Breaking to Build: a Threat Model of Prompt-Based Attacks for Securing LLMs

The proliferation of Large Language Models LLMs has introduced critical security challenges, where adversarial actors can manipulate input prompts to cause significant harm and circumvent safety alignments. These prompt-based attacks exploit vulnerabilities in a model's design, training, and...

One Video to Steal Them All: 3D-Printing IP Theft through Optical Side-Channels

The 3D printing industry is rapidly growing and increasingly adopted across various sectors including manufacturing, healthcare, and defense. However, the operational setup often involves hazardous environments, necessitating remote monitoring through cameras and other sensors, which opens the do...

Watermarking Quantum Neural Networks Based on Sample Grouped and Paired Training

Quantum neural networks QNNs leverage quantum computing to create powerful and efficient artificial intelligence models capable of solving complex problems significantly faster than traditional computers. With the fast development of quantum hardware technology, such as superconducting qubits,...

IP Leakage Attacks Targeting LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems

The rapid advancement of Large Language Models LLMs has led to the emergence of Multi-Agent Systems MAS to perform complex tasks through collaboration. However, the intricate nature of MAS, including their architecture and agent interactions, raises significant concerns regarding intellectual...

SALAD: Systematic Assessment of Machine Unlearing on LLM-Aided Hardware Design

Large Language Models LLMs offer transformative capabilities for hardware design automation, particularly in Verilog code generation. However, they also pose significant data security challenges, including Verilog evaluation data contamination, intellectual property IP design leakage, and the ris...

Web Intellectual Property at Risk: Preventing Unauthorized Real-Time Retrieval by Large Language Models

The protection of cyber Intellectual Property IP such as web content is an increasingly critical concern. The rise of large language models LLMs with online retrieval capabilities enables convenient access to information but often undermines the rights of original content creators. As users...

SoK: Are Watermarks in LLMs Ready for Deployment?

Large Language Models LLMs have transformed natural language processing, demonstrating impressive capabilities across diverse tasks. However, deploying these models introduces critical risks related to intellectual property violations and potential misuse, particularly as adversaries can imitate...

CVE-2022-40187

Foresight GC3 Launch Monitor 1.3.15.68 ships with a Target Communication Framework TCF service enabled. This service listens on a TCP port on all interfaces and allows for process debugging, file system modification, and terminal access as the root user. In conjunction with a hosted wireless acce...

CVE-2021-42023

A vulnerability has been identified in ModelSim Simulation All versions, Questa Simulation All versions. The RSA white-box implementation in affected applications insufficiently protects the built-in private keys that are required to decrypt electronic intellectual property IP data in accordance...

DuFFin: a Dual-Level Fingerprinting Framework for LLMs IP Protection

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API Security Is At the Center of OpenAI vs. DeepSeek Allegations

With a high-stakes battle between OpenAI and its alleged Chinese rival, DeepSeek, API security was catapulted to priority number one in the AI community today. According to multiple reports, OpenAI and Microsoft have been investigating whether DeepSeek improperly used OpenAI’s API to train its ow...

Threat predictions for industrial enterprises 2025

Key global cyberthreat landscape development drivers Hunt for innovations Innovations are changing our lives. Today, the world is on the threshold of another technical revolution. Access to new technologies is a ticket to the future, a guarantee of economic prosperity and political sovereignty...

CISA: How Multinational Critical Infrastructure Corporations Protect Intellectual Property from Theft and Espionage

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Europol warns about counterfeit goods and the criminals behind them

With the holidays around the bend, many are looking for gifts for their family and friends. And since we somehow decided we want to give more each time, we’re also looking for good deals. But European law enforcement agency Europol issued a warning about buying fake goods. Sure, they are cheaper,...

Acronym Overdose – Navigating the Complex Data Security Landscape

In the modern enterprise, data security is often discussed using a complex lexicon of acronyms—DLP, DDR, DSPM, and many others. While these acronyms represent critical frameworks, architectures, and tools for protecting sensitive information, they can also overwhelm those trying to piece together...

Snapchat wants to put your AI-generated face in its ads

Snapchat is reserving the right to use your selfie images to power Cameos, Generative AI, and other experiences on Snapchat, including ads, according to our friends at 404 Media, The Snapchat Support page about its My Selfie feature says: “You’ll take selfies with your Snap camera or select image...

Navigating Insider Risks: Are your Employees Enabling External Threats?

Attacks on your network are often meticulously planned operations launched by sophisticated threats. Sometimes your technical fortifications provide a formidable challenge, and the attack requires assistance from the inside to succeed. For example, in 2022, the FBI issued a warning1 that SIM swap...

Cybersecurity Agencies Warn of China-linked APT40's Rapid Exploit Adaptation

Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K., and the U.S. have released a joint advisory about a China-linked cyber espionage group called APT40, warning about its ability to co-opt exploits for newly disclosed security flaws within hours or...

The Secrets of Hidden AI Training on Your Data

While some SaaS threats are clear and visible, others are hidden in plain sight, both posing significant risks to your organization. Wing's research indicates that an astounding 99.7% of organizations utilize applications embedded with AI functionalities. These AI-driven tools are indispensable,...

China-linked Hackers Deploy New 'UNAPIMON' Malware for Stealthy Operations

A threat activity cluster tracked as Earth Freybug has been observed using a new malware called UNAPIMON to fly under the radar. "Earth Freybug is a cyberthreat group that has been active since at least 2012 that focuses on espionage and financially motivated activities," Trend Micro security...