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Tag: best practices

  • Hacker News: How to get the whole planet to send abuse complaints to your best friends

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    Source URL: https://delroth.net/posts/spoofed-mass-scan-abuse/ Source: Hacker News Title: How to get the whole planet to send abuse complaints to your best friends Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a cybersecurity incident where the author received an abuse report linked to their server’s IP, suggesting potential involvement in malicious activities. Upon…

  • Hacker News: Migrating billions of records: moving our active DNS database while it’s in use

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/migrating-billions-of-records-moving-our-active-dns-database-while-in-use Source: Hacker News Title: Migrating billions of records: moving our active DNS database while it’s in use Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Cloudflare’s migration of DNS data from its primary database cluster (cfdb) to a new cluster (dnsdb) to improve scalability and performance. The migration…

  • Hacker News: AI Slop Is Flooding Medium

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-medium-posts-content-moderation/ Source: Hacker News Title: AI Slop Is Flooding Medium Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The provided text discusses the phenomenon of AI-generated content on Medium, revealing that a significant portion of posts may be machine-generated. This trend highlights potential implications for content authenticity and quality, raising concerns for…

  • Hacker News: Using reinforcement learning and $4.80 of GPU time to find the best HN post

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    Source URL: https://openpipe.ai/blog/hacker-news-rlhf-part-1 Source: Hacker News Title: Using reinforcement learning and $4.80 of GPU time to find the best HN post Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the development of a managed fine-tuning service for large language models (LLMs), highlighting the use of reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF)…

  • The Register: Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta’s Threads

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/crims_selling_credit_cards_threads/ Source: The Register Title: Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta’s Threads Feedly Summary: The platform ‘continues to take action’ against illegal posts, we’re told Exclusive Brazen crooks are selling people’s pilfered financial information on Meta’s Threads, in some cases posting full credit card details, plus stolen credentials, alongside images of…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-whisper-api

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/27/llm-whisper-api/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-whisper-api Feedly Summary: llm-whisper-api I wanted to run an experiment through the OpenAI Whisper API this morning so I knocked up a very quick plugin for LLM that provides the following interface: llm install llm-whisper-api llm whisper-api myfile.mp3 It uses the API key that you previously configured…

  • Hacker News: A brief history of Mac firmware

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    Source URL: https://eclecticlight.co/2024/10/26/a-brief-history-of-mac-firmware/ Source: Hacker News Title: A brief history of Mac firmware Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides an in-depth examination of the evolution of firmware in Apple Macs, focusing on significant architectural changes and associated security implications. It highlights how firmware management has transitioned over years, particularly…

  • Hacker News: Using LLMs to enhance our testing practices

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    Source URL: https://www.assembled.com/blog/how-we-saved-hundreds-of-engineering-hours-by-writing-tests-with-llms Source: Hacker News Title: Using LLMs to enhance our testing practices Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the transformative impact of Large Language Models (LLMs) on software testing practices, particularly for code generation and test writing. It emphasizes how LLMs, like OpenAI’s models, streamline the testing…

  • Hacker News: New Windows Driver Signature bypass allows kernel rootkit installs

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    Source URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-windows-driver-signature-bypass-allows-kernel-rootkit-installs/ Source: Hacker News Title: New Windows Driver Signature bypass allows kernel rootkit installs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a vulnerability in Windows kernel security that allows attackers to downgrade kernel components, circumventing security measures like Driver Signature Enforcement (DSE). Despite the advancements in kernel security,…

  • CSA: Cloud Security Best Practices from CISA & NSA

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    Source URL: https://www.tenable.com/blog/cisa-and-nsa-cloud-security-best-practices-deep-dive Source: CSA Title: Cloud Security Best Practices from CISA & NSA Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Recent guidance on cloud security from CISA and NSA outlines five key best practices designed to enhance security in cloud environments, including identity and access management, key management practices, network segmentation, data security,…