Analytics & Intelligence
TikTok Ban Banned — Montana Loses in US Court
For you plague, still: States can’t just ban apps, says federal judge ...
VirusTotal: Generative AI is Great at Detecting, Identifying Malware
Generative AI engines similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard will become indispensable tools for enterprises and cybersecurity operations in detecting and analyzing malicious code in a real-world environment, according to researchers ...
Stressed Employees and Insider Threats Put Data in Danger
The majority of data breaches involved the human element, a catchall term for company insiders who compromise company and customer data ...
Security Pros See Budget Bump, Headcount Rise in 2023
Increased budgets and team sizes within security departments are giving IT pros a boost despite the prevailing economic challenges in 2023 ...
AI Decides to Engage in Insider Trading
A stock-trading AI (a simulated experiment) engaged in insider trading, even though it “knew” it was wrong. The agent is put under pressure in three ways. First, it receives a email from ...
Trend Micro Adds AI Tool While Extending CNAPP Reach
Trend Micro's generative AI tool, Trend Companion, leverages natural language to reduce toil by bringing context to alerts and reducing incident investigation times ...
CISA: Threat Groups are Targeting Unitronics PLCs in Water Systems
The United States’ top cybersecurity agency is warning that hackers are targeting a particular tool used by water and wastewater system operators around the country, noting an attack the day after Thanksgiving ...
Black Basta Extortion Group Racks Up $107 Million in Ransom Payments
Anyone who wonders why the threat of ransomware continues to grow need only to take a look at Black Basta, the prolific extortion gang that last year likely rose from the ashes ...
Okta Screws Up (Yet Again) — ALL Customers’ Data Hacked, not just 1%
You had one job: Last month’s sheer incompetence descends this week into UTTER FARCE ...
N. Korean Threat Groups Mixing Tactics to Evade Detection
Researchers with Google-owned Mandiant last month wrote about increasing collaboration among North Korea-supported threat groups as one indication of a larger evolution of the regime’s offensive cyber program. The half-dozen or so ...
