Tag: Sable

  • The Register: Now’s your chance to try Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall … maybe

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/microsoft_recall_release/ Source: The Register Title: Now’s your chance to try Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall … maybe Feedly Summary: Like its AI, this automated screenshotter and logger is a feature not exactly everyone wanted Microsoft has initiated a limited public preview of its Windows Recall system – about six months after its unveiling sparked…

  • CSA: The Evolution of DevSecOps with AI

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/11/22/the-evolution-of-devsecops-with-ai Source: CSA Title: The Evolution of DevSecOps with AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the significant role of artificial intelligence (AI) in transforming DevSecOps practices, aiming to enhance the integration of security into software development processes. The article highlights how AI improves vulnerability detection, real-time monitoring,…

  • The Register: ‘Alarming’ bugs lay low in Ubuntu Server utility for 10 years

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/qualys_ubuntu_server_vulnerabilities/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Alarming’ bugs lay low in Ubuntu Server utility for 10 years Feedly Summary: Update now: Qualys says vulnerabilities give root and are ‘easily exploitable’ Researchers at Qualys refuse to release exploit code for five bugs in Ubuntu Server’s needrestart utility that allow unprivileged attackers to gain root access…

  • Hacker News: Why one would use Qubes OS? (2023)

    Source URL: https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2023-06-17-qubes-os-why.html Source: Hacker News Title: Why one would use Qubes OS? (2023) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Qubes OS offers a unique take on security and privacy through a compartmentalization paradigm that leverages virtualization. Its design allows users to create isolated environments (qubes) for different tasks, enhancing security by…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: A warning about tiktoken, BPE, and OpenAI models

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/a-warning-about-tiktoken/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: A warning about tiktoken, BPE, and OpenAI models Feedly Summary: A warning about tiktoken, BPE, and OpenAI models Tom MacWright warns that OpenAI’s tiktoken Python library has a surprising performance profile: it’s superlinear with the length of input, meaning someone could potentially denial-of-service you by sending you…

  • Slashdot: Ubuntu Linux Impacted By Decade-Old ‘needrestart’ Flaw That Gives Root

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/0057206/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Ubuntu Linux Impacted By Decade-Old ‘needrestart’ Flaw That Gives Root Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details five local privilege escalation vulnerabilities found in the Linux utility “needrestart,” crucial for professionals in security and compliance to recognize, as they highlight significant risks associated with resource…

  • The Register: Palo Alto Networks tackles firewall-busting zero-days with critical patches

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/palo_alto_networks_patches/ Source: The Register Title: Palo Alto Networks tackles firewall-busting zero-days with critical patches Feedly Summary: Amazing that these two bugs got into a production appliance, say researchers Palo Alto Networks (PAN) finally released a CVE identifier and patch for the zero-day exploit that caused such a fuss last week.… AI Summary and…

  • Hacker News: Why LLMs Within Software Development May Be a Dead End

    Source URL: https://thenewstack.io/why-llms-within-software-development-may-be-a-dead-end/ Source: Hacker News Title: Why LLMs Within Software Development May Be a Dead End Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a critical perspective on the limitations of current Large Language Models (LLMs) regarding their composability, explainability, and security implications for software development. It argues that LLMs…

  • Slashdot: Google Rolls Out Call Screening AI To Thwart Phone Fraudsters

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/14/1650231/google-rolls-out-call-screening-ai-to-thwart-phone-fraudsters?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Rolls Out Call Screening AI To Thwart Phone Fraudsters Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has introduced AI-powered scam call detection for Android devices, focusing on real-time analysis of conversation patterns to combat phone fraud. The feature enhances user security without sacrificing privacy, as it…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is an LLM that can code well that runs on my Mac

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/12/qwen25-coder/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is an LLM that can code well that runs on my Mac Feedly Summary: There’s a whole lot of buzz around the new Qwen2.5-Coder Series of open source (Apache 2.0 licensed) LLM releases from Alibaba’s Qwen research team. On first impression it looks like the buzz…