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  • The Register: VMware fixes critical RCE, make-me-root bugs in vCenter – for the second time

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/vmware_rce_vcenter_bugs/ Source: The Register Title: VMware fixes critical RCE, make-me-root bugs in vCenter – for the second time Feedly Summary: If the first patches don’t work, try, try again VMware has pushed a second patch for a critical, heap-overflow bug in the vCenter Server that could allow a remote attacker to fully compromise vulnerable…

  • The Register: Akira ransomware is encrypting victims again following pure extortion fling

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/akira_encrypting_again/ Source: The Register Title: Akira ransomware is encrypting victims again following pure extortion fling Feedly Summary: Crooks revert to old ways for greater efficiency Experts believe the Akira ransomware operation is up to its old tricks again, encrypting victims’ files after a break from the typical double extortion tactics.… AI Summary and…

  • Slashdot: Linus Torvalds Growing Frustrated By Buggy Hardware, Theoretical CPU Attacks

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    Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/10/21/1533228/linus-torvalds-growing-frustrated-by-buggy-hardware-theoretical-cpu-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Linus Torvalds Growing Frustrated By Buggy Hardware, Theoretical CPU Attacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Linus Torvalds expresses frustration with hardware vendors regarding security vulnerabilities and the challenges posed by both actual and hypothetical attacks. He highlights the burden placed on software developers when hardware issues…

  • Hacker News: The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/16/safe_c_plusplus/ Source: Hacker News Title: The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The C++ community has proposed the Safe C++ Extensions to enhance memory safety in the language, responding to increasing pressure from public and private sectors for more secure coding…

  • Hacker News: Sabotage Evaluations for Frontier Models

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    Source URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/sabotage-evaluations Source: Hacker News Title: Sabotage Evaluations for Frontier Models Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text outlines a comprehensive series of evaluation techniques developed by the Anthropic Alignment Science team to assess potential sabotage capabilities in AI models. These evaluations are crucial for ensuring the safety and integrity…

  • The Register: Google’s memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/google_legacy_code/ Source: The Register Title: Google’s memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages Feedly Summary: Large C and C++ codebases will be around for the ‘foreseeable future’ Google has revealed that its approach to making programming code more memory safe involves both the adoption of memory safe languages and making unsafe languages…

  • Hacker News: Safer with Google: Advancing Memory Safety

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    Source URL: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/10/safer-with-google-advancing-memory.html Source: Hacker News Title: Safer with Google: Advancing Memory Safety Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses Google’s strategic commitment to enhancing memory safety in software, revealing a two-pronged approach that includes increasing the adoption of memory-safe languages and improving the risk management of existing memory-unsafe languages.…

  • Google Online Security Blog: Safer with Google: Advancing Memory Safety

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    Source URL: http://security.googleblog.com/2024/10/safer-with-google-advancing-memory.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: Safer with Google: Advancing Memory Safety Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The content discusses Google’s strategic commitment to enhancing memory safety in software development. It highlights the significance of memory safety vulnerabilities, current trends, and Google’s two-pronged approach to integrating memory-safe languages while…

  • Hacker News: Run Llama locally with only PyTorch on CPU

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    Source URL: https://github.com/anordin95/run-llama-locally Source: Hacker News Title: Run Llama locally with only PyTorch on CPU Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides detailed instructions and insights on running the Llama large language model (LLM) locally with minimal dependencies. It discusses the architecture, dependencies, and performance considerations while using variations of…

  • Google Online Security Blog: Using Chrome’s accessibility APIs to find security bugs

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    Source URL: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/10/using-chromes-accessibility-apis-to.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: Using Chrome’s accessibility APIs to find security bugs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the challenges and methodologies involved in fuzzing Chrome’s user interface (UI) to discover potential security bugs. It highlights the initiative of leveraging accessibility features to improve bug…