christopher Wray’s remarks highlight the increasing threat posed by China’s cyber activities to U.S. national security. He emphasizes that Chinese hackers have gained access to critical infrastructure,…

  • Schneier on Security: Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against AI “Hacking as a Service” Scheme

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/microsoft-takes-legal-action-against-ai-hacking-as-a-service-scheme.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against AI “Hacking as a Service” Scheme Feedly Summary: Not sure this will matter in the end, but it’s a positive move: Microsoft is accusing three individuals of running a “hacking-as-a-service” scheme that was designed to allow the creation of harmful and illicit…