Tag: enhanced security

  • CSA: How Does Ransomware Threatens Your Business?

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/tackling-ransomware-head-on-a-business-s-guide-to-understanding-and-defense Source: CSA Title: How Does Ransomware Threatens Your Business? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text elaborates on the growing threat of ransomware, detailing its mechanics and emphasizing its impact on businesses. It highlights the need for proactive cybersecurity measures, making it a pertinent read for professionals concerned with…

  • Krebs on Security: Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans

    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/change-healthcare-breach-hits-100m-americans/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans Feedly Summary: Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known data breach of protected health information.…

  • The Register: How to jailbreak ChatGPT and trick the AI into writing exploit code using hex encoding

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/chatgpt_hex_encoded_jailbreak/ Source: The Register Title: How to jailbreak ChatGPT and trick the AI into writing exploit code using hex encoding Feedly Summary: ‘It was like watching a robot going rogue’ says researcher OpenAI’s language model GPT-4o can be tricked into writing exploit code by encoding the malicious instructions in hexadecimal, which allows an…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary

    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/q3-2024-internet-disruption-summary Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary Feedly Summary: The third quarter of 2024 was particularly active, with quite a few significant Internet disruptions. Underlying causes included government-directed shutdowns, power outages, hurricane damage, terrestrial and submarine cable cuts, military action, and more. AI Summary and Description:…

  • Schneier on Security: Law Enforcement Deanonymizes Tor Users

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/10/law-enforcement-deanonymizes-tor-users.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Law Enforcement Deanonymizes Tor Users Feedly Summary: The German police have successfully deanonymized at least four Tor users. It appears they watch known Tor relays and known suspects, and use timing analysis to figure out who is using what relay. Tor has written about this. Hacker News…

  • The Register: Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta’s Threads

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/crims_selling_credit_cards_threads/ Source: The Register Title: Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta’s Threads Feedly Summary: The platform ‘continues to take action’ against illegal posts, we’re told Exclusive Brazen crooks are selling people’s pilfered financial information on Meta’s Threads, in some cases posting full credit card details, plus stolen credentials, alongside images of…

  • AlgorithmWatch: Automation on the Move (Landingpage Preview)

    Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/automation-on-the-move-clone/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Automation on the Move (Landingpage Preview) Feedly Summary: Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making (ADM) are increasingly being experimented with and used on migrants, refugees, and travelers. Too often, this is done without adequate democratic discussion or oversight. In addition, their use lacks transparency and justification…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: ZombAIs: From Prompt Injection to C2 with Claude Computer Use

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/25/zombais/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: ZombAIs: From Prompt Injection to C2 with Claude Computer Use Feedly Summary: ZombAIs: From Prompt Injection to C2 with Claude Computer Use In news that should surprise nobody who has been paying attention, Johann Rehberger has demonstrated a prompt injection attack against the new Claude Computer Use…

  • The Register: Emergency patch: Cisco fixes bug under exploit in brute-force attacks

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/cisco_bug_brute_force/ Source: The Register Title: Emergency patch: Cisco fixes bug under exploit in brute-force attacks Feedly Summary: Who doesn’t love abusing buggy appliances, really? Cisco has patched an already exploited security hole in its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software that miscreants have been brute-forcing in attempted denial of…

  • Hacker News: Why did you write a new RTOS for CHERIoT?

    Source URL: https://cheriot.org/rtos/philosophy/history/2024/10/24/why-new-rtos.html Source: Hacker News Title: Why did you write a new RTOS for CHERIoT? Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text elaborates on the design and rationale behind the development of CHERIoT, a new real-time operating system (RTOS) that emphasizes hardware-software co-design and improves security through principles like least…