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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Nomic Embed Text V2: An Open Source, Multilingual, Mixture-of-Experts Embedding Model

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/12/nomic-embed-text-v2/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Nomic Embed Text V2: An Open Source, Multilingual, Mixture-of-Experts Embedding Model Feedly Summary: Nomic Embed Text V2: An Open Source, Multilingual, Mixture-of-Experts Embedding Model Nomic continue to release the most interesting and powerful embedding models. Their latest is Embed Text V2, an Apache 2.0 licensed multi-lingual 1.9GB…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Building a SNAP LLM eval: part 1

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/12/building-a-snap-llm/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Building a SNAP LLM eval: part 1 Feedly Summary: Building a SNAP LLM eval: part 1 Dave Guarino (previously) has been exploring using LLM-driven systems to help people apply for SNAP, the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (aka food stamps). This is a domain which existing models…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: The BadPilot campaign: Seashell Blizzard subgroup conducts multiyear global access operation

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/12/the-badpilot-campaign-seashell-blizzard-subgroup-conducts-multiyear-global-access-operation/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: The BadPilot campaign: Seashell Blizzard subgroup conducts multiyear global access operation Feedly Summary: Microsoft is publishing for the first time our research into a subgroup within the Russian state actor Seashell Blizzard and its multiyear initial access operation, tracked by Microsoft Threat Intelligence as the “BadPilot campaign”.…

  • Cloud Blog: Why you should check out our Next ‘25 Security Hub

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/why-you-should-check-out-our-security-hub-at-next25/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Why you should check out our Next ‘25 Security Hub Feedly Summary: Google Cloud Next 2025 is coming up fast, and it’s shaping up to be a must-attend event for the cybersecurity community and anyone passionate about learning more about the threat landscape. We’re going to offer an…

  • Anchore: STIG in Action: Continuous Compliance with MITRE & Anchore

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    Source URL: https://anchore.com/events/stig-in-action-continuous-compliance-with-mitre-anchore/ Source: Anchore Title: STIG in Action: Continuous Compliance with MITRE & Anchore Feedly Summary: The post STIG in Action: Continuous Compliance with MITRE & Anchore appeared first on Anchore. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses an upcoming webinar focused on STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guide) compliance, emphasizing recent NIST…

  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-sort

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/11/llm-sort/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-sort Feedly Summary: llm-sort Delightful LLM plugin by Evangelos Lamprou which adds the ability to perform “semantic search" – allowing you to sort the contents of a file based on using a prompt against an LLM to determine sort order. Best illustrated by these examples from the…

  • The Register: I’m a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/it_worker_scam/ Source: The Register Title: I’m a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice Feedly Summary: Remote position, webcam not working, then glitchy AI face … Red alert! Twice, over the past two months, Dawid Moczadło has interviewed purported job seekers only to discover that these…

  • The Register: All your 8Base are belong to us: Ransomware crew busted in global sting

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/8base_police_arrrest/ Source: The Register Title: All your 8Base are belong to us: Ransomware crew busted in global sting Feedly Summary: Dark web site seized, four cuffed in Thailand An international police operation spanning the US, Europe, and Asia has shuttered the 8Base ransomware crew’s dark web presence and resulted in the arrest of…