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  • The Register: Ransomware’s ripple effect felt across ERs as patient care suffers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/ransomware_ripple_effect_hospitals/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware’s ripple effect felt across ERs as patient care suffers Feedly Summary: 389 US healthcare orgs infected this year alone Ransomware infected 389 US healthcare organizations this fiscal year, putting patients’ lives at risk and costing facilities up to $900,000 a day in downtime alone, according to Microsoft.……

  • The Register: Samsung phone users under attack, Google warns

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/samsung_phone_eop_attacks/ Source: The Register Title: Samsung phone users under attack, Google warns Feedly Summary: Don’t ignore this nasty zero day exploit says TAG A nasty bug in Samsung’s mobile chips is being exploited by miscreants as part of an exploit chain to escalate privileges and then remotely execute arbitrary code, according to Google…

  • Hacker News: The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/ Source: Hacker News Title: The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text provides a detailed account of privacy concerns related to the proliferation of mobile location data, particularly through tools like Babel Street’s LocateX service. This situation poses significant threats to…

  • Krebs on Security: The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data Feedly Summary: Not long ago, the ability to remotely track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a powerful surveillance tool that should only be in the purview of nation…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Model Card Addendum: Claude 3.5 Haiku and Upgraded Sonnet

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/23/model-card/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Model Card Addendum: Claude 3.5 Haiku and Upgraded Sonnet Feedly Summary: We enhanced the ability of the upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3.5 Haiku to recognize and resist prompt injection attempts. Prompt injection is an attack where a malicious user feeds instructions to a model…

  • 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…

  • The Register: Internet Archive exposed again – this time through Zendesk

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/internet_archive_zendesk_access_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Internet Archive exposed again – this time through Zendesk Feedly Summary: Org turns its woes into a fundraising opportunity Despite the Internet Archive’s assurances it’s back on its feet after a recent infosec incident, the org still appears to be in trouble after parties unknown claimed to hold…

  • Krebs on Security: Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/brazil-arrests-usdod-hacker-in-fbi-infragard-breach/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach Feedly Summary: Brazilian authorities reportedly have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of being “USDoD," a prolific cybercriminal who rose to infamy in 2022 after infiltrating the FBI’s InfraGard program and leaking contact information for 80,000 members. More recently,…

  • Wired: This Prompt Can Make an AI Chatbot Identify and Extract Personal Details From Your Chats

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-imprompter-malware-llm/ Source: Wired Title: This Prompt Can Make an AI Chatbot Identify and Extract Personal Details From Your Chats Feedly Summary: Security researchers created an algorithm that turns a malicious prompt into a set of hidden instructions that could send a user’s personal information to an attacker. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Slashdot: Startup Can Identify Deepfake Video In Real Time

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/16/217207/startup-can-identify-deepfake-video-in-real-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Startup Can Identify Deepfake Video In Real Time Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The rise of real-time video deepfakes poses significant security risks, as evidenced by notable incidents affecting governments, businesses, and individuals. Reality Defender is actively developing solutions to combat this threat through enhanced detection…