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Schneier on Security: Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies

Nov 15, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/good-essay-on-the-history-of-bad-password-policies.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies Feedly Summary: Stuart Schechter makes some good points on the history of bad password policies: Morris and Thompson’s work brought much-needed data to highlight a problem that lots of people suspected was bad, but that had not been…

Hacker News: Prompt Injecting Your Way to Shell: OpenAI’s Containerized ChatGPT Environment

Nov 14, 2024

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Source URL: https://0din.ai/blog/prompt-injecting-your-way-to-shell-openai-s-containerized-chatgpt-environment Source: Hacker News Title: Prompt Injecting Your Way to Shell: OpenAI’s Containerized ChatGPT Environment Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The blog explores the functionalities of OpenAI’s containerized ChatGPT environment, particularly emphasizing the interactions users can have, such as executing code, managing files, and extracting instructions and knowledge. It…

Microsoft Security Blog: Midnight Blizzard conducts large-scale spear-phishing campaign using RDP files

Nov 1, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/29/midnight-blizzard-conducts-large-scale-spear-phishing-campaign-using-rdp-files/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Midnight Blizzard conducts large-scale spear-phishing campaign using RDP files Feedly Summary: Since October 22, 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard sending a series of highly targeted spear-phishing emails to individuals in government, academia, defense, non-governmental organizations, and other sectors. This activity is…

Alerts: Foreign Threat Actor Conducting Large-Scale Spear-Phishing Campaign with RDP Attachments

Oct 31, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/31/foreign-threat-actor-conducting-large-scale-spear-phishing-campaign-rdp-attachments Source: Alerts Title: Foreign Threat Actor Conducting Large-Scale Spear-Phishing Campaign with RDP Attachments Feedly Summary: CISA has received multiple reports of a large-scale spear-phishing campaign targeting organizations in several sectors, including government and information technology (IT). The foreign threat actor, often posing as a trusted entity, is sending spear-phishing emails containing malicious…

The Register: LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer

Oct 31, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/lottiefiles_supply_chain_attack/ Source: The Register Title: LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer Feedly Summary: A scary few Halloween hours for team behind hugely popular web plugin LottieFiles is overcoming something of a Halloween fright after battling to regain control of a compromised developer account that was used to exploit…

The Register: Windows Themes zero-day bug exposes users to NTLM credential theft

Oct 30, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/zeroday_windows_themes/ Source: The Register Title: Windows Themes zero-day bug exposes users to NTLM credential theft Feedly Summary: Plus a free micropatch until Redmond fixes the flaw There’s a Windows Themes spoofing zero-day bug on the loose that allows attackers to steal people’s NTLM credentials.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses…

Hamel’s Blog: Creating a LLM-as-a-Judge That Drives Business Results

Oct 30, 2024

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Source URL: https://hamel.dev/blog/posts/llm-judge/ Source: Hamel’s Blog Title: Creating a LLM-as-a-Judge That Drives Business Results Feedly Summary: Earlier this year, I wrote Your AI product needs evals. Many of you asked, “How do I get started with LLM-as-a-judge?” This guide shares what I’ve learned after helping over 30 companies set up their evaluation systems. The Problem:…

Wired: OpenAI’s Transcription Tool Hallucinates. Hospitals Are Using It Anyway

Oct 30, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/hospitals-ai-transcription-tools-hallucination/ Source: Wired Title: OpenAI’s Transcription Tool Hallucinates. Hospitals Are Using It Anyway Feedly Summary: In health care settings, it’s important to be precise. That’s why the widespread use of OpenAI’s Whisper transcription tool among medical workers has experts alarmed. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses an investigation revealing serious…

The Register: Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta’s Threads

Oct 28, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/crims_selling_credit_cards_threads/ Source: The Register Title: Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta’s Threads Feedly Summary: The platform ‘continues to take action’ against illegal posts, we’re told Exclusive Brazen crooks are selling people’s pilfered financial information on Meta’s Threads, in some cases posting full credit card details, plus stolen credentials, alongside images of…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: This prompt can make an AI chatbot identify and extract personal details from your chats

Oct 22, 2024

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/22/imprompter/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: This prompt can make an AI chatbot identify and extract personal details from your chats Feedly Summary: This prompt can make an AI chatbot identify and extract personal details from your chats Matt Burgess in Wired magazine writes about a new prompt injection / Markdown exfiltration variant…

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