Category: AI in news
“In the M&A game, rumors are currency. We accept that, and my general response is to ignore them. But what I’ve seen over the past few weeks from a company called Action1 goes far beyond anything I’ve ever experienced in my career, and I feel compelled to set the record straight,” Talpaz wrote in a…
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Email attachments remain one of the most common vectors for delivering malware and other cyber threats. Despite advancements in email security, businesses continue to fall victim to sophisticated attacks that exploit the simplicity of opening an attachment. That’s because email attachments are often used by cybercriminals to deliver a range of malware, including ransomware, banking…
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Protecting emails that contain sensitive data is crucial. The loss of confidential information or customer details can lead to hefty fines, negative publicity, and a significant erosion of customer trust. Unfortunately, email is often a primary target for cyberattacks such as phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and data breaches. Despite the advancements in security technologies,…
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In episode 12 of The AI Fix, Mark and Graham meet an LLM having an existential crisis, ChatGPT speaks Welsh for no reason, Graham does an impression of a water spout, Eric Schmidt shares a new and unexpected take on “do no evil”, and our hosts feel like David Attenborough as they witness herds of…
Read MoreIranian cyberespionage group deploys new BlackSmith malware in sophisticated spear-phishing campaign
A known Iranian APT group has revamped its malware arsenal in a campaign against a prominent Jewish religious figure, security researchers have found. The new toolset, dubbed BlackSmith, bundles most features from the group’s previous tools with a new malware loader and PowerShell-based trojan, and it is likely being used as part of a larger…
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“I have given extensive consideration to the question of whether the OAIC should invest further resources in scrutinizing the actions of Clearview AI, a company that has already been investigated by the OAIC and which has found itself the subject of regulatory investigations in at least three jurisdictions around the world as well as a…
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Aug 21, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A new remote access trojan called MoonPeak has been discovered as being used by a state-sponsored North Korean threat activity cluster as part of a new campaign. Cisco Talos attributed the malicious cyber campaign to a hacking group it tracks as UAT-5394, which it said exhibits some level…
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Aug 21, 2024Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting Microsoft’s Copilot Studio that could be exploited to access sensitive information. Tracked as CVE-2024-38206 (CVSS score: 8.5), the vulnerability has been described as an information disclosure bug stemming from a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack. “An authenticated attacker can…
Read MoreStory of an Undercover CIA Agent who Penetrated Al Qaeda Rolling Stone has a long investigative story (non-paywalled version here) about a CIA agent who spent years posing as an Islamic radical. Unrelated, but also in the “real life spies” file: a fake Sudanese diving resort run by Mossad. Tags: al Qaeda, CIA, espionage, undercover…
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Hours after the CSO exclusive on the potential deal went live, several users submitted their disapproval on Reddit. One wrote, “Oh god I hope not. Action1 is my personal RMM (remote monitoring and management) at this point”, while user another said, “This would be a great acquisition for CS, but will probably suck for a…
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