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Cyber Threats to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

The Olympic Games remain one of the most-watched events in the world, with billions tuning in across digital platforms and traditional broadcasting channels. Its high-profile nature makes it a target for malicious activity, but with the games’ increased digitization and with nation-state propaganda motives at play, cyberattacks are on the rise. As we approach the…
OODA Special Report: What You Need To Know About Iranian Cyber War Capabilities and Intentions

On January 3, 2020, Iran’s Qassem Suleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRCG-QF) was killed by a US drone strike. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared that “harsh revenge” awaits those who led the strike against Suleimani. The military advisor to Khamenei stated that Iran’s response would “for sure be military”…
Towards 2020 – The Most Popular Stories on OODA Loop for 2019

The top stories on OODA Loop provide good insight into what issues will be top of mind for executives and experts going into 2020. Here are the 20 most popular posts of the year.
11 Habits of Highly Effective CISOs

What does it take to be a highly effective CISO? Over the past 25 years, I’ve consulted for hundreds of executives on cybersecurity issues including direct support to dozens of CISOs working to effectively manage cyber risk in a wide variety of organizations. With this post, I’ve attempted to capture some of the best practices…
The Executive’s Guide to 5G: Here is what you need to know for your strategic planning

With all major US carriers launching 5G cellular initiatives business leaders should now consider how this new technology can impact both current and future business operations. This guide provides succinct inputs that can kickstart your strategic planning to ensure you are ready to dominate during and after this strategic shift.
OODA Network Interview: Dan Dunkel

In this interview with Dan Dunkel, he describes where he sees tremendous opportunity in the convergence of physical security, IT platforms and cybersecurity. He connects the expertise in these three important disciplines though his network of over 200 integrators at Professional Security Alliance (PSA). “I always encourage people to ‘Disrupt Yourself’. It’s painful and doesn’t…
OODA Network Interview: Rick “Ozzie” Nelson

Rick “Ozzie” Nelson shares how he has tracked counterterrorism, information security and information sharing to come up with great insights on how to align public strategies to be successful. “If you can’t define it, you can’t understand it”. Ozzie says. “Today, everyone uses AI to mean many different things. We can’t write policies and make…
Wi-Fi 6 Is Coming And Will Impact Your Business

Wi-Fi is as ubiquitous as a technology can get. It is widely used and widely understood. In part because of its widespread acceptance, the standards that make Wi-Fi work are slow to change. But a new change is coming and it will make dramatic improvements to how our devices communicate with each other. This post…
OODA Special Report: Digital Transformation in the Industrials Sector

This OODA special report focuses on the Industrials Sector, which is the part of the economy that makes big things. It is written both for firms that are in the sector who are seeking competitive advantage and for firms in other sectors that can use this awareness for strategic planning (all our market based special…
OODA Special Report: Digital Transformation in the Materials Sector- Optimizing The Business of Chemicals, Metals, Mining

This OODA special report focuses on the Materials Sector. It is written both for firms that are in the sector and for those that seek to serve it with the products and services they need. The Materials Sector encompasses a wide range of commodity-related manufacturing industries. Included in this sector are companies that manufacture chemicals,…
OODA Network Interview: Dr. James N. Miller

One of our nation’s best strategic thinkers, Dr. James N. Miller has spent his career helping the Department of Defense make good, unbiased policy decisions. He has also worked extensively in academia, helped establish the Center for New American Security (CNAS), and worked to establish the Defense Adaptive Red Team to address a whole host…
Top 10 Security, Technology, and Business Books of 2019

OODA CEO Matt Devost provides his top 10 security, technology, and business books for 2019. Matt reads over 100 books per year and this top 10 compilation is typically one of our most popular posts of the year. A trusted curation of essential books that can inform your decision loop and enable intelligent actions.
Is Space Critical Infrastructure?

