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Don't want drive-by Ollama attackers snooping on your local chats? Patch now

The Register - Tue, 19/08/2025 - 22:57
Reconfigure local app settings via a 'simple' POST request

A now-patched flaw in popular AI model runner Ollama allows drive-by attacks in which a miscreant uses a malicious website to remotely target people's personal computers, spy on their local chats, and even control the models the victim's app talks to, in extreme cases by serving poisoned models.…

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Like burglars closing a door, Apache ActiveMQ attackers patch critical vuln after breaking in

The Register - Tue, 19/08/2025 - 21:28
Intruders hoped no one would notice their presence

Criminals exploiting a critical vulnerability in open source Apache ActiveMQ middleware are fixing the flaw that allowed them access, after establishing persistence on Linux servers.…

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Casino tech outfit Bragg cops to intrusion but says data jackpot untouched

The Register - Tue, 19/08/2025 - 16:31
Toronto company says weekend cyber raid hit internal IT, not punters' wallets

Canadian casino software slinger Bragg Gaming Group has disclosed a "cybersecurity incident," though it's adamant the intruders never got their hands on customer data.…

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US spy chief claims UK backed down over Apple backdoor demand

The Register - Tue, 19/08/2025 - 10:17
Tulsi Gabbard boasts Washington forced Blighty to drop iPhone encryption fight

The UK government has reportedly abandoned its attempt to strong-arm Apple into weakening iPhone encryption after the White House forced Blighty into a quiet climb-down.…

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More customers asking for Google's Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss

The Register - Tue, 19/08/2025 - 09:30
Developer demand for sovereign cloud from tech giant is on the rise, says exec

Interview  Google's President of Customer Experience, Hayete Gallot, offered some words of comfort to developers who are looking nervously at the rise of AI assistants while also laying out her vision for cloud sovereignty.…

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Browser wars are back, predicts Palo Alto, thanks to AI

The Register - Tue, 19/08/2025 - 07:33
CEO says if you buy all your infosec stuff from him, life under assault from bots will be less painful

Brace for a new round of browser wars, according to Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora.…

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Facial recognition works better in the lab than on the street, researchers show

The Register - Mon, 18/08/2025 - 23:39
High accuracy scores come from conditions that don't reflect real-world usage

Facial recognition technology has been deployed publicly on the basis of benchmark tests that reflect performance in laboratory settings, but some academics are saying that real-world performance doesn't match up.…

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Pot calls kettle black as China dubs US 'surveillance empire' over chip tracking

The Register - Mon, 18/08/2025 - 21:04
Spy vs spy in the chips

Comment  Chinese state media called the US an aspiring "surveillance empire" over its proposed use of asset tracking tags to crack down on black-market GPU shipments to the Middle Kingdom.…

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Microsoft's Nuance coughs up $8.5M to rid itself of MOVEit breach suit

The Register - Mon, 18/08/2025 - 17:04
Supply chain breach has been a major target of legal action

Microsoft-owned talk-to-text outfit Nuance has agreed to cough up $8.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the sprawling MOVEit Transfer mega-breach – although it admits no liability.…

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Workday warns of CRM breach after social engineers make off with business contact details

The Register - Mon, 18/08/2025 - 15:31
HR SaaS giant insists core systems untouched

Workday has admitted that attackers gained access to one of its third-party CRM platforms, but insists its core systems and customer tenants are untouched.…

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