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  • The Cloudflare Blog: Resolving a request smuggling vulnerability in Pingora

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/resolving-a-request-smuggling-vulnerability-in-pingora/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Resolving a request smuggling vulnerability in Pingora Feedly Summary: Cloudflare patched a vulnerability (CVE-2025-4366) in the Pingora OSS framework, which exposed users of the framework and Cloudflare CDN’s free tier to potential request smuggling attacks. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recently discovered…

  • Slashdot: Can an MCP-Powered AI Client Automatically Hack a Web Server?

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/11/0027236/can-an-mcp-powered-ai-client-automatically-hack-a-web-server?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Can an MCP-Powered AI Client Automatically Hack a Web Server? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses potential security implications arising from the use of a Model Context Protocol (MCP) in AI technology, particularly concerning how it can be exploited for malicious purposes. The emergence…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Trying out llama.cpp’s new vision support

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/10/llama-cpp-vision/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Trying out llama.cpp’s new vision support Feedly Summary: This llama.cpp server vision support via libmtmd pull request – via Hacker News – was merged earlier today. The PR finally adds full support for vision models to the excellent llama.cpp project. It’s documented on this page, but the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Exploring Promptfoo via Dave Guarino’s SNAP evals

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/24/exploring-promptfoo/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Exploring Promptfoo via Dave Guarino’s SNAP evals Feedly Summary: I used part three (here’s parts one and two) of Dave Guarino’s series on evaluating how well LLMs can answer questions about SNAP (aka food stamps) as an excuse to explore Promptfoo, an LLM eval tool. SNAP (Supplemental…

  • Slashdot: The EFF’s ‘Certbot’ Now Supports Six-Day Certs

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/14/0356212/the-effs-certbot-now-supports-six-day-certs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: The EFF’s ‘Certbot’ Now Supports Six-Day Certs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the evolution of TLS certificate lifetimes, particularly the shift towards shorter certificates initiated by Let’s Encrypt. This trend emphasizes enhanced security through automation and reduced risk associated with compromised private keys,…

  • Hacker News: Oracle attempt to hide serious cybersecurity incident from customers

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    Source URL: https://doublepulsar.com/oracle-attempt-to-hide-serious-cybersecurity-incident-from-customers-in-oracle-saas-service-9231c8daff4a Source: Hacker News Title: Oracle attempt to hide serious cybersecurity incident from customers Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses a significant cybersecurity incident involving Oracle, where a threat actor claimed to have access to internal systems, raising concerns about potential data breaches. Despite Oracle’s denial of…

  • The Register: ‘Dead simple’ hijacking hole in Apache Tomcat ‘now actively exploited in the wild’

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/apache_tomcat_java_rce_flaw/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Dead simple’ hijacking hole in Apache Tomcat ‘now actively exploited in the wild’ Feedly Summary: One PUT request, one poisoned session file, and the server’s yours A trivial flaw in Apache Tomcat that allows remote code execution and access to sensitive files is said to be under attack…