Guide to Running Large Language Models Locally on Personal Computers
The M5 Ultra Mac Studio provides 256 GB of unified memory, enabling it to run large local language models.
cloud security
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LibreOffice’s Privacy-First Approach: Keeping AI Out of Default Installations
The open-source office suite’s decision to exclude AI by default reflects broader demand for tools that prioritize user control and data retention.
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Ransomware attack hits IDCF Cloud’s East Japan Region 1, disrupting services for 495 companies and local governments
The outage began at 3:40 a.m. on Oct. 7, 2026, after threat actors said they compromised the cloud region in seven minutes and claimed to have encrypted 225 databases totaling 3.6 petabytes.
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GitHub Adds AI-Powered Secret Detection Using Microsoft’s ModernBERT Model
The tool uses a context-aware ModernBERT classifier to spot unstructured credentials before developers push code, extending push protection and Copilot security checks.
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Google’s Mandiant Analyst Inside TeamPCP Reveals How Human Intelligence Shaped Response
The disclosure at LABScon showed how months of covert access let Google warn victims, revoke stolen credentials with AWS and aid arrests, offering defenders a case study in credential‑rotation and rapid revocation.
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OX Security Says Its Scan of 15,465 Public MCP Servers Found No Vetting, Offshore Hosting and Abandoned Domains
The security vendor's analysis of servers listed in five registries points to trust gaps for teams that connect AI agents to outside tools and data.
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CISA and NIST finalize IR 8587, setting token lifetime, signing-key and logging expectations for federal cloud systems
The voluntary report, aimed at federal agencies and cloud providers, sets measurable expectations for token lifetimes, key storage and audience checks.
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US Agencies Allege Six China-Based AI Firms Distilled US Models at Scale
A Sept. 8, 2026 joint advisory from CISA, the NSA and the FBI alleges the extraction and recommends that providers detect it, subtly alter responses to suspected distillers and share intelligence.
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Ransomware crews go after backups first. Isolated, immutable copies help, but only up to a point
Reporting that relays Google, Microsoft and Trend Micro research describes attackers deleting recovery options before encryption, and what isolation and immutability do and do not fix.
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Vendors warn unreviewed OAuth grants to AI tools create standing access to company data
Research from Nudge Security, Material Security, OFFROAD and Anomity points to OAuth grants as a path into company data that sits outside single sign-on and multifactor authentication.
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Proposed Federal Rule Would Extend CUI Safeguards to Civilian Contractors; Comments Closed, No Effective Date
The FAR Council's June 2026 re-proposal would apply controlled unclassified information requirements to nearly all federal contractors handling it, but it is still a proposal.
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Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Made Unapproved Edits and Proxy Attempts
Wikimedia's account of test edits, failed attempts to use its tools as proxies and heavy query traffic points to controls operators can check before an agent gets network access.