Schneier on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Stanford and Georgetown have a new report on the security risks of AI—particularly adversarial machine learning—based on a workshop they held on the topic. Many AI products are deployed without institutions fully understanding the security risks they pose.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Technologies that were figments of the imagination a dozen years ago, if they were conceived of at all, quickly become mainstream — think generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) or blockchain. It’s obviously a step to penetration testing, but it’s also helpful for architect, engineer, and analyst jobs.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Here’s what you should know about the risks, what aviation is doing to address those risks, and how to overcome them. It is difficult to deny that cyberthreats are a risk to planes. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since. Fortunately, there are ways to address the risks.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace, and its impact on cybersecurity is no exception. One of the report's most pressing concerns is the role of Generative AI in social engineering attacks. Organizations should integrate AI-driven risk scoring into their Zero Trust architecture.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

And yet, if artificial intelligence achieves what is called an agentic model in 2025, novel and boundless attacks could be within reach, as AI tools take on the roles of agents that independently discover vulnerabilities, steal logins, and pry into accounts. That could change in 2025.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2025

Even though scammers can use Artificial Intelligence to create convincing emails that appear to come from the IRS, there are often some tell-tale signs of social engineering attempts: Too good to be true: Huge, unexpected tax returns are usually just an incentive to get you to surrender private information in the hopes of obtaining that sum.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Artificial intelligence garners the spotlight, taking the top three positions.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2025

Related: RSAC 2025 by the numbers Beneath the cacophony of GenAI-powered product rollouts, the signal that stood out was subtler: a broadening consensus that artificial intelligence especially the agentic kind isnt going away. His bottom line: prompt engineering is now a frontline skill. The payoff?

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2025

And those secrets can have serious consequences for the apps’ users Cybernews Aras Nazarovas found the storage location (a Google Cloud Storage bucket) used by the apps by reverse engineering the code. To his surprise, he could access the unencrypted and otherwise unprotected photos without needing any password.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2023

Furthermore, BeVigil can also prove as a resourceful tool to identify security risks and existing bugs on an application. NOTE- CloudSEK leverages artificial intelligence to detect security related alerts across internet sources, and helps analyze threats precisely and that too with zero or minimal intervention.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Protecting Retailers Against Cyber Risks on Black Friday and Cyber Monday josh.pearson@t… Tue, 11/26/2024 - 08:01 As Black Friday and Cyber Monday loom, the stakes for retailers extend far beyond enticing deals and record sales. trillion, the risk of a data breach extends beyond immediate financial losses. trillion and $5.28

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Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

While it has long been believed that quantum computers could potentially undermine the integrity of various forms of encryption, in 1994, an American mathematician by the name of Peter Shor showed how a quantum algorithm could quickly solve integer factorization problems – transforming a theoretical risk into a time bomb.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Social engineering techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are exploiting multiple emerging means, such as deep fakes. The increasing use of videoconferencing platforms and the various forms of remote work also adopted in the post-emergency covid make interpersonal collaborations increasingly virtual.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 25, 2024

Duo’s Risk-Based Authentication (RBA) helps solve this by adapting MFA requirements based on the level of risk an individual login attempt poses to an organization. We heard these questions from our customers repeatedly, which is why we are thrilled to announce the launch of Risk-Based Authentication Preview Mode.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Social engineering is a common technique that cybercriminals use to lure their victims into a false sense of security. As social engineering tactics become more advanced, it’s important to know how to identify them in the context of cybersecurity. Social engineering in cybersecurity attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 18, 2021

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a critical tool cybersecurity companies leverage to stay ahead of the curve. Machine learning is a component of artificial intelligence that helps cybersecurity tools operate more efficiently. By extension, SOAR platforms also minimize the risk of human error.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 28, 2025

The phishing game has evolved into synthetic sabotage a hybrid form of social engineering powered by AI that can personalize, localize, and scale attacks with unnerving precision. At the heart of many of these kits are large language models (LLMs) trained or fine-tuned specifically for social engineering tasks.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2025

Check out key findings and insights from the Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025. 1 - Tenable: Orgs using AI in the cloud face thorny cyber risks Using AI tools in cloud environments? 1 - Tenable: Orgs using AI in the cloud face thorny cyber risks Using AI tools in cloud environments?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

