Tag: phi

  • Cisco Security Blog: NetSecOPEN: Cisco Firewall Outperforms Competition in Real-World Testing

    Source URL: https://blogs.cisco.com/security/netsecopen-cisco-firewall-outperforms-competition-in-real-world-testing Source: Cisco Security Blog Title: NetSecOPEN: Cisco Firewall Outperforms Competition in Real-World Testing Feedly Summary: TLS adoption has grown rapidly, with nearly 100% of website connections now delivered over HTTPS. Now, firewalls must do more than simply block threats—they need to provide advanced decryption capabilities to detect hidden dangers, while maintaining performance,…

  • Schneier on Security: Subverting LLM Coders

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/subverting-llm-coders.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Subverting LLM Coders Feedly Summary: Really interesting research: “An LLM-Assisted Easy-to-Trigger Backdoor Attack on Code Completion Models: Injecting Disguised Vulnerabilities against Strong Detection“: Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed code com- pletion tasks, providing context-based suggestions to boost developer productivity in software engineering. As users often…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Unwrapping the emerging Interlock ransomware attack

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/emerging-interlock-ransomware/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Unwrapping the emerging Interlock ransomware attack Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos IR) recently observed an attacker conducting big-game hunting and double extortion attacks using the relatively new Interlock ransomware. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The analysis by Cisco Talos Incident Response provides an in-depth…

  • Hacker News: Evaluating the World Model Implicit in a Generative Model

    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.03689 Source: Hacker News Title: Evaluating the World Model Implicit in a Generative Model Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This paper delves into the evaluation of world models implicitly learned by generative models, particularly large language models (LLMs). It highlights the potential limitations and fragilities of these models in…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Exploring Internet traffic shifts and cyber attacks during the 2024 US election

    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/exploring-internet-traffic-shifts-and-cyber-attacks-during-the-2024-us-election Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Exploring Internet traffic shifts and cyber attacks during the 2024 US election Feedly Summary: Election Day 2024 in the US saw a surge in cyber activity. Cloudflare blocked several DDoS attacks on political and election sites, ensuring no impact. In this post, we analyze these attacks, as…

  • Hacker News: Ollama 0.4 is released with support for Meta’s Llama 3.2 Vision models locally

    Source URL: https://ollama.com/blog/llama3.2-vision Source: Hacker News Title: Ollama 0.4 is released with support for Meta’s Llama 3.2 Vision models locally Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the availability and usage of Llama 3.2 Vision within the Ollama framework, highlighting its capabilities in image analysis, including Optical Character Recognition (OCR).…

  • Technologies | Sovereign Tech Agency: Reproducible Builds

    Source URL: https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/reproducible-builds Source: Technologies | Sovereign Tech Agency Title: Reproducible Builds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Reproducible Builds project plays a crucial role in enhancing the security of open source software supply chains by addressing vulnerabilities that arise from third-party dependencies. It aims to establish reproducible builds as a standard…

  • Schneier on Security: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/iot-devices-in-password-spraying-botnet.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet Feedly Summary: Microsoft is warning Azure cloud users that a Chinese controlled botnet is engaging in “highly evasive” password spraying. Not sure about the “highly evasive” part; the techniques seem basically what you get in a distributed password-guessing attack: “Any threat actor…

  • The Register: China’s Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singtel in ‘test-run’ for US telecom attacks

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/chinas_volt_typhoon_breached_singtel/ Source: The Register Title: China’s Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singtel in ‘test-run’ for US telecom attacks Feedly Summary: Alleged intrusion spotted in June Chinese government cyberspies Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singapore Telecommunications over the summer as part of their ongoing attacks against critical infrastructure operators.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…