May, 2023

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The AI Attack Surface Map v1.0

Daniel Miessler

Introduction Purpose Components Attacks Discussion Summary Introduction This resource is a first thrust at a framework for thinking about how to attack AI systems. At the time of writing, GPT-4 has only been out for a couple of months, and ChatGPT for only 6 months. So things are very early. There has been, of course, much content on attacking pre-ChatGPT AI systems, namely how to attack machine learning implementations.

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Amazon faces $30 million fine over Ring, Alexa privacy violations

Bleeping Computer

Amazon will pay $30 million in fines to settle allegations of privacy violations related to the operation of its Ring video doorbell and Alexa virtual assistant services. [.

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Discord Admins Hacked by Malicious Bookmarks

Krebs on Security

A number of Discord communities focused on cryptocurrency have been hacked this past month after their administrators were tricked into running malicious Javascript code disguised as a Web browser bookmark. This attack involves malicious Javascript that is added to one’s browser by dragging a component from a web page to one’s browser bookmarks.

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EY survey: Tech leaders to invest in AI, 5G, cybersecurity, big data, metaverse

Tech Republic Security

Generative AI is of particular interest to leaders for the benefits of cost savings, efficiency and effectiveness. The post EY survey: Tech leaders to invest in AI, 5G, cybersecurity, big data, metaverse appeared first on TechRepublic.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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Future Exploitation Vector: File Extensions as Top-Level Domains

Trend Micro

In this blog entry, we will examine the security risks related to file extension-related Top-Level Domains (TLDs) while also providing best practices and recommendations on how both individual users and organizations can protect themselves from these hazards.

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Tesla Whistleblower Leaks 100GB of Data, Revealing Safety Complaints

Dark Reading

Informants have released data that includes thousands of safety complaints the company has received about its self-driving capability, as well as sensitive information regarding current and past employees.

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Kali Linux 2023.2 released with 13 new tools, pre-built HyperV image

Bleeping Computer

Kali Linux 2023.2, the second version of 2023, is now available with a pre-built Hyper-V image and thirteen new tools, including the Evilginx framework for stealing credentials and session cookies. [.

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Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

A sprawling online company based in Georgia that has made tens of millions of dollars purporting to sell access to jobs at the United States Postal Service (USPS) has exposed its internal IT operations and database of nearly 900,000 customers. The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment we

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Google offers certificate in cybersecurity, no dorm room required 

Tech Republic Security

Google adds a Cybersecurity Certificate to its Career Certificates program, which offers paths to such enterprise tech fields as data analytics, IT support and business intelligence. The post Google offers certificate in cybersecurity, no dorm room required appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Google Chrome 3rd Party Cookies Crumbling — Finally!

Security Boulevard

Om Nom Nom Nom Nom: Privacy Sandbox inching towards reality. But concerns remain. The post Google Chrome 3rd Party Cookies Crumbling — Finally! appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Successful Change Management with Enterprise Risk Management

Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services

A well-defined change management process is critical to minimizing the impact that change has on your organization. Leveraging the data that your ERM program already contains is an effective way to help create and manage the overall change management process within your organization. Your ERM program generally assesses and maintains detailed information related to strategy, operations, and the remediation plans needed to mitigate the impact on the organization.

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What does ChatGPT know about phishing?

SecureList

Can ChatGPT detect phishing links? Hearing all the buzz about the amazing applications of ChatGPT and other language models, our team could not help but ask this question. We work on applying machine learning technologies to cybersecurity tasks, specifically models that analyze websites to detect threats such as phishing. What if all our complex, multi-layered detection systems are now obsolete, and a single LLM (large language model) to rule them all can fight cybercriminals better than we do?

