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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

{{interview_audio_title}} 00:00 00:00 Volume Slider 10s 10s 10s 10s Seek Slider “AI’s Impact in Cybersecurity” is a blog series based on interviews with a variety of experts at Palo Alto Networks and Unit 42, with roles in AI research, product management, consulting, engineering and more. I think that's where this is going.

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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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Radar Trends to Watch: June 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

If Apple can’t make technology into a fashion statement, no one can. Chirper is a social network for AI. 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.

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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. All of that makes us glad this one is out of commission.

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Radar Trends to Watch: January 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Geoff Hinton proposes forward-forward neural networks , which may be as effective as backpropagation while requiring much less power to train. A new wiper malware, called Azov, is spreading rapidly in the wild. It’s an all-in-one tool for network reconnaissance and attacks. Fashion may be the Metaverse’s first killer app.

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Radar Trends to Watch: May 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

AI does fashion: Researchers (in Italy, where else?) Researchers have created a new AI architecture that combines neural networks with symbolic models in a way that overcomes the limitations of both. An attack against most modern cars requires hijacking the CAN bus (Controller Area Network), which connects all of a car’s systems.