Category: AI in news
Jun 13, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware A previously undocumented cross-platform malware codenamed Noodle RAT has been put to use by Chinese-speaking threat actors either for espionage or cybercrime for years. While this backdoor was previously categorized as a variant of Gh0st RAT and Rekoobe, Trend Micro security researcher Hara Hiroaki said “this backdoor is not…
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Questions to think through during the tabletop include: How long does the organization keep backups? How long does it take to restore from backups and has that process actually been tested? The tabletop also invites discussions around how the organization is prepared to respond to the discovery of unauthorized administrative activity, who would be notified,…
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That exposed company names, LDAP usernames, email addresses, and the version number of the company’s Purity software but no “compromising information such as passwords for array access, or any of the data that is stored on the customer systems,” a statement said. The company said it was monitoring its infrastructure for unusual activity and had…
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“An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass Outlook registry block lists and enable the creation of malicious DLL files,” the company said. The arbitrary code execution occurs with the privileges of the current user, so, in order to fully take over a system, attackers would have to combine it with a privilege escalation…
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Jun 12, 2024NewsroomKubernetes / Endpoint Security Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an ongoing cryptojacking campaign targeting misconfigured Kubernetes clusters to mine Dero cryptocurrency. Cloud security firm Wiz, which shed light on the activity, said it’s an updated variant of a financially motivated operation that was first documented by CrowdStrike in March 2023. “In this incident,…
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Upgrades to Databricks’ Mosaic AI, a deeper collaboration with Nvidia and the open-sourcing of Unity Catalog are among the biggest updates from Summit 2024. Upgrades to Databricks’ Mosaic AI unified tooling product for artificial intelligence and machine learning. A deeper collaboration with Nvidia. And the open-sourcing of Unity Catalog. These are some of the biggest…
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However, noted Jeremy Kirk, analyst at Intel 471, not all claims of AI use may be accurate. “We use the word ‘purportedly’ to represent that it is a claim being made by a threat actor and that it is frequently unclear exactly to what extent AI has been incorporated into a product, what LLM model…
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Last week, the notorious hacker gang, ShinyHunters, sent shockwaves across the globe by allegedly plundering 1.3 terabytes of data from 560 million Ticketmaster users. This colossal breach, with a price tag of $500,000, could expose the personal information of a massive swath of the live event company’s clientele, igniting a firestorm of concern and outrage.…
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23andMe, the California-based company which sells DNA testing kits to help people learn about their ancestry and potential health risks, is facing scrutiny from British and Canadian data protection authorities following a security breach that saw hackers compromise the personal data of nearly seven million users. As we have previously reported, hackers published the data…
Read MoreUsing AI for Political Polling Public polling is a critical function of modern political campaigns and movements, but it isn’t what it once was. Recent US election cycles have produced copious postmortems explaining both the successes and the flaws of public polling. There are two main reasons polling fails. First, nonresponse has skyrocketed. It’s radically…
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