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How Duo Guards Against a Galaxy of Threats

Duo's Security Blog

What do Duo and the Guardians of the Galaxy have in common? They’re superheroes who save their galaxies from unexpected threats. Tech smarts and teamwork are critical to superhero-level protection, no matter what threats you’re facing. How do you protect your galaxy against cyber attacks? In Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Groot is locked and loaded with bigger and more advanced skills, Mantis has opened up and embraced her powers to help protect her family, and Nebula has brand-

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KeePass exploit helps retrieve cleartext master password, fix coming soon

Bleeping Computer

The popular KeePass password manager is vulnerable to extracting the master password from the application's memory, allowing attackers who compromise a device to retrieve the password even with the database is locked. [.

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9M Dental Patients Affected by LockBit Attack on MCNA

Dark Reading

The government-sponsored dental and oral healthcare provider warned its customers that a March attack exposed sensitive data, some of which was leaked online by the ransomware group.

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Cover Your SaaS: How to Overcome Security Challenges and Risks For Your Organization

Speaker: Ronald Eddings, Cybersecurity Expert and Podcaster

So, you’ve accomplished an organization-wide SaaS adoption. It started slow, and now just a few team members might be responsible for running Salesforce, Slack, and a few others applications that boost productivity, but it’s all finished. Or is it? Through all the benefits offered by SaaS applications, it’s still a necessity to onboard providers as quickly as possible.

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Report: More organizations still plan to increase their tech staff

Tech Republic Security

A new Linux Foundation report finds that the global focus is on cloud/containers, cybersecurity and AI/ML skills, and that upskilling is key. The post Report: More organizations still plan to increase their tech staff appeared first on TechRepublic.

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New Apple ‘Rapid’ Update is Slow, Messy FAIL

Security Boulevard

PATCH NOW! Oh, wait, you can’t: “You are no longer connected to the internet,” it sneers. The post New Apple ‘Rapid’ Update is Slow, Messy FAIL appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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How Compliance Automation Can Transform Your Next Audit

CyberSecurity Insiders

Automation transforms the audit experience. What was once a burden to bear becomes a competitive advantage that lets your company maximize every opportunity. Streamlining the audit process is not the only benefit compliance automation. From higher productivity to stronger security posture, automation improves your compliance program. Learn more about the benefits of compliance automation and then schedule a demo to see how you can streamline your audit processes.

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Google launches entry-level cybersecurity certificate to teach threat detection skills

CSO Magazine

Google has announced a new entry-level cybersecurity certificate to teach learners how to identify common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, as well as the techniques to mitigate them. Designed and taught by Google’s cybersecurity experts, the Google Cybersecurity Certificate aims to prepare learners for entry-level jobs in cybersecurity in less than six months with no prior experience required, create greater opportunities for people around the world, and help fill the growing number of open

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How Preparation and Strategy Can Be Used to Fight and Defeat Any Ransomware Attack

Speaker: Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP

Did you know that 2021 was a record-breaking year for ransomware? The days of a “once in a while” attack against businesses and organizations are over. Cyberthreats have become a serious issue. With 495.1 million attacks, the threat marked a 148% increase compared to 2020 and was the most expensive year on record! As a result, data protection needs to be a concern for most banks, businesses, and information technology specialists.

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Android phones are vulnerable to fingerprint brute-force attacks

Bleeping Computer

Researchers at Tencent Labs and Zhejiang University have presented a new attack called 'BrutePrint,' which brute-forces fingerprints on modern smartphones to bypass user authentication and take control of the device. [.

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Leak of Intel Boot Guard Keys Could Have Security Repercussions for Years

Dark Reading

While Intel is still investigating the incident, the security industry is bracing itself for years of potential firmware insecurity if the keys indeed were exposed.

