Security Benefits and Side Effects of Labeling AI-Generated Images

Generative artificial intelligence is developing rapidly, impacting humans' interaction with information and digital media. It is increasingly used to create deceptively realistic misinformation, so lawmakers have imposed regulations requiring the disclosure of AI-generated content. However, only...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in python3 affects IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize, IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM FlashSystem products

Summary A flaw was found in Python. The ipaddress module contained incorrect information about whether certain IPv4 and IPv6 addresses were designated as "globally reachable" or "private". Due to this issue, it is possible that values will not be returned in accordance with the latest information...

Deepseek: Why it Matters and What the Press Got Wrong

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Deepfakes and the 2024 US Election

Interesting analysis: We analyzed every instance of AI use in elections collected by the WIRED AI Elections Project source for our analysis, which tracked known uses of AI for creating political content during elections taking place in 2024 worldwide. In each case, we identified what AI was used...

Worry About Misuse of AI, Not Superintelligence

AI risks arise not from AI acting on its own, but because of what people do with it...

AI and the 2024 Elections

It's been the biggest year for elections in human history: 2024 is a "super-cycle" year in which 3.7 billion eligible voters in 72 countries had the chance to go the polls. These are also the first AI elections, where many feared that deepfakes and artificial intelligence-generated misinformation...

AI Under the Microscope—What’s Changed in the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025

As AI continues to evolve, so do the threats and vulnerabilities that surround Large Language Models LLMs. The OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications 2025 introduces critical updates that reflect the rapid changes in how these models are applied in real-world scenarios. While the list includes...

AI Pulse: Election Deepfakes, Disasters, Scams & more

In the final weeks before November’s U.S. election, cybersecurity experts were calling October 2024 the “month of mischief”—a magnet for bad actors looking to disrupt the democratic process through AI-generated misinformation. This issue of AI Pulse looks at what can be done about deepfakes and...

Exploit for Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) in Microsoft

CVE-2024-38063 Overview In August 2024, Microsoft release...

CentralSquare CryWolf 安全漏洞

CentralSquare CryWolf is a misinformation management system from CentralSquare, Inc. A security vulnerability exists in CentralSquare CryWolf that stems from GeneralDocs.aspx containing a path traversal vulnerability...

The massive computer outage over the weekend was not a cyber attack, and I’m not sure why we have to keep saying that

Youre not going to believe this, but there was a lot of misinformation on social media over the weekend after the massive CrowdStrike/Microsoft outage. As airlines cancelled flights, hospitals had to reschedule patients and some companies just flat-out couldnt work on Friday, people were quick to...

Checking in on the state of cybersecurity and the Olympics

With the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony only two weeks away now, there is one thing thats an absolute guarantee of one thing happening during the traditionally unpredictable games: Cyber attacks. Every time there is a new Olympic Games, theres a renewed discussion about how threat actors,...

Rethinking Democracy for the Age of AI

There is a lot written about technologys threats to democracy. Polarization. Artificial intelligence. The concentration of wealth and power. I have a more general story: The political and economic systems of governance that were created in the mid-18th century are poorly suited for the 21st...

Enjin: Cloudflare /cdn-cgi/ path allows resizing images from unauthorised sources on enjinusercontent.com

The Cloudflare /cdn-cgi/ path on enjinusercontent.com was discovered to allow resizing and rendering of images from unauthorized sources without restriction. This behavior could have led to HTML injection, SSRF, and portal scanning attacks, as well as the unrestricted display of external resource...

The sliding doors of misinformation that come with AI-generated search results

As someone who used to think that his entire livelihood would come from writing, Ive long wondered if any sort of computer or AI could replace my essential functions at work. For now, it seems there are enough holes in AI-generated language that my ability to write down a complete, accurate and...

Could the Brazilian Supreme Court finally hold people accountable for sharing disinformation?

If youre a regular reader of this newsletter, you already know about how strongly I feel about the dangers of spreading fake news, disinformation and misinformation. And honestly, if youre reading this newsletter, I probably shouldnt have to tell you about that either. But one of the things that...

AI and the Evolution of Social Media

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. A decade ago, social media was celebrated for sparking democratic uprisings in the Arab world and beyond. Now front pages are splashed with stories of social platforms’ role in misinformation, business conspiracy, malfeasance, and risks to mental health. In a 2022...

Not everything has to be a massive, global cyber attack

Some of my Webex rooms recently have been blowing up with memes about blaming Canada or wild speculation that a state-sponsored actor is carrying out some sort of major campaign. After a widespread outage of cellular service with AT&T and other carriers a few weeks ago, people were sure it was so...

Researchers Highlight Google's Gemini AI Susceptibility to LLM Threats

Google's Gemini large language model LLM is susceptible to security threats that could cause it to divulge system prompts, generate harmful content, and carry out indirect injection attacks. The findings come from HiddenLayer, which said the issues impact consumers using Gemini Advanced with Goog...

How Public AI Can Strengthen Democracy

With the worlds focus turning to misinformation, manipulation, and outright propaganda ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, we know that democracy has an AI problem. But were learning that AI has a democracy problem, too. Both challenges must be addressed for the sake of democratic...