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Social Engineering Remains the Coin of the Realm for Ransomware Gangs (or APTs- Advanced Persistent Threats)

Ooda Loop

A recent 60 Minutes segment was a great primer on what the cybersecurity community knows all too well—that good old-fashioned social engineering (a hustle or a con—like some of the stunts Sinatra and the gang pulled in the original Ocean's 11) remains the main point of entry for most large-scale ransomware attacks.

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AI's Offensive & Defensive Impacts

Palo Alto Networks

Adversaries Look to Generate Malware and Poison AI Training Data and Systems As we look 12 months to a few years out, Sikorski expects malicious actors to evolve their AI offensive capabilities in two key areas: 1) Crafting malware using AI language models trained on existing malware code to stitch together new strains that can bypass detection.

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A CIO primer on addressing perceived AI risks

CIO

And so, just as malware countermeasures evolved from standalone antivirus measures to cybersecurity as a whole industry, we can expect a similar trajectory for deepfake countermeasures as the war on reality heats up. In AI terms, thinking slow is what expert systems, and for that matter, old-fashioned computer programming, do.

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Deep Analysis of TeamTNT Techniques Using Container Images to Attack

Aqua Security

Ever notice how news about hidden malware almost always focuses on remediation AFTER the fact? Well, if hijacking cloud resources is so popular, it’s time to make finding threats BEFORE the attack just as fashionable. This blog was co-authored with Assaf Morag , Lead Security Analyst at Aqua Security.

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Daily Crunch: Citing ‘uncertain mortgage market,’ Better.com rolls out employee buyout plan

TechCrunch

Moar News, fresh from the TechCrunch firehose of tasty morsels of news and commentary: I’m too sexy for Milan, New York, and Hangzhou : Zhiyi Tech raises $100 million to help fashion brands predict bestsellers.

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Radar Trends to Watch: June 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

If Apple can’t make technology into a fashion statement, no one can. PyPI has been plagued with malware submissions, account takeovers, and other security issues. Microsoft’s cloud services are cracking password protection on.zip files (a relatively easy task) to scan the contents for malware. Or maybe not. Or JavaLandia?

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Radar Trends to Watch: July 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

It’s hard to imagine wearing them in public, though Apple may manage to make them fashionable. AI Package Hallucination is a new technique for distributing malware. Create malware with that package name, and put it in an appropriate repository. Wait for someone else to get the same recommendation and install the malware.