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How cyberstalkers could access your iPhone using the Windows Phone Link app

Tech Republic Security

Someone who gains physical access to an iPhone or Android phone could use the Phone Link app to spy on the user’s text messages, phone calls and notifications, says Certo. The post How cyberstalkers could access your iPhone using the Windows Phone Link app appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Knives Out for TikTok as Journo Reveals her Spy Story

Security Boulevard

Clock Ticking for U.S. Ban: FT’s Cristina Criddle claims ByteDance spied on her—because she wrote damaging stories about TikTok. The post Knives Out for TikTok as Journo Reveals her Spy Story appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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How to Avoid the Pain and Cost of PCI Compliance While Optimizing Payments

Speaker: P. Andrew Sjogren, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Very Good Security, Matt Doka, Co-Founder and CTO of Fivestars, and Steve Andrews, President & CEO of the Western Bankers Association 

PCI compliance can feel challenging and sometimes the result feels like you are optimizing more for security and compliance than you are for business outcomes. The key is to take the right strategy to PCI compliance that gets you both. In this webinar, we have a great set of panelists who will take you through how Zero Data strategies can be used as part of a well-rounded compliance and security approach, and get you to market much sooner by also allowing for payment optimization.

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New ransomware trends in 2023

SecureList

Ransomware keeps making headlines. In a quest for profits, attackers target all types of organizations, from healthcare and educational institutions to service providers and industrial enterprises, affecting almost every aspect of our lives. In 2022, Kaspersky solutions detected over 74.2M attempted ransomware attacks which was 20% more than in 2021 (61.7M).

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Attack on Security Titans: Earth Longzhi Returns With New Tricks

Trend Micro

After months of dormancy, Earth Longzhi, a subgroup of advanced persistent threat (APT) group APT41, has reemerged using new techniques in its infection routine. This blog entry forewarns readers of Earth Longzhi’s resilience as a noteworthy threat.

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ASUS routers knocked offline worldwide by bad security update

Bleeping Computer

ASUS has apologized to its customers for a server-side security maintenance error that has caused a wide range of impacted router models to lose network connectivity. [.

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Cyber Warfare Lessons From the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Dark Reading

Techniques used in cyber warfare can be sold to anyone — irrespective of borders, authorities, or affiliations. We need to develop strategies to respond at scale.

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Back to the Office: Privacy and Security Solutions to Compliance Issues for 2021 and Beyond

Speaker: Mike Cramer, Director of HIPAA & Data Security at The Word & Brown Companies

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many people into working remotely, opening the floodgates for a host of digital compliance issues. Now that companies are slowly allowing employees to return to work at the office, it's time to re-evaluate your company’s posture towards privacy and security. This is especially vital if your workers were (and still are!) using company equipment from home, or are still working remotely.

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PaperCut vulnerability abused by several threat actors could impact 70,000 organizations

Tech Republic Security

Get technical details about how the cybercriminals are targeting this vulnerability, who is impacted, and how to detect and protect against this security threat. The post PaperCut vulnerability abused by several threat actors could impact 70,000 organizations appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Data Breach lawsuits against companies increasing in the year 2023

CyberSecurity Insiders

Companies that fail to protect their customers’ information are likely to face lawsuits in the year 2023, as impacted customers are no longer willing to tolerate such acts at the expense of their privacy and financial losses. This legal turn is supported by a study conducted by BakerHostetler, which confirms that lawsuits against companies that suffer data breaches are becoming more common and may increase by the end of this year.

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Small- and medium-sized businesses: don’t give up on cybersecurity

CSO Magazine

In today’s increasingly hostile environment, every enterprise, be they big or small, should be concerned about cybersecurity and have access to protection from hackers, scammers, phishers, and all the rest of the host of bad actors who seem to be sprouting up around the world. Yet time and again, we see small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) left out in the cold, an unaddressed market segment that finds real protection either too expensive or far too complex to adopt.

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Leaked EU Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption

WIRED Threat Level

In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.

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ERM Program Fundamentals for Success in the Banking Industry

Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is critical for industry growth in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing risk landscape. When building your ERM program foundation, you need to answer questions like: Do we have robust board and management support? Do we understand and articulate our bank’s risk appetite and how that impacts our business units? How are we measuring and rating our risk impact, likelihood, and controls to mitigate our risk?