Category: AI in news
‘With this new effort, we will help startups launch and scale world-class businesses, providing the building blocks they need to unleash new AI applications that will impact all facets of how the world learns, connects, and does business,’ says AWS’ Matt Wood. Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud provider, is investing $230 million into…
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6. No big deal? The OMB made a big deal of one incident involving a bad actor gaining access to the login credentials of just one employee for just 15 hours — maybe because that person worked for the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which has full access to all records and materials available…
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The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that scammers are impersonating its employees in an attempt to commit fraud. In an alert posted on the CISA website, the organisation warned that so-called impersonation scams are on the rise. An impersonation scam is any type of fraud where a criminal pretends to be…
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From the editors of CSO, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps security IT staff understand what cloud access security brokers (CASBs) can do for their organizations and how to choose the right solution. Source link lol
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Jun 13, 2024NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Mobile Security The threat actor known as Arid Viper has been attributed to a mobile espionage campaign that leverages trojanized Android apps to deliver a spyware strain dubbed AridSpy. “The malware is distributed through dedicated websites impersonating various messaging apps, a job opportunity app, and a Palestinian Civil Registry app,”…
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Experts agree that organisations need to conduct thorough audits and risk assessments. The best defences involve tight configuration management, software bill-of-materials tracking, security awareness training, and limiting what can be installed. “Understanding your attack surface and conducting regular external asset mapping exercises is critical,” Tim West, Director, Threat Intelligence at With Secure. “It is important…
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Jun 13, 2024NewsroomSaaS Security / Shadow IT Recent supply chain cyber-attacks are prompting cyber security regulations in the financial sector to tighten compliance requirements, and other industries are expected to follow. Many companies still don’t have efficient methods to manage related time-sensitive SaaS security and compliance tasks. Free SaaS risk assessment tools are an easy…
Read MoreAI and the Indian Election As India concluded the world’s largest election on June 5, 2024, with over 640 million votes counted, observers could assess how the various parties and factions used artificial intelligence technologies—and what lessons that holds for the rest of the world. The campaigns made extensive use of AI, including deepfake impersonations…
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Jun 13, 2024NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Cyber Attack Threat actors with ties to Pakistan have been linked to a long-running malware campaign dubbed Operation Celestial Force since at least 2018. The activity, still ongoing, entails the use of an Android malware called GravityRAT and a Windows-based malware loader codenamed HeavyLift, according to Cisco Talos, which are…
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As businesses increasingly migrate to the cloud, chief information security officers (CISOs) face numerous critical challenges in ensuring robust cloud security. Don’t believe me? Experts highlighted this at the recent Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. Gartner projects a significant 24% increase in spending on cloud security, positioning it as the fastest-growing segment within the…
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