Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Hackers stole millions of dollars from Uganda Central Bank International Press Newsletter Cybercrime INTERPOL financial crime operation makes record 5,500 arrests, seizures worth over USD 400 million Hackers Stole $1.49

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Artificial Intelligence Spyware Hacking Ransomware 104

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. As they do, they create more security vulnerabilities and inherent business, changing the nature of cybersecurity careers.

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Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Penetration Testing CISO 125

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2023

The US Government House this week launched an Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge competition for creating a new generation of AI systems. On Wednesday, the United States Government House introduced an Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge competition.

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Artificial Intelligence Small Business Government Cyber threats 98

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2024

” The content of the informational campaign, to be approved by the Authority, must raise public awareness about ChatGPTs data collection for AI training and user rights (objection, rectification, deletion). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,ChatGPT)

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Artificial Intelligence Data collection Data breaches Hacking 108

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2024

I have already instructed the Secretary-General of the Ministry to prepare a reform to establish a Directorate-General for cybersecurity and artificial intelligence,” said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, speaking to journalists in the Senate. “We are working to respond firmly to cyberattacks originating from abroad.

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DDOS Artificial Intelligence Government Cybercrime 127

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Last week, Italys data protection watchdog blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek s chatbot service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users personal data. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,DeepSeek)

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2025

DeepSeek has designed a new AI platform that quickly gained attention over the past week primarily due to its significant advancements in artificial intelligence and its impactful applications across various industries.

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Artificial Intelligence DDOS Architecture Marketing 118

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

T-Mobile confirmed being a victim of recent hacking campaigns linked to China-based threat actors targeting telecom companies. T-Mobile confirms it was hacked as part of a long-running cyber espionage campaign targeting Telco companies. and its allies for hacking activities in July. Wall Street Journal reported.

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Mobile Telecommunications Data breaches Hacking 114

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!

Data breaches 118

Data breaches Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Artificial Intelligence 118

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The US Department of Defense (DoD) shared the results of the Hack US bug bounty program that took place in July. On July 4, 2022, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and HackerOne started the Hack US, a one-week bug bounty challenge, which is considered part of DoD’s vulnerability disclosure program (VDP). In just seven days, Hack U.S.

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Hacking Artificial Intelligence Government Information Security 131

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2025

Italy’s data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek ‘s chatbot service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users’ personal data. The AI-powered chatbot, recently launched globally, has rapidly gained popularity reaching millions of users.

Artificial Intelligence 62

Artificial Intelligence Data collection DDOS Risk 62

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology offer unprecedented opportunities for organizations to reduce the burden on struggling SOC analysts so they can focus on more strategic tasks, their mental health, and their overall well-being. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Artificial Intelligence Data collection Risk Cybersecurity 137

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2025

“The Italian Data Protection Authority has sent a request for information to Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence and Beijing DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence, the companies that provide the DeepSeek chatbot service, both web- and app-based.” ” reads the announcement.

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Artificial Intelligence Data collection Data privacy DDOS 74

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

Stealthy Credit Card Skimmer Targets WordPress Checkout Pages via Database Injection Ransomware on ESXi: The mechanization of virtualized attacks FunkSec Alleged Top Ransomware Group Powered by AI Abusing AWS Native Services: Ransomware Encrypting S3 Buckets with SSE-C Malicious PyPI Package pycord-self Targets Discord Developers with Token Theft (..)

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Malware Artificial Intelligence DNS Ransomware 66

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2025

Gmail For Exfiltration: Malicious npm Packages Target Solana Private Keys and Drain Victims’ Wallets Threat Bulletin: Weaponized Software Targets Chinese-Speaking Organizations Mass Campaign of Murdoc Botnet Mirai: A New Variant of Corona Mirai Sophos MDR tracks two ransomware campaigns using email bombing, Microsoft Teams vishing The J-Magic (..)

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Malware Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Hacking 64

Joseph Steinberg

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Should Sullivan really lose years of his life to a prison cell if he followed Uber’s internal legal advice that suggested that under the then-current circumstances there was no requirement to disclose the hack? Serving as a Chief Information Security Officer is a daunting task. CyberSecurity #News Click To Tweet. Click To Tweet.

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CISO Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Cybersecurity 258

Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2025

” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,artificial intelligence) Were proud that our approach is more transparent than many of our industry counterparts.”

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Artificial Intelligence Media Hacking Accountability 82

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2024

Brazil’s data protection authority temporarily banned Meta from using data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) before starting the training. ” reads the announcement published by ANPD. . ” reads the announcement published by ANPD.

