Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

The uptick is primarily attributed to attackers leveraging advanced tools like generative artificial intelligence (AI), which helps them craft malware that’s more sophisticated and adaptive. Educate yourself on common phishing tactics and train employees to recognize fraudulent emails.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2023

The software giant built the technology on cutting-edge generative AI – such as large language models (LLMs) – that power applications like ChatGPT. In a blog post , Microsoft boasted that the Security Copilot was the “first security product to enable defenders to move at the speed and scale of AI.” million job openings.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 4, 2023

The Security Challenges of Generative AI Tools: Can a Loose Prompt Sink Your Ship? Fast forward to 2023, and this adage finds new meaning in the context of generative AI tools, like OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Copilot. What are generative AI tools? The message was, “Loose lips sink ships."

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2023

HYAS researchers recently developed proof-of-concept (PoC) malware that leverages AI both to eliminate the need for command and control (C2) infrastructure and to generate new malware on the fly in order to evade detection algorithms. Read next: AI Coding: A Security Problem?

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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. However, we often see results that feel cookie cutter and counter-productive, raising the question: can AI really do as good of a job as a human?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

New AI-powered cybercrime tools suggest that the capability of AI hacking tools may be evolving rapidly. The creator of FraudGPT, and potentially also WormGPT , is actively developing the next generation of cybercrime chatbots with much more advanced capabilities.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. However, the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has taken these scams to a whole new level. Phishing attacks. Spear phishing attacks.

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BH Consulting

MAY 15, 2024

This category is where the user unwittingly causes a breach by making a mistake or falling for a phishing email. Security Week highlighted an encouraging development that growing numbers of users are getting better at spotting phishing. Links we liked Trend Micro has a hype-free look at how criminals are using generative AI.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.) For the first expert interview on our blog, we welcomed Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Byron V. Byron: To detect deep fakes, organizations can use digital watermarking, AI-driven detection tools, and media provenance tracking.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In February 2023, Microsoft disclosed its new AI-assisted search engine, Bing Chat, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4. Even though Google has been dominating the search industry for years, this event was significant enough to generate not only interest but also plant the seed for a possible change in the balance in the future.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For years, it has been aware of spam, fake job offers, phishing, fraudulent investments, and (at times) malware, and has been trying to combat those issues. LinkedIn's deep-learning tech looks for subtle image artifacts, which may be invisible to the naked eye, associated with images created using AI. Source: LinkedIn).

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2019

That brings us to today, where AV vendors and malware distributors are engaged in a 3D chess match — infused by artificial intelligence, or AI. I recently visited with Rajarshi Gupta, head of AI at Avast, who gave me a breakdown of how threat actors, today, are leveraging AI to support their malicious activities.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

JULY 5, 2023

The exploding popularity of AI and its proliferation within the media has led to a rush to integrate this incredibly powerful technology into all sorts of different applications. Current Regulations Initial investigation shows the challenges that organisations will face in regulating the use of AI.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Instead, use a password manager to easily generate and use strong passwords without having to recall them all. Be wary of phishing scams Many criminals will send emails or text messages that appear to be from a legitimate source, like your bank or credit card company.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

From the TAG blog we can learn that Exotic Lily was very much specialized. Microsoft also posted a blog about attacks that exploited this vulnerability. These personas would come including social media profiles, personal websites, and AI generated profile pictures. Exotic Lily. Their initial attack vector was email.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 28, 2023

The Cyber Action Plan is an online tool which allows small businesses, as well as individuals and families, to answer a series of questions and generate a tailored action plan. DDoS attacks were 16% of the total, while phishing and supply-chain attacks were each involved in 10% of attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

The painful impact of cyber attacks on businesses is worsening despite advances in technology aimed at protecting enterprises from malicious network traffic, insider threats, malware, denial of service attacks and phishing campaigns. This has left many CISOs questioning if today’s incumbent cybersecurity solutions are enough.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the whirlwind of technological advancements and societal transformations, the term “AI” has undoubtedly etched itself into the forefront of global discourse. The same survey states that 79% of respondents across all job titles are exposed to generative AI either at work or at home.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Phishing emails continue to plague organizations and their users. No matter how many staff training sessions and security tools IT throws at the phishing problem, a certain percentage of users continues to click on their malicious links and attachments or approve their bogus payment requests. Leveraging AI/ML.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