6clicks today announced it has integrated its namesake governance, risk and compliance management (GRC) platform with generative AI to make it simpler to create policies. The 6clicks platform is based on an artificial intelligence (AI) engine it developed with the GPT-3 platform created by OpenAI.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

The growing risks to your data During the third quarter of 2024, data breaches exposed more than 422 million records worldwide. Millions of customers were put at risk when their social security numbers, phone numbers, and other sensitive personal information were leaked.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 27, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a powerful tool in the cybersecurity landscape, with the potential to revolutionize the way we detect and respond to cyber threats. However, as with any technology, there are also risks associated with the use of AI in cybersecurity.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 25, 2024

In response, a multibillion-dollar industry—search-engine optimization, or SEO—has emerged to cater to Google’s shifting preferences, strategizing new ways for websites to rank higher on search-results pages and thus attain more traffic and lucrative ad impressions. It is too late to stop the emergence of AI.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You Casio: Notice of Partial Service Outage and Information Leak Caused by Ransomware Attack He founded a “startup” to access sanctioned Russian websites: the cyber police of Khmelnytskyi region exposed the hacker Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse Malware Over 300,000!

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 9, 2023

ChatGPT, developed by the artificial intelligence lab OpenAI, is a humanoid chatbot causing a global sensation. The post The Security Risks of ChatGPT: Safeguarding Business Data appeared first on Security Boulevard. The post The Security Risks of ChatGPT: Safeguarding Business Data appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This incident serves as a stark reminder of the critical risks posed by global IT disruptions and supply chain weaknesses. This case underscores the serious risk that social engineering and supply chain attacks pose to open-source projects. The issue serves as a reminder of the potential risks inherent in widely used software.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2022

However, password managers introduce the problem of risk concentration, or putting all of one’s eggs in a single basket. Artificial intelligence systems. Some big corporations use artificial intelligence systems, or AIS, to identify characteristics that can be used as passwords in authentication procedures.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

As I lay out in a report I just published , artificial intelligence will eventually find vulnerabilities in all sorts of social, economic, and political systems, and then exploit them at unprecedented speed, scale, and scope. They programmed their engine to detect emissions control testing, and to behave differently.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has also transcended these experiences. This evolving field of computer science focuses on creating intelligent machines powered by smart algorithms that make routine task performance easier, alleviating the need for human intelligence or manual involvement.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Phishing is one of the most common social engineering tactics cybercriminals use to target their victims. Popular examples include artificial intelligence-as-a-service (AIaaS), software-as-a-service (SaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). Related: Utilizing humans as security sensors. Mitigating PhaaS.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2025

The update also includes new protections for AI workloads across multi-cloud environments and tools to manage the risks of "shadow AI." Automation without guardrails can amplify risk As AI speeds up how fast systems can act, it also raises the stakes if something goes wrong. "An

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Microsoft has released an open-access automation framework, called PyRIT , to proactively identify risks in generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The tool implements five interfaces: target, datasets, scoring engine, attack strategies and memory.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Hiring Data Recycling Security Engineers Smart? Will the quantum attacker be powered by deep learning artificial intelligence membranes that eat machine learning algorithms for breakfast? Organizations today still have a massive problem with phishing attacks, ransomware, account takeaways, and social engineering.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 7, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer an emerging trendit's a present-day disruptor. The bigger risk is a skills gap, as security professionals must now understand both traditional threats and AI-driven technologies. "AI Finance and Insurance Timing: 37 years AI is automating underwriting, risk analysis, and fraud detection.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

Data breaches, input validation attacks and social engineering defined the cybersecurity risk landscape of Web 2.0. With advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning accelerating at a breathtaking pace, the transition to Web 3.0 In the early 2000s, Web 2.0 The post Web 3.0

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2025

Plus, learn why code-writing GenAI tools can put developers at risk of package-confusion attacks. Both frameworks have a Core section, which outlines detailed activities and outcomes aimed at helping organizations discuss risk management. Check out NISTs effort to further mesh its privacy and cyber frameworks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 13, 2023

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies become more prevalent in enterprise environments, chatbots like ChatGPT are gaining popularity due to their ability to assist in customer service and support functions. One of the main risks associated with ChatGPT is the potential for data breaches.

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