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"Flawed AI Tools Create Worries for Private LLMs, Chatbots"According to experts, companies that use private instances of Large Language Models (LLMs) to make business data searchable through a conversational interface risk data poisoning and leakage if they do not harden their platforms. -
"59% of Public Sector Apps Carry Long-Standing Security Flaws"According to Veracode, public sector apps have more security debt than private sector apps. Security debt is defined as flaws that remain unfixed for more than a year. Fifty-nine percent of apps in the public sector have security debt.
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"Phishing Kit Trends and the Top 10 Spoofed Brands of 2023"According to the 2024 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, phishing made up 30 percent of incidents last year, showing that it is still one of the top initial access vectors.
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"AI Browser Plug-Ins to Help Consumers Improve Digital Privacy Literacy, Combat Manipulative Design"Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to help consumers understand online exploitation. Increasing end users' digital literacy helps them better control their website interactions.
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"How Researchers Are Protecting AI of the Future"Dr. Samson Zhou, assistant professor at Texas A&M University's Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Dr. David P.
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"New Partnership Uses AI to Bolster Efficiency, Cybersecurity for Water Treatment"Feras Batarseh, an associate professor in Virginia Tech's Department of Biological Systems Engineering, and his team of researchers work with the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative in the greater Washington, DC, metro area, as well as in Blacksburg, where t
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"Pirated Microsoft Office Delivers Malware Cocktail on Systems"Cybercriminals are distributing a malware cocktail via cracked versions of Microsoft Office advertised on torrent websites.
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"NIST Getting Outside Help for National Vulnerability Database"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will receive outside help to get the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) back on track.
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"Russian Hackers Target Europe with HeadLace Malware and Credential Harvesting""APT28," a Russian GRU-backed threat actor, has been targeting networks across Europe with "HeadLace" malware and credential harvesting websites.
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"Information of Hundreds of European Politicians Found on Dark Web"Security researchers at Proton have recently discovered email addresses and other information of hundreds of British, French, and European Parliament politicians on dark web marketplaces.
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"Data of 560 Million Ticketmaster Customers For Sale After Alleged Breach"A threat actor known as ShinyHunters recently announced that it is selling what it claims is the personal and financial information of 560 million Ticketmaster customers on the recently revived BreachForums hacking forum for $500,000.