AI

Application Security, Software Security

Issued by: CSO Online

Black Hat USA 2024 once again served as a launchpad for several cybersecurity products and services with many notable vendors as well as up-and-coming startups showcasing their innovations at the annual conference, held this week in Las Vegas. The event, alongside the RSA Conference, remains a pivotal moment in the cybersecurity calendar, offering insights into…

Application Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

The mad dash to the cloud a few years back left many organizations scrambling to understand the true implications of this technological shift. Fueled by promises of scalability and cost savings, many companies jumped on board without fully comprehending key details. For example, many were asking how secure their data was in the cloud, who…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: CSO Online

Cyber criminals are beginning to use artificial intelligence to make their operations more effective — and their use goes way beyond creating better bait for phishing. Just as in legitimate business, discussions about AI among criminals have accelerated this year compared to 2023, researchers from cybersecurity group Intel 471 reported in a new study published…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: DataBreach Today

OpenAI said it disrupted five covert influence operations including from China and Russia that attempted to use its artificial intelligence services to manipulate public opinion amid elections. The threat actors used AI models to generate short comments and longer articles in multiple languages, made up names and bios for social media accounts, conducted open-source research,…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: CSO Online

Security researchers have warned about a new cyberespionage campaign that targets artificial intelligence experts working in private industry, government and academia. The attackers, likely of Chinese origin, are using a remote access trojan (RAT) called SugarGh0st. “The timing of the recent campaign coincides with an 8 May 2024 report from Reuters, revealing that the US…

Network Security

Issued by: DataBreach Today

The U.K. government released voluntary guidance intended to help artificial intelligence developers and vendors protect models from hacking and potential sabotage. Released on Wednesday, the British government’s AI code of practice lists recommendations such as monitoring AI system behavior and performing model testing. “Organizations in the U.K. face a complex cybersecurity landscape, and we want…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

Only five months into 2024, and the year has been a busy one for cybersecurity practitioners, with multi-year supply chain attacks, nation-state actors exploiting multiple vulnerabilities in network gateways and edge devices, and multiple ransomware incidents against large healthcare entities. What’s ahead for the rest of year? At last week’s RSA Conference, Ed Skoudis, the…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: SecurityWeek

In summary, Trend Micro has found only one criminal LLM: WormGPT. Instead, there is a growing incidence, and therefore potential use, of jailbreaking services: EscapeGPT, BlackHatGPT, and LoopGPT. (The RSA presentation is supported by a separate Trend Micro blog.) There is also an increasing number of ‘services’ whose purpose is unclear. These provide no demo…