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  • Wired: Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records

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    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/07/hackers-exploit-a-blind-spot-by-hiding-malware-inside-dns-records/ Source: Wired Title: Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records Feedly Summary: Newly published research shows that the domain name system—a fundamental part of the web—can be exploited to hide malicious code and prompt injection attacks against chatbots. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the…

  • Slashdot: Chinese Authorities Are Using a New Tool To Hack Seized Phones and Extract Data

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/16/2042245/chinese-authorities-are-using-a-new-tool-to-hack-seized-phones-and-extract-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Authorities Are Using a New Tool To Hack Seized Phones and Extract Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new type of malware named Massistant, developed by a Chinese tech company, which is used by authorities to extract sensitive data from seized…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Voxtral

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/16/voxtral/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Voxtral Feedly Summary: Voxtral Mistral released their first audio-input models yesterday: Voxtral Small and Voxtral Mini. These state‑of‑the‑art speech understanding models are available in two sizes—a 24B variant for production-scale applications and a 3B variant for local and edge deployments. Both versions are released under the Apache…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/16/microsoft-is-named-a-leader-in-the-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-endpoint-protection-platforms/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms Feedly Summary: We are honored to be recognized once again as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms—our sixth consecutive year. The post Microsoft is named a…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Protecting customers from Octo Tempest attacks across multiple industries

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/16/protecting-customers-from-octo-tempest-attacks-across-multiple-industries/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Protecting customers from Octo Tempest attacks across multiple industries Feedly Summary: To help protect and inform customers, Microsoft highlights protection coverage across the Microsoft Defender security ecosystem to protect against threat actors like Octo Tempest. The post Protecting customers from Octo Tempest attacks across multiple industries appeared…

  • Cloud Blog: How Renault Group is using Google’s software-defined vehicle industry solution

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/renault-groups-software-defined-vehicles-built-on-google-cloud/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Renault Group is using Google’s software-defined vehicle industry solution Feedly Summary: It’s funny to think of Renault Group, the massive European car manufacturer, as a software company, but in many ways, it is. Renault Group subsidiary Ampere Software Technology is dedicated to developing and integrating advanced software…

  • Cloud Blog: How to integrate your Cloud SQL for MySQL database with Vertex AI & vector search

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/integrate-your-cloud-sql-with-vertex-ai-and-vector-search/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How to integrate your Cloud SQL for MySQL database with Vertex AI & vector search Feedly Summary: Search is a critical component of many modern applications – whether searching for products in an online storefront, finding solutions to your customers’ support cases, or building the perfect playlist. But…

  • The Register: Crims hijacking fully patched SonicWall VPNs to deploy stealthy backdoor and rootkit

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/16/sonicwall_vpn_hijack/ Source: The Register Title: Crims hijacking fully patched SonicWall VPNs to deploy stealthy backdoor and rootkit Feedly Summary: Someone’s OVERSTEPing the mark Unknown miscreants are exploiting fully patched, end-of-life SonicWall VPNs to deploy a previously unknown backdoor and rootkit, likely for data theft and extortion, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group.… AI…