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  • CSA: Why Is Google Ending Support for Less Secure Apps?

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/app-specific-passwords-origins-functionality-security-risks-and-mitigation Source: CSA Title: Why Is Google Ending Support for Less Secure Apps? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s announcement to terminate support for Less Secure Apps (LSAs) highlights the importance of App-Specific Passwords (ASPs) and the lingering security concerns they carry. This transition marks a significant improvement in user…

  • CSA: AI Application Security & Fundamental Cyber Hygiene

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    Source URL: https://www.tenable.com/blog/securing-the-ai-attack-surface-separating-the-unknown-from-the-well-understood Source: CSA Title: AI Application Security & Fundamental Cyber Hygiene Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emerging risks associated with LLM (Large Language Model) and AI applications, emphasizing the necessity for foundational cybersecurity practices and clear usage policies to mitigate vulnerabilities. It highlights the unique security…

  • The Register: Would banning ransomware insurance stop the scourge?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/ransomware_insurance_ban/ Source: The Register Title: Would banning ransomware insurance stop the scourge? Feedly Summary: White House official makes case for ending extortion reimbursements Ransomware attacks are costing businesses and governments billions of dollars and putting people’s lives at risk – in some cases, reportedly causing their deaths.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • The Register: Trump campaign arms up with ‘unhackable’ phones after Iranian intrusion

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/trump_unhackable_phones/ Source: The Register Title: Trump campaign arms up with ‘unhackable’ phones after Iranian intrusion Feedly Summary: Florida man gets his hands on ‘the best ever’ With less than a month to go before American voters head to the polls to choose their next president, the Trump campaign has been investing in secure…

  • The Register: Thousands of Fortinet instances vulnerable to actively exploited flaw

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/fortinet_vulnerability/ Source: The Register Title: Thousands of Fortinet instances vulnerable to actively exploited flaw Feedly Summary: No excuses for not patching this nine-month-old issue More than 86,000 Fortinet instances remain vulnerable to the critical flaw that attackers started exploiting last week, according to Shadowserver’s data.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…

  • Schneier on Security: Perfectl Malware

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/10/perfectl-malware.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Perfectl Malware Feedly Summary: Perfectl in an impressive piece of malware: The malware has been circulating since at least 2021. It gets installed by exploiting more than 20,000 common misconfigurations, a capability that may make millions of machines connected to the Internet potential targets, researchers from Aqua…

  • Hacker News: Trust Rules Everything Around Me

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    Source URL: https://scottarc.blog/2024/10/14/trust-rules-everything-around-me/ Source: Hacker News Title: Trust Rules Everything Around Me Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text dives into concerns around governance, trust, and security within the WordPress community, particularly in light of recent controversies involving Matt Mullenweg. It addresses critical vulnerabilities tied to decision-making power and proposes cryptographic…

  • The Register: Schools bombarded by nation-state attacks, ransomware gangs, and everyone in between

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/13/schools_nationstate_attacks_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Schools bombarded by nation-state attacks, ransomware gangs, and everyone in between Feedly Summary: Reading, writing, and cyber mayhem, amirite? If we were to draw an infosec Venn diagram, with one circle representing “sensitive info that attackers would want to steal" and the other "limited resources plus difficult-to-secure IT…

  • Slashdot: LLM Attacks Take Just 42 Seconds On Average, 20% of Jailbreaks Succeed

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/12/213247/llm-attacks-take-just-42-seconds-on-average-20-of-jailbreaks-succeed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: LLM Attacks Take Just 42 Seconds On Average, 20% of Jailbreaks Succeed Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The article discusses alarming findings from Pillar Security’s report on attacks against large language models (LLMs), revealing that such attacks are not only alarmingly quick but also frequently result…

  • The Register: Anthropic’s Claude vulnerable to ’emotional manipulation’

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/12/anthropics_claude_vulnerable_to_emotional/ Source: The Register Title: Anthropic’s Claude vulnerable to ’emotional manipulation’ Feedly Summary: AI model safety only goes so far Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, despite its reputation as one of the better behaved generative AI models, can still be convinced to emit racist hate speech and malware.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…