Tag: uth

  • Alerts: USDA Releases Success Story Detailing the Implementation of Phishing-Resistant Multi-Factor Authentication

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/20/usda-releases-success-story-detailing-implementation-phishing-resistant-multi-factor-authentication Source: Alerts Title: USDA Releases Success Story Detailing the Implementation of Phishing-Resistant Multi-Factor Authentication Feedly Summary: Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released Phishing-Resistant Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Success Story: USDA’s FIDO Implementation. This report details how USDA successfully implemented phishing-resistant authentication for its…

  • The Register: D-Link tells users to trash old VPN routers over bug too dangerous to identify

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/dlink_rip_replace_router/ Source: The Register Title: D-Link tells users to trash old VPN routers over bug too dangerous to identify Feedly Summary: Vendor offers 20% discount on new model, but not patches Owners of older models of D-Link VPN routers are being told to retire and replace their devices following the disclosure of a…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Malicious QR codes

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/malicious_qr_codes/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Malicious QR codes Feedly Summary: QR codes are disproportionately effective at bypassing most anti-spam filters, as most filters are not designed to recognize that a QR code is present in an image and decode the QR code. According to Talos’ data, roughly 60% of all email containing…

  • Wired: Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-pimping-industry-deepfakes-instagram/ Source: Wired Title: Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry Feedly Summary: AI-generated influencers based on stolen images of real-life adult content creators are flooding social media. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the emerging issue of AI-generated influencers on Instagram that are appropriating the likenesses of real creators, leading…

  • Hacker News: Let’s Encrypt is 10 years old now

    Source URL: https://letsencrypt.org/2014/11/18/announcing-lets-encrypt/ Source: Hacker News Title: Let’s Encrypt is 10 years old now Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the launch of Let’s Encrypt, a free certificate authority aimed at simplifying the process of obtaining TLS certificates to enhance internet security. The initiative champions principles such as free…

  • Hacker News: 1-Bit AI Infrastructure

    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.16144 Source: Hacker News Title: 1-Bit AI Infrastructure Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the advancements in 1-bit Large Language Models (LLMs), highlighting the BitNet and BitNet b1.58 models that promise improved efficiency in processing speed and energy usage. The development of a software stack enables local…

  • Hacker News: OpenJDK Authorization

    Source URL: https://github.com/pfirmstone/jdk-with-authorization/blob/master/README.md Source: Hacker News Title: OpenJDK Authorization Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a community fork of OpenJDK focused on enhancing Authorization functionalities while maintaining performance and scalability. It emphasizes policies based on the principle of least privilege and the importance of auditing untrusted code, while simultaneously…

  • Hacker News: We assume damage to Baltic Sea cables was sabotage, German Defence minister

    Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/baltic-sea-cables-damage-sabotage-german-minister Source: Hacker News Title: We assume damage to Baltic Sea cables was sabotage, German Defence minister Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving the sabotage of undersea fibre-optic cables in the Baltic Sea has raised significant concerns about the security of critical infrastructure in Europe. The implications…

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

    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…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Notes from Bing Chat—Our First Encounter With Manipulative AI

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/19/notes-from-bing-chat/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Notes from Bing Chat—Our First Encounter With Manipulative AI Feedly Summary: A participated in an Ars Live conversation with Benj Edwards of Ars Technica today, talking about that wild period of LLM history last year when Microsoft launched Bing Chat and it instantly started misbehaving, gaslighting and…