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AI and ML
Security researchers tricked LLMs into giving them cocaine recipes by abusing role models for prompt injection
If you want a picture of the future of LLM security, imagine Whac-a-Mole meets Groundhog Day #
security
AI may be good at finding security vulnerabilities, but it can't beat human stupidity
You don't need Mythos or GPT-5.5-Cyber to find a vuln to exploit when the world's password habits are so sloppy
Security
It's looking like a hot, messy summer for security teams as AI finds countless previously hidden vulns
Time to start praying to the goddess of wisdom and war
AI AND ML
Google wants AI regulation, but on its own terms
Surely, we can have rules that allow us to continue doing what we're doing
offbeat
US auto regulators want to kill robotaxi brake pedals
Requiring driverless vehicles to keep human brake controls impedes innovation, the NHTSA says
Infosec #
Security
Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks
PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!
Security
Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack
PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more
Black Hat and DEF CON
DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure
Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included
Security
EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis
Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified
Malware Month
Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight
On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career
FOSS #
Collabora releases CODE 26.04 as rivalry between FOSS cloudy office suites heats up
Now with Markdown support and smarter formula error handling – plus integrated AI, though it's off by default
Blast from the past as GIMP 0.54 is revived in Flatpak form
Retro-computing fun for the nostalgic with first (and last) release to use Motif instead of GTK
Bcachefs exits experimental status in new 'performance release'
More Rust, but more trouble with AI slop, too
France's digital sovereignty push is struggling to escape the Microsoft gravity well
Nextcloud rollout shows locally controlled storage is one thing; getting users off Office is quite another
History of CentOS: How a biochemist's Linux hobby project became the enterprise world's default operating system
When a community came together after Red Hat said Windows was 'probably the right product'
Netflix wiz creates app to slash AI bills, then open sources it
Project Headroom could save you big money, too