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The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws
The AI ethics nonprofit Humane Intelligence and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology are launching a series of contests to get more people probing for problems in generative AI systems...
The AI Hangover is Here – The End of the Beginning
After a good year of sustained exuberance, the hangover is finally here. It's a gentle one for now, as the market corrects the share price of the major players like Nvidia, Microsoft, and Google, while other players reassess the market and adjust priorities. Gartner calls it the trough of...
Taxonomy of Generative AI Misuse
Interesting paper: "Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data”: Generative, multimodal artificial intelligence GenAI offers transformative potential across industries, but its misuse poses significant risks. Prior research has shed light on the potential of...
The top stories coming out of the Black Hat cybersecurity conference
Over the next two weeks, two of the largest cybersecurity conferences in the world will take place in Las Vegas: Black Hat and DEF CON. That means product announcements, buzzwords and stories about "X smart appliance could burn your house down!" or something like that. Over the next two weeks, Il...
Key Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Building Resilient Cyber Defenses Through AI
One of the most talked-about sessions at the Take Command 2024 Cybersecurity Virtual Summit,"Control the Chaos: Building Resilient Cyber Defenses Through AI," featured experts from AWS and Rapid7 exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity and sharing practical guidance on...
How MFA Failures are Fueling a 500% Surge in Ransomware Losses
The cybersecurity threat landscape has witnessed a dramatic and alarming rise in the average ransomware payment, an increase exceeding 500%. Sophos, a global leader in cybersecurity, revealed in its annual "State of Ransomware 2024" report that the average ransom payment has increased 500% in the...
Prompt Injection Flaw in Vanna AI Exposes Databases to RCE Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the Vanna.AI library that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution vulnerability via prompt injection techniques. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-5565 CVSS score: 8.1, relates to a case of prompt injection...
AI Coding Companions 2024: AWS, GitHub, Tabnine + More
AI coding companions are keeping pace with the high-speed evolution of generative AI overall, continually refining and augmenting their capabilities to make software development faster and easier than ever before. This blog looks at how the landscape is changing and key features of market-leading...
Meta Pauses AI Training on EU User Data Amid Privacy Concerns
Meta on Friday said it's delaying its efforts to train the company's large language models LLMs using public content shared by adult users on Facebook and Instagram in the European Union following a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission DPC. The company expressed disappointment at...
Rapid7 Infuses Generative AI into the InsightPlatform to Supercharge SecOps and Augment MDR Services
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, staying ahead of threats is not just a goal—it's a necessity. At Rapid7, we are pioneering the infusion of artificial intelligence AI into our platform and service offerings, transforming the way security operations centers SOCs around the globe...
AI jailbreaks: What they are and how they can be mitigated
Generative AI systems are made up of multiple components that interact to provide a rich user experience between the human and the AI models. As part of a responsible AI approach, AI models are protected by layers of defense mechanisms to prevent the production of harmful content or being used to...
New Generative AI category added to Talos reputation services
Cisco Talos is preparing to release the first in a series of changes to our Web Categorization system, which is designed to simplify the verbiage we use. In mid-June, were adding a new "Generative AI" category that will apply to certain websites. The "Content Category" appears whenever a user...
The 2024 Browser Security Report Uncovers How Every Web Session Could be a Security Minefield
With the browser becoming the most prevalent workspace in the enterprise, it is also turning into a popular attack vector for cyber attackers. From account takeovers to malicious extensions to phishing attacks, the browser is a means for stealing sensitive data and accessing organizational system...
How Criminals Are Using Generative AI
Theres a new report on how criminals are using generative AI tools: Key Takeaways: Adoption rates of AI technologies among criminals lag behind the rates of their industry counterparts because of the evolving nature of cybercrime. Compared to last year, criminals seem to have abandoned any attemp...
Accelerating Zero Trust Outcomes with Generative AI, Part 2: Guardicore AI
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Accelerating Zero Trust Outcomes with Generative AI, Part 1: AI Labeling
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Generative AI Security - Secure Your Business in a World Powered by LLMs
Did you know that 79% of organizations are already leveraging Generative AI technologies? Much like the internet defined the 90s and the cloud revolutionized the 2010s, we are now in the era of Large Language Models LLMs and Generative AI. The potential of Generative AI is immense, yet it brings...
Researchers Test Zero-click Worms that Exploit Generative AI Apps
By Waqas Researchers have created computer worms with self-propagation capabilities that target GenAI applications. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Researchers Test Zero-click Worms that Exploit Generative AI Apps...
Over 100 Malicious AI/ML Models Found on Hugging Face Platform
As many as 100 malicious artificial intelligence AI/machine learning ML models have been discovered in the Hugging Face platform. These include instances where loading a pickle file leads to code execution, software supply chain security firm JFrog said. "The model's payload grants the attacker a...