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ChatGPT at work: how chatbots help employees, but threaten business

SecureList

The user creates an account and gains access to the bot. In the case of LLMs, information passed to the bot can be compromised according to several scenarios: Data leak or hack on the provider’s side; Although LLM-based chatbots are operated by tech majors, even they are not immune to hacking or accidental leakage.

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The story of the year: ransomware in the headlines

SecureList

After exploiting a vulnerability in Kaseya VSA, a leading unified remote-monitoring and management tool, REvil was able to hack into about 50 MSP providers. The former target both B2B and B2C, while the latter target primarily the B2C sector. Of course, all of this attention came at a cost.

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‘If you wait for government, you’re going to be waiting a long time’: A look at Biden’s cyber funding

SC Magazine

Their email could get hacked, their payment point of sale system that they use to collect credit card data could have vulnerabilities or exposure. It depends whether the company is in the B2C market or in B2B. But in terms of priority and what to do, they worry about every day. That’s a bigger concern.