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Simon Willison’s Weblog: How some of the world’s most brilliant computer scientists got password policies so wrong

Nov 21, 2024

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/password-policies/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: How some of the world’s most brilliant computer scientists got password policies so wrong Feedly Summary: How some of the world’s most brilliant computer scientists got password policies so wrong Stuart Schechter blames Robert Morris and Ken Thompson for the dire state of passwords today: The story…

Slashdot: Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry

Nov 21, 2024

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Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/0117253/inside-the-booming-ai-pimping-industry?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the rise of AI-generated influencers on Instagram, highlighting how these accounts are negatively impacting real content creators by monetizing stolen videos and images. This trend demonstrates a shift in social media dynamics,…

The Register: China-linked group abuses Fortinet 0-day with post-exploit VPN-credential stealer

Nov 19, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/china_brazenbamboo_fortinet_0day/ Source: The Register Title: China-linked group abuses Fortinet 0-day with post-exploit VPN-credential stealer Feedly Summary: No word on when or if the issue will be fixed Chinese government-linked snoops are exploiting a zero-day bug in Fortinet’s Windows VPN client to steal credentials and other information, according to memory forensics outfit Volexity.… AI…

The Register: UK tax collector inks £366M in ERP deals to get systems into cloud

Nov 18, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/18/uk_tax_collector_awards_366/ Source: The Register Title: UK tax collector inks £366M in ERP deals to get systems into cloud Feedly Summary: SAP and Deloitte winners in transition from legacy software to SaaS, which includes housing and transport ministries The UK’s tax collector has awarded contracts worth up to £366 million ($461 million) in an…

Slashdot: NSO, Not Government Clients, Operates Its Spyware

Nov 16, 2024

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/15/2314234/nso-not-government-clients-operates-its-spyware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: NSO, Not Government Clients, Operates Its Spyware Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The ongoing legal dispute between NSO Group and WhatsApp sheds light on the operational practices of NSO’s hacking software, notably that the company itself is responsible for installing and extracting data from targeted devices,…

Hacker News: Implementing Signal’s Double Ratchet algorithm (2020)

Nov 14, 2024

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Source URL: https://nfil.dev/coding/encryption/python/double-ratchet-example/ Source: Hacker News Title: Implementing Signal’s Double Ratchet algorithm (2020) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a detailed exposition of the Double Ratchet algorithm and its implementation, emphasizing its benefits for end-to-end encryption (E2E) in securing communications. It highlights the algorithm’s key features such as forward…

Cloud Blog: How Deutsche Bank built a new retail data platform on Google Cloud

Nov 14, 2024

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/inside-deutsche-banks-pbdp-retail-data-platform/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Deutsche Bank built a new retail data platform on Google Cloud Feedly Summary: Getting insights into customer’s preferences and needs is crucial for any modern business — and that’s especially true for a retail bank. Insights from customer data help deliver improved customer experiences through custom tailored…

The Register: NatWest blocks bevy of apps in clampdown on unmonitorable comms

Nov 14, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/natwest_blocks_bevy_of_apps/ Source: The Register Title: NatWest blocks bevy of apps in clampdown on unmonitorable comms Feedly Summary: From guidance to firm action… no more WhatsApp, Meta’s Messenger, Signal, Telegram and more The full list of messaging apps officially blocked by Brit banking and insurance giant NatWest Group is more extensive than WhatsApp, Meta’s…

Hacker News: OpenAI’s new "Orion" model reportedly shows small gains over GPT-4

Nov 11, 2024

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Source URL: https://the-decoder.com/openais-new-orion-model-reportedly-shows-small-gains-over-gpt-4/ Source: Hacker News Title: OpenAI’s new "Orion" model reportedly shows small gains over GPT-4 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the stagnation in the performance of large language models (LLMs), particularly OpenAI’s upcoming Orion model, which shows minimal gains compared to its predecessor, GPT-4. It highlights…

The Register: Scattered Spider, BlackCat claw their way back from criminal underground

Nov 8, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/scattered_spider_blackcat_return/ Source: The Register Title: Scattered Spider, BlackCat claw their way back from criminal underground Feedly Summary: We all know by now that monsters never die, right? Two high-profile criminal gangs, Scattered Spider and BlackCat/ALPHV, seemed to disappear into the darkness like their namesakes following a series of splashy digital heists last year,…

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