A roster of officials from government, academia and industry gathered in Munich Germany at a Security and Cyber Security Conference to discuss how future workforces must marry the power of artificial intelligence with expertise only a human can provide. “Looking at the next generation of national security professionals, I want policy people who can code and coders who can do policy,” said the former head of the National Security Agency (NSA) General Paul Nakasone at the Munich Cyber Security Co
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Shortly after taking office, Donald Trump touted a new private business venture, led by OpenAI, which plans to spend half a trillion dollars over the next four years building the data centers and power production plants that America’s growing AI industry relies on. “It’s big money and high-quality people,” Trump said during a January 21st press announcement alongside Sam Altman from OpenAI, Larry Ellison from Oracle, and Masayoshi Son from SoftBank. The project is “a resounding declaration of
Character AI, a platform that lets users engage in roleplay with AI chatbots, has filed a motion to dismiss a case brought against it by the parent of a teen who committed suicide after allegedly becoming hooked on the company’s technology. In October, Megan Garcia filed a lawsuit against Character AI in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, over the death of her son, Sewell Setzer III. According to Garcia, her 14-year-old developed an emotional attachment to a chatbot on C
Maybe they should have called it DeepFake, or DeepState, or better still Deep Selloff. Or maybe the other obvious deep thing that the indigenous AI vendors in the United States are standing up to their knees in right now. Call it what you will, but the DeepSeek foundation model has in one short week turned the AI world on its head, proving once again that Chinese researchers can make inferior hardware run a superior algorithm and get results that are commensurate with the best that researchers
Cybersecurity researchers have reported that artificial intelligence (AI) assisted with ransomware called FunkSec, which entered the market in late 2024 and claimed more than 85 victims. "The group uses double extortion tactics, combining data theft with encryption to pressure victims into paying ransoms," Check Point Research said in a new report from The Hacker News. "Notably, FunkSec demanded unusually low ransoms, sometimes as little as $10,000, and sold stolen data to third parties at reduc
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit is pursuing legal action to disrupt cybercriminals who create malicious tools that evade the security guardrails and guidelines of generative AI (GenAI) services to create harmful content. According to a spokesman, it has observed a threat group seeking out vulnerable customer accounts using generative AI, then creating tools to abuse these services.[1]
See: https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/microsoft-s-new-copilot-ai-agents
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Businesses are more likely to face a costly cyber-crime attack than a robbery or fire this year as hackers continue to employ devious social-engineering skills to lure unsuspecting victims. This reality has been highlighted in several reports by global cybersecurity experts who have analyzed cybercrimes, such as ransomware (where hackers encrypt and steal data), smishing (SMS link scams) and phishing (email link/attachment scams) in recent years and have warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI)
From the boardroom to the cyber combat zone, the past 12 months will go down as a year that society came under attack from an unprecedented wave of digital threats. The new battlefield. Sophisticated ransomware, deepfake phishing scams and state-sponsored cyber-attacks highlighted just how pervasive the danger has become. At the same time, businesses and governments accelerated efforts to develop new defenses– actions which, while vital, sparked debates around privacy and the ethics of cyberse
Cyberattacks utilizing generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology as a tool are expected to grow next year, a government report reported recently. In 2025, hacking groups are expected to increasingly use various generative AI models, such as ChatGPT, to create spear phishing emails customized to their attack subjects and fake news materials to be used for political propaganda, according to the annual cybersecurity report issued by the Ministry of Science and ICT. “It will be difficu
Back in the 1960’s there was a comedy show where a character played by Flip Wilson used to say, “The devil made me do it.” This was all tongue in cheek and made people laugh, but this recent revelation, if true, is not so funny. Google’s Gemini AI Chatbot faces backlash after multiple incidents of it telling users to die, raising concerns about AI safety, response accuracy, and ethical guardrails. AI chatbots have become integral tools, assisting with daily tasks, content creation, and advice
In a recent Forbes article, technical author Davey Winder shared insights into a Check Point blog post. Hackers have been seen using AI which very nearly compromised the account of a Gmail user, as explained in a recent report by Winder. Now both Gmail and AI are back in the forefront, but now as part of a large-scale hacking campaign targeting both consumers and corporates with a financially-motivated payload. Check Point analyzes the new campaign the CopyRh(ight)adamantys cyber-attack.
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Qualcomm has historically been quiet about its automotive aspirations, preferring to focus attention on its Snapdragon mobile and laptop processor offerings. That might be changing. The company flew TechCrunch to its Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit on Maui to see its latest Snapdragon Elite chips. This year it is all about automotive. The Snapdragon Digital Chassis has been powering cars for a couple of years, but now Qualcomm is touting its Elite horn with Snapdragon Ride Elite and Snapdragon Co
With everything turning digital, Cyber Security threats have been growing each day as the attack surface is massive and continuing to grow and evolve rapidly. In response to this unprecedented challenge, Artificial Intelligence (AI) based tools for cyber security have emerged to help information security teams reduce breach risk and improve their security posture efficiently and effectively.
See: https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/ai-s-impact-on-cyber
AI is helping firms to become more resil
The US election cycle is here, and it is becoming more important for voters not to be fooled by Deepfakes. According to recent research, just over half of Britons surveyed (53%) either have not heard of the term Deepfake or have misunderstood its meaning, with only 17% feeling confident in their ability to spot them. Meanwhile, two in five have encountered at least one deepfake in the past six months, as recent reports reveal that over 4k celebrities have fallen victim to Deepfakes, and 400 di
The 2024 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their fundamental discoveries in machine learning, which paved the way for how artificial intelligence is used today.
Hopfield, a professor at Princeton University and Hinton, a computer scientist at the University of Toronto, were praised for laying the foundations for the machine learning that powers many of today’s AI-based products and applications. Hinton, however, has also expressed fears about AI’s
Automating the on-demand collection of memory dumps, process information, system files, and event logs for inclusion in threat-hunting activities allows for a more comprehensive and proactive approach to adaptive threat-hunting. In the WatchTower Threat Hunting blog series, Sentinel Labs calls out some adaptive threat-hunting methodologies, including Chained Detections, a Multi-Directional Approach, and AI-powered hunts. This shows the benefits of applying a multi-directional approach to adaptiv
I recently saw the title of a Recorded Future podcast regarding AI and police reporting. I have 28 years of law enforcement experience, 8 years as a uniformed police officer and this title really intrigued me. So I watched the segment: AI is Writing Police Reports, Should We be Worried?[1]
The story starts with police body cams, which began somewhat experimentally in 2011 and now has gain acceptance throughout US policing. The main purpose of demanding police wear body cams was to change po
The CEO at Redwood Research, Buck Shlegeris, a nonprofit company exploring AI's risks, recently learned an amusing but hard lesson in automation when he asked his LLM-powered agent to open a secure connection from his laptop to his desktop machine. "I expected the model would scan the network and find the desktop computer, then stop," Shlegeris explained. "I was surprised that after it found the computer, it decided to continue taking actions, first examining the system and then deciding to do
A controversial bill to regulate the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry, SB-1047, has been passed by the California’s State Assembly Appropriations Committee. It will pass the California Senate by the end of this month before going to the Democrat Governor, Gavin Newsom, for signature to pass into law. The most controversial part of the debate is the question of who is legally responsible and takes the blame if the AI causes harm. Should the AI system be blamed or the person who used the A
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has taken a pioneering step in the realm of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity by appointing its first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, and it is not a computer, Lisa Einstein. This position, announced on 01 August 2024, underscores the growing importance of AI in national security and sets a precedent that other organizations may soon follow.
Einstein has served as CISA's Senior Advisor for AI since 2023 and as the Exe
