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🤖 Artificial Intelligence

1. Overcoming Nonsmoothness and Control Chattering in Nonconvex Optimal Control Problems

Source: Towards Data Science | Tags: AI Data Science Analytics With some hints for good numerics The post Overcoming Nonsmoothness and Control Chattering in Nonconvex Optimal Control Problems appeared first on Towards Data Science.

2. The Machine Learning “Advent Calendar” Bonus 1: AUC in Excel

Source: Towards Data Science | Tags: AI Data Science Analytics AUC measures how well a model ranks positives above negatives, independent of any chosen threshold. The post The Machine Learning “Advent Calendar” Bonus 1: AUC in Excel appeared first on Towards Data Science.

3. Agents Under the Curve (AUC)

Source: Towards Data Science | Tags: AI Data Science Analytics Towards understanding if your agentic solution is actually better The post Agents Under the Curve (AUC) appeared first on Towards Data Science.

4. How to Facilitate Effective AI Programming

Source: Towards Data Science | Tags: AI Data Science Analytics How to ensure your coding agent has the same context as you The post How to Facilitate Effective AI Programming appeared first on Towards Data Science.

5. Machine Learning vs AI Engineer: What Are the Differences?

Source: Towards Data Science | Tags: AI Data Science Analytics One of the most confusing questions in tech right now is: What is the difference between an AI engineer and a machine learning engineer? Both are six-figure jobs, but if you choose the wrong one, you could waste months of your career learning the wrong skills and miss out on quality roles. As a prac

6. Implementing Vibe Proving with Reinforcement Learning

Source: Towards Data Science | Tags: AI Data Science Analytics How to make LLMs reason with verifiable, step-by-step logic (Part 2) The post Implementing Vibe Proving with Reinforcement Learning appeared first on Towards Data Science.

7. Breaking the Hardware Barrier: Software FP8 for Older GPUs

Source: Towards Data Science | Tags: AI Data Science Analytics Deep learning workloads are increasingly memory-bound, with GPU cores sitting idle while waiting for data transfers. FP8 precision solves this on newer hardware, but what about the millions of RTX 30 and 20 series GPUs already deployed? Feather demonstrates that software-based FP8 emulation through

8. Hugging Face Transformers in Action: Learning How To Leverage AI for NLP

Source: Towards Data Science | Tags: AI Data Science Analytics A practical guide to Hugging Face Transformers and to how you can analyze your resumé sentiment in seconds with AI The post Hugging Face Transformers in Action: Learning How To Leverage AI for NLP appeared first on Towards Data Science.

9. Exploring TabPFN: A Foundation Model Built for Tabular Data

Source: Towards Data Science | Tags: AI Data Science Analytics Understanding the architecture, training pipeline and implementing TabPFN in practice The post Exploring TabPFN: A Foundation Model Built for Tabular Data appeared first on Towards Data Science.

10. How IntelliNode Automates Complex Workflows with Vibe Agents

Source: Towards Data Science | Tags: AI Data Science Analytics Many AI systems focus on isolated tasks or simple prompt engineering. This approach allowed us to build interesting applications from a single prompt, but we are starting to hit a limit. Simple prompting falls short when we tackle complex AI tasks that require multiple stages or enterprise systems t

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🔒 Cybersecurity

1. New ErrTraffic service enables ClickFix attacks via fake browser glitches

Source: Bleeping Computer | Tags: Security Malware CVE A new cybercrime tool called ErrTraffic allows threat actors to automate ClickFix attacks by generating 'fake glitches' on compromised websites to lure users into downloading payloads or following malicious instructions [...]

2. CSA Issues Alert on Critical SmarterMail Bug Allowing Remote Code Execution

Source: The Hacker News | Tags: Security Vulnerabilities Threats The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has issued a bulletin warning of a maximum-severity security flaw in SmarterTools SmarterMail email software that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-52691, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It relates t

3. European Space Agency confirms breach of "external servers"

Source: Bleeping Computer | Tags: Security Malware CVE The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed that attackers recently breached servers outside its corporate network, which contained what it described as "unclassified" information on collaborative engineering activities. [...]

