After the release of ChatGPT, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and large language models (LLMs) have become the number one topic of discussion for cybersecurity practitioners, vendors and investors alike. This is no surprise; as Marc Andreessen noted a decade ago, software is eating the world, and AI is …
Read More »EU draft bill sets copyright requirements for AI models like ChatGPT
A new draft of European Union legislation proposes that developers of artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT must disclose copyrighted material used in building their systems. Members of the European Parliament have reached a preliminary agreement on the EU’s AI Act, with new provisions added that will require generative AI …
Read More »Daily Cybersecurity Update, April-28, 2023
It’s almost never a good sign when you see an announcement stating, “We are currently experiencing some computer system issues.” It is most definitely, probably, a cyberattack. Such is the case of a South Carolina county that got hit by a ransomware attack. South Korean institutions are in peril as …
Read More »5 most dangerous new attack techniques
Cyber experts from the SANS Institute have revealed the five most dangerous new attack techniques being used by attackers including cyber criminals and nation-state actors. They were presented in a session at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, where a panel of SANS analysts explored emerging Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures …
Read More »SANS Reveals Top 5 Most Dangerous Cyberattacks for 2023
Expert instructors from the SANS Institute here yesterday detailed what they cite as the most dangerous forms of cyberattacks for 2023. Some of the key themes bubbling to the surface included the intersection of AI with attack patterns and the ways that attackers are taking advantage of highly flexible development …
Read More »India Cosmos Bank Cyber Attack – 11 Accused in Cyber Fraud Case
The Cosmos cooperative bank in Pune, among the city’s oldest urban cooperative banks, has fallen prey to cyber fraudsters. Hackers gained access to the bank’s system and stole Rs 94 crore. A court in Maharashtra’s Pune had found 11 persons guilty. Fahim Shaikh and Mohammad Saeed Iqbal Hussain Jafari of …
Read More »Google Obtains Court Order to Disrupt CryptBot Distribution
Google this week announced that it has obtained a court order that helped it disrupt the CryptBot information stealer’s distribution. Initially designed to harvest and exfiltrate sensitive information such as credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and more, CryptBot was also seen distributing banking trojans. Over the past year alone, the malware infected …
Read More »Daily Cybersecurity Update, April-27, 2023
A Massachusetts city became the victim of a cyberattack that severely disrupted its network and systems. Residents have been notified. Let us introduce you to malverposting – threats delivered through social media. In one such campaign, the attacker has been exploiting Facebook Ads. Moving on, security researchers identified two ransomware …
Read More »Daily Cybersecurity Update, April-26, 2023
While healthcare providers are reassessing the use of third-party tracking tools and the cyber risks associated with them, a medical technology provider became the latest to disclose a privacy breach. In other news, FIN7 is back in the headlines. It is targeting a vulnerability in Veeam instances. The education sector …
Read More »Cisco Launches Advanced Threat Detection XDR Platform
In the recent hybrid, multi-vendor, multi-threat world, Cisco Extended Detection and Response (XDR) streamlines security operations with unrivaled visibility across the network and endpoint. To accomplish its goal of the Cisco Security Cloud, a unified, AI-driven, cross-domain security platform, Cisco recently presented the most recent development. Organizations should defend the …
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