Comprehensive Protective DNS security solutions such as HYAS Protect detects and blocks command and control (C2) communication used by malware, ransomware, phishing, and supply chain attacks. Luckily, you can deploy one solution to defend against a broad range of DNS-based threats.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

This blog post survey the attacks techniques that target AI (artificial intelligence) systems and how to protect against them. This post is the fourth, and last, post in a series of four dedicated to providing a concise overview of how to use AI to build robust anti-abuse protections. first post. second post. slides here.

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Accountability Artificial Intelligence Engineering Retail 107

Elie

MAY 30, 2018

This blog post survey the attacks techniques that target AI (artificial intelligence) systems and how to protect against them. This post is the fourth, and last, post in a series of four dedicated to providing a concise overview of how to use AI to build robust anti-abuse protections. first post. second post. slides here.

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Accountability Artificial Intelligence Engineering Retail 91

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Bad actors can (and will) bypass AI safeguards The “genuine” security models most of us rely on have built-in safeguards. But something curious is happening alongside the rise of mass-audience/input AI. That means the prompt comes from a third party, which tells the AI to read the content of, say, a website or a PDF.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2023

Here are a few articles curated on the AI topic, with some highlights from each. Threat hunters are using AI to identify unusual patterns and summarize large amounts of data, connecting the dots across multiple sources of information and hidden patterns. What are the possibilities, concerns, risks, and opportunities?

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NopSec

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Billions of computers generate roughly 2.5 The large amount of data generated is too much for a security team to manually analyze necessitating the use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) techniques to sort the good from the bad. AI/ML is used in a variety of ways within the cybersecurity realm.

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Security Through Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

AI-Based Vishing As technology advances, so do the techniques employed by scammers. AI-based vishing, a sophisticated form of voice phishing, poses a significant threat in the digital landscape. To protect yourself from AI-based vishing: Remain vigilant and be aware that scammers can use AI technology to simulate human voices.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the EU, lawmakers are working on the Data Act , meant to further protect sensitive data, as well as a comprehensive AI legal strategy that might put a curb on a range of invasive machine-learning technologies and require greater accountability and transparency.

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BH Consulting

JULY 13, 2023

And for anyone with a non-technical background who’s interested in getting started in cybersecurity, Lance Spitzner of SANS has published a useful blog. Data protection concerns force delay in new AI launch Google’s Bard AI chatbot is on hold in the EU after the Data Protection Commission blocked its launch in June.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. The release of generative AI-powered applications like ChatGPT highlights the potential for AI and machine learning (ML) to reshape how organizations operate.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 29, 2022

In part one of our Black Hat USA 2022 NOC blog, we discussed building the network with Meraki: Adapt and Overcome. However, by default, we allow and monitor DNS requests to malware, command and control, phishing, crypto mining, and other dangerous domains, which would be blocked in a production environment. ai threat intelligence.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

Code.org will teach cybersecurity concepts to more than 3 million students in 35,000 classrooms over the next three years to teach them how to be safe online and to generate interest in careers in cybersecurity. Code Security is Key.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 26, 2023

A new potential cybercrime tool called "FraudGPT" appears to be an AI bot exclusively being used for offensive purposes, such as crafting spear phishing emails, creating cracking tools, carding, and more nefarious activities. This craftiness would play a vital role in business email compromise (BEC) phishing campaigns on organizations.

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Phishing Social Engineering Cybercrime Scams 74

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Williams urged viewers to focus on the basics, like phishing , passwords and patching /updating, as those are still the entry point of many attacks. “Do NOT believe your heuristics or ML/AI based tool will save you either,” he said, recommending a talk by TrustedSec founder David Kennedy. ” “Watch your egress.

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