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Artificial Intelligence Media Hacking Risk 135

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Intel-owned AI chipmaker Habana Labs was hacked by Pay2key ransomware operators who claim to have stolen from the company. The group announced the hack on Twitter, they claim to have stolen sensitive data, including information about a new artificial intelligence chip code named Gaudi. Source Bleeping Computer.

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Artificial Intelligence Hacking Cryptocurrency Ransomware 142

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2025

Authorities recovered $31 Million Related to 2021 Uranium Finance cyber heist Serbian student activists phone hacked using Cellebrite zero-day exploit Qilin ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the Lee Enterprises attack Meta fired 20 employees for leaking information, more firings expected International Press Newsletter Cybercrime U.S.

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Data breaches Hacking Cybercrime Artificial Intelligence 69

Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2025

However, the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to reshape this trajectory. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, SOC) Traditionally, SOC scaling efforts have translated to increased burdens on already-overworked analysts.

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Artificial Intelligence CISO Cybersecurity Hacking 89

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

A cyberattack on gambling giant IGT disrupted portions of its IT systems China-linked APT Gelsemium uses a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane Microsoft seized 240 sites used by the ONNX phishing service U.S.

Cybercrime 73

Cybercrime Artificial Intelligence Hacking VPN 73

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Scams Insurance 126

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

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Artificial Intelligence Big data Ransomware Technology 144

Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2021

The FTC issues a new set of guidelines about the use of Artificial Intelligence. According to Reuters, all the major US banks (JP Morgan, Chase, City National Bank of Florida, Wells Fargo) are either tying out or have tried out artificial intelligence systems that include facial recognition. You can take it to the bank.

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Banking Artificial Intelligence Technology Marketing 130

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

China is using generative artificial intelligence to carry out influence operations against foreign countries, including the U.S. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, China) and Taiwan. and Taiwan, and fuel social disorders.

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Artificial Intelligence Media Hacking Government 141

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

CISA adds Microsoft Windows, Zyxel device flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for February 2025 ficed 2 actively exploited bugs Hacking Attackers exploit a new zero-day to hijack Fortinet firewalls Security OpenSSL patched high-severity flaw CVE-2024-12797 Progress Software fixed multiple high-severity (..)

Spyware 71

Spyware Firewall Artificial Intelligence Malware 71

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2022

Cybersecurity tools evolve towards leveraging machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) at ever deeper levels, and that’s of course a good thing. Related: Business logic hacks plague websites. The larger question: Can cybersecurity be truly automated? Humans needed. Automated cybersecurity can’t do everything.

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Cybersecurity Scams Artificial Intelligence Software 235

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. ” concludes the announcement Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, generative AI )

Artificial Intelligence 145

Artificial Intelligence Risk Engineering Hacking 145

Joseph Steinberg

MAY 12, 2021

And, just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, the Department of Homeland Security alerted information security professionals that a ransomware attack delivered via phishing emails had adversely impacted operations at one of the country’s natural gas processors. Nor were those isolated incidents.

Energy and Utilities 219

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Artificial Intelligence Cyber Attacks 219

Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2024

elections face more threats from foreign actors and artificial intelligence Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

Data breaches 121

Data breaches Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Hacking 121

Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2023

The WormGPT case: How Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the capabilities of cybercriminals and allows them to launch sophisticated attacks. Generative AI, or generative artificial intelligence, is a type of machine learning that is able to produce text, video, images, and other types of content.

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Artificial Intelligence Cybercrime Phishing Technology 98

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) organization that was established as a non-profit in 2015. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Sam Altman) We have the utmost confidence in her ability to lead OpenAI during this transition period.”

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Artificial Intelligence Technology Media Hacking 134

Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2024

. “The hacker lifted details from discussions in an online forum where employees talked about OpenAI’s latest technologies, according to two people familiar with the incident, but did not get into the systems where the company houses and builds its artificial intelligence.”

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Artificial Intelligence Technology Risk Hacking 144

Joseph Steinberg

JULY 13, 2022

Not all of the elements within Lockdown Mode are completely new – some have been available and enabled by users (including me) for years – but, Lockdown mode does dramatically simplify the process of enabling better security on Apple devices.

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Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Government Social Engineering 258

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Organizers of major hacking conferences in Asia put them on hold due to Coronavirus outbreak. FC Barcelona and the International Olympic Committee Twitter accounts hacked. Flaw in WordPress ThemeGrill Demo Importer WordPress theme plugin expose 200K+ sites to hack. US administration requests $9.8B

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Artificial Intelligence eCommerce Hacking Firmware 100

Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2023

FraudGPT is another cybercrime generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is advertised in the hacking underground. According to Netenrich, this generative AI bot was trained for offensive purposes, such as creating spear phishing emails, conducting BEC attacks, cracking tools, and carding.

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