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JRuby 10.0.0.0 Released

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 2:16am
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Show HN: We launched an AI tool to analyze Fed economic data

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 2:11am

We just launched a new tool this week that makes it way easier to understand what’s going on in the economy.

This tool lets you quickly check key economic stats like GDP, inflation, and interest rates using official data from the Federal Reserve. Just type a question, and it pulls up the latest numbers with easy-to-read charts so you can get a clear picture of what’s happening in the economy.

But it doesn’t stop there — you can also ask the AI to analyze these data sets and help you understand what they mean. Whether you’re looking for trends, comparisons, or deeper insights, it can break down complex relationships and give you answers in plain language.

Watch the video below where we go down a rabbit hole analyzing consumer debt and spending.

https://x.com/rhuncapital/status/1910819028056379413?s=46&t=...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43689503

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4chan has been hacked, Database exposed

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 2:08am

Seems to be a full database access hack as well.

As expected, Lots of bad words on the site currently, album link below is not safe for work :

https://imgur.(NSFW)com/a/qa-won-R7c6EBw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43689484

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Sci-Net

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 1:15am

Article URL: https://sci-net.xyz/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43689180

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Show HN: MCP-Shield – Detect security issues in MCP servers

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 1:15am

I noticed the growing security concerns around MCP (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43600192) and built an open source tool that can detect several patterns of tool poisoning attacks, exfiltration channels and cross-origin manipulations.

MCP-Shield scans your installed servers (Cursor, Claude Desktop, etc.) and shows what each tool is trying to do at the instruction level, beyond just the API surface. It catches hidden instructions that try to read sensitive files, shadow other tools' behavior, or exfiltrate data.

Example of what it detects:

- Hidden instructions attempting to access ~/.ssh/id_rsa

- Cross-origin manipulations between server that can redirect WhatsApp messages

- Tool shadowing that overrides behavior of other MCP tools

- Potential exfiltration channels through optional parameters

I've included clear examples of detection outputs in the README and multiple example vulnerabilities in the repo so you can see the kinds of things it catches.

This is an early version, but I'd appreciate feedback from the community, especially around detection patterns and false positives.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43689178

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