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Security Essentials ready

The final version of Microsoft Security Essentials is now available for download. According to the company, the software provides real-time protection for PCs against viruses, spyware and other malicious software. The free consumer solution is backed by research from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC), enabling it to quickly respond to new threats and placing it in competition alongside offerings from Symantec and McAfee in the anti-virus market. — CAM

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Attackers who breached HSHS' systems from Aug. 16 to Aug. 27, 2023, were able to exfiltrate varying types of data from individuals, including a combination of names, birthdates, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, medical record numbers, health insurance details, and treatment information, said the health system.

Hugging Face compromised with malicious AI models

Both malicious packages resembling proof-of-concept models were not identified by Hugging Face's Picklescan security tool due to differences in compression format with PyTorch, as well as a security issue that prevented the proper scanning of Pickle files that could facilitate compromise, according to a report from ReversingLabs.

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