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Can AI be Meaningfully Regulated, or is Regulation a Deceitful Fudge? Kevin Townsend
Few people understand AI, nor how to use nor control it, nor where it is going. Yet politicians wish to regulate it. The post Can AI be Meaningfully Regulated, or is Regulation a Deceitful Fudge? appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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US Disrupts AI-Powered Russian Bot Farm on X Ionut Arghire
The US and allies blame Russian state-sponsored threat actors for using Meliorator AI software to create a social media bot farm. The post US Disrupts AI-Powered Russian Bot Farm on X appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Smash-and-Grab Extortion [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The Problem The “2024 Attack Intelligence Report” from the staff at Rapid7 [1] is a well-researched, well-written report that is worthy of careful study. Some key takeaways are: 53% of the over 30 new vulnerabilities that were widely exploited in 2023 and at the start of 2024 were zero-days. More mass compromise events arose from…
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ICS Patch Tuesday: Siemens, Schneider Electric, CISA Issue Advisories Ionut Arghire
Several ICS vendors released advisories on Tuesday to inform customers about vulnerabilities found in industrial and OT products. The post ICS Patch Tuesday: Siemens, Schneider Electric, CISA Issue Advisories appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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It’s Time to Reassess Your Cybersecurity Priorities Torsten George
A cyber resilience strategy is vital for business continuity and can provide a range of benefits before, during, and after a cyberattack. The post It’s Time to Reassess Your Cybersecurity Priorities appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Microsoft’s July Update Patches 143 Flaws, Including Two Actively Exploited [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Microsoft has released patches to address a total of 143 security flaws as part of its monthly security updates, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Five out of the 143 flaws are rated Critical, 136 are rated Important, and four are rated Moderate in severity. The fixes are in addition…
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True Protection or False Promise? The Ultimate ITDR Shortlisting Guide [email protected] (The Hacker News)
It’s the age of identity security. The explosion of driven ransomware attacks has made CISOs and security teams realize that identity protection lags 20 years behind their endpoints and networks. This realization is mainly due to the transformation of lateral movement from fine art, found in APT and top cybercrime groups only, to a commodity…
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Google Adds Passkeys to Advanced Protection Program for High-Risk Users [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Google on Wednesday announced that it’s making available passkeys for high-risk users to enroll in its Advanced Protection Program (APP). “Users traditionally needed a physical security key for APP — now they can choose a passkey to secure their account,” Shuvo Chatterjee, product lead of APP, said. Passkeys are considered a more secure and phishing-resistant…
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Crypto Analysts Expose HuiOne Guarantee’s $11 Billion Cybercrime Transactions [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cryptocurrency analysts have shed light on an online marketplace called HuiOne Guarantee that’s widely used by cybercriminals in Southeast Asia, particularly those linked to pig butchering scams. “Merchants on the platform offer technology, data, and money laundering services, and have engaged in transactions totaling at least $11 billion,” Elliptic said in a report shared with…
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ViperSoftX Malware Disguises as eBooks on Torrents to Spread Stealthy Attacks [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The sophisticated malware known as ViperSoftX has been observed being distributed as eBooks over torrents. “A notable aspect of the current variant of ViperSoftX is that it uses the Common Language Runtime (CLR) to dynamically load and run PowerShell commands, thereby creating a PowerShell environment within AutoIt for operations,” Trellix security researchers Mathanraj Thangaraju and…