4. Zoom Stealer browser extensions harvest corporate meeting intelligence

Source: Bleeping Computer | Tags: Security Malware CVE A newly discovered campaign, which researchers call Zoom Stealer, is affecting 2.2 million Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge users through 18 extensions that collect online meeting-related data like URLs, IDs, topics, descriptions, and embedded passwords. [...]

5. US cybersecurity experts plead guilty to BlackCat ransomware attacks

Source: Bleeping Computer | Tags: Security Malware CVE Two former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint have pleaded guilty to targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks in 2023. [...]

6. CISA orders feds to patch MongoBleed flaw exploited in attacks

Source: Bleeping Computer | Tags: Security Malware CVE CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to patch an actively exploited MongoDB vulnerability (MongoBleed) that can be exploited to steal credentials, API keys, and other sensitive data. [...]

7. Silver Fox Targets Indian Users With Tax-Themed Emails Delivering ValleyRAT Malware

Source: The Hacker News | Tags: Security Vulnerabilities Threats The threat actor known as Silver Fox has turned its focus to India, using income tax-themed lures in phishing campaigns to distribute a modular remote access trojan called ValleyRAT (aka Winos 4.0). "This sophisticated attack leverages a complex kill chain involving DLL hijacking and the modular Val

8. How to Integrate AI into Modern SOC Workflows

Source: The Hacker News | Tags: Security Vulnerabilities Threats Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into security operations quickly, but many practitioners are still struggling to turn early experimentation into consistent operational value. This is because SOCs are adopting AI without an intentional approach to operational integration. Some teams tr

9. Mustang Panda Uses Signed Kernel-Mode Rootkit to Load TONESHELL Backdoor

Source: The Hacker News | Tags: Security Vulnerabilities Threats The Chinese hacking group known as Mustang Panda has leveraged a previously undocumented kernel-mode rootkit driver to deliver a new variant of backdoor dubbed TONESHELL in a cyber attack detected in mid-2025 targeting an unspecified entity in Asia. The findings come from Kaspersky, which observed t

10. Chinese state hackers use rootkit to hide ToneShell malware activity

Source: Bleeping Computer | Tags: Security Malware CVE A new sample of the ToneShell backdoor, typically seen in Chinese cyberespionage campaigns, has been delivered through a kernel-mode loader in attacks against government organizations. [...]

11. Coupang to split $1.17 billion among 33.7 million data breach victims

Source: Bleeping Computer | Tags: Security Malware CVE Coupang, the largest retailer in South Korea, announced $1.17 billion (1.685 trillion Won) total compensation for the 33.7 million customers whose information was exposed in the data breach discovered last month. [...]

12. Happy 16th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity.com!

Source: Krebs on Security | Tags: Security Fraud Privacy KrebsOnSecurity.com celebrates its 16th anniversary today! A huge "thank you" to all of our readers -- newcomers, long-timers and drive-by critics alike. Your engagement this past year here has been tremendous and truly a salve on a handful of dark days. Happily, comeuppance was a strong theme runni

13. Hacker arrested for KMSAuto malware campaign with 2.8 million downloads

Source: Bleeping Computer | Tags: Security Malware CVE A Lithuanian national has been arrested for his alleged involvement in infecting 2.8 million systems with clipboard-stealing malware disguised as the KMSAuto tool for illegally activating Windows and Office software. [...]

14. Trust Wallet says 2,596 wallets drained in $7 million crypto theft attack

Source: Bleeping Computer | Tags: Security Malware CVE Trust Wallet says attackers who compromised its browser extension right before Christmas have drained approximately $7 million from nearly 3,000 cryptocurrency wallet addresses. [...]

15. The Real-World Attacks Behind OWASP Agentic AI Top 10

Source: Bleeping Computer | Tags: Security Malware CVE OWASP's new Agentic AI Top 10 highlights real-world attacks already targeting autonomous AI systems, from goal hijacking to malicious MCP servers. Koi Security breaks down real-world incidents behind multiple categories, including two cases cited by OWASP, showing how agent tools and runtime behavio

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