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Artificial Intelligence meets real talk at IRISSCON 2024

BH Consulting

There was no doubting the one topic on almost everyone’s minds at IRISSCON 2024: AI. Widely considered one of the industry’s leading sources of security research, the 2024 edition found that ransomware and extortion made up 32% of incidents.

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RSA 2024: AI’s Growing Influence Amplifies Global Cyber Impact

Lohrman on Security

As another RSA Conference in San Francisco ended on May 10, 2024, the global impact that cybersecurity and artificial intelligence bring to every area of life has become much more apparent.

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Elections 2024, artificial intelligence could upset world balances

Security Affairs

Governments should recognize electoral processes as critical infrastructure and enact laws to regulate the use of generative Artificial Intelligence. Elections are scheduled in several countries worldwide in 2024, with potential geopolitical implications. Key events include the European Parliament elections in June, the U.S.

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Microsoft: Happy 2025. Here’s 161 Security Updates

Krebs on Security

.” Tenable’s Narang also highlighted a trio of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Access fixed this month and credited to Unpatched.ai, a security research effort that is aided by artificial intelligence looking for vulnerabilities in code. Unpatched.ai “It may be the first of many in 2025.”

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Review: ‘Artificial Intelligence — A Primer for State and Local Governments’

Lohrman on Security

He answers basic questions that public-sector leaders are asking in 2024. A new book by Alan Shark offers an excellent guide and an AI road map for state and local governments.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2025 Edition

Krebs on Security

Tenable senior staff research engineer Satnam Narang noted that since 2022, there have been nine elevation of privilege vulnerabilities in this same Windows component — three each year — including one in 2024 that was exploited in the wild as a zero day (CVE-2024-38193).

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A generative artificial intelligence malware used in phishing attacks

Security Affairs

HP researchers detected a dropper that was generated by generative artificial intelligence services and used to deliver AsyncRAT malware. While investigating a malicious email, HP researchers discovered a malware generated by generative artificial intelligence services and used to deliver the AsyncRAT malware.