The establishment of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) was announced earlier this year with the mission to enhance the space community’s ability to prepare for and respond to cyber vulnerabilities, incidents, and threats. Although the Space ISAC won’t be fully up and running until early 2020, the industry group is already pursuing…
OODA Special Report: Digital Transformation in the Transportation Sector

This OODA special report focuses on the Transportation Sector. It is written both for firms that are in the sector who are seeking competitive advantage and for firms in other sectors that can use this awareness for strategic planning (all our market based special reports are available on our OODA network resources page). As a…
What Business Leaders Need To Know Regarding Hong Kong District Council Election Results (yes it probably will impact your business)

Elections in Hong Kong have just given a major win to pro-democracy supporters. There are many other challenges in China right now. Most of the world has woken up to their never ending tactics of stealing intellectual property, hacking systems for gain, abusing trade agreements, manipulating currency, illegally claiming territory etc. The final resolution of…

Briefs

Saudis Overwhelmingly Oppose Ties With Israel, Poll Finds

A new poll has found that 96 percent of Saudis believe that Arab countries should cut all ties with Israel to protest the war in Gaza, posing a significant challenge to the Biden administration’s push for Saudi Arabia to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. Only 16 percent of Saudis surveyed in the poll said that…
U.S. to Clamp Down on Financial Firms That Help Russia Buy Military Supplies

The Biden administration is planning to crack down on banks and financial services firms that are helping Russia evade strict sanctions on access to military technology and equipment, according to senior administration officials. The United States and Europe have imposed strict sanctions on Russia over the past two years. However, an illicit network of traders…
Celebrities Found in Unprotected Real Estate Database Exposing 1.5 Billion Records

A significant data breach was discovered in the Real Estate Wealth Network, an online real estate education platform. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler found a 1.16 terabyte database left exposed on the internet, housing over 1.5 billion records. The data included property history, tax liens, and other sensitive details on millions of individuals, including celebrities and…
CISA Warns of FXC Router, QNAP NVR Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

CISA issued advisories regarding vulnerabilities in FXC routers and QNAP network video recorder devices, both exploited in the wild. The FXC flaw, CVE-2023-49897, allows remote code execution via NTP server settings on AE1021/AE1021PE wall routers used in Japan’s critical infrastructure sectors. The QNAP VioStor NVR devices suffer from CVE-2023-47565, a high-severity flaw patched years ago,…
Inmate, Staff Information Stolen in Rhode Island Prison Data Breach

The Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island recently disclosed a data breach affecting around 2,000 individuals, including inmates, staff, and vendors. The incident, which occurred in November, involved a malware attack on its systems leading to data theft. Personal information from over 1,450 detainees, 430 current and former staff members, and approximately 90…
Iranian Hackers Targeting US Defense Industrial Base Entities With New Backdoor

Microsoft is highlighting new state-sponsored attacks originating from Iran, specifically targeting employees within the US defense industrial base (DIB) organizations. These attacks are attributed to Peach Sandstorm, also known as APT33, a group believed to be backed by the Iranian government and active across various sectors globally since at least 2013. The recent activity involves…
DeFi Has a Risk Problem and It’s Time to Solve It

As 2023 comes to a close, the decentralized finance (DeFi) market is once again assessing the damage from hacks and exploits. According to a recent report from IntoTheBlock, it’s not nearly as bad this year as it has been, with losses down from a whopping $53.5 billion in 2022 to just $1 billion this year.…
An Anticipated Wave of AI Specialist Jobs Has Yet to Arrive

Generative artificial intelligence has sparked predictions that the technology will change marketing on a fundamental level, spawned countless entrepreneurs and startups selling some form of AI marketing services, and even led to AI marketing certifications from businesses and universities. But it hasn’t yet led big brands to shuffle their org charts or hire for AI-specific leadership…
Massachusetts lawmakers mull ‘killer robot’ bill

Back in mid-September, a pair of Massachusetts lawmakers introduced a bill “to ensure the responsible use of advanced robotic technologies.” What that means in the simplest and most direct terms is legislation that would bar the manufacture, sale and use of weaponized robots. It’s an interesting proposal for a number of reasons. The first is…
The Premature Quest for International AI Cooperation

Political leaders are scrambling to respond to advances in artificial intelligence. With applications from marketing to health care to weapons systems, AI is expected to have a deep effect across society and around the world. Recent developments in generative AI, the technology used in applications such as ChatGPT to produce text and images, have inspired…
Using AI, MIT researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates

Using a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning, MIT researchers have discovered a class of compounds that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium that causes more than 10,000 deaths in the United States every year. In a study appearing today in Nature, the researchers showed that these compounds could kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) grown…
BlackCat/ALPHV Ransomware Site Seized in International Takedown Effort

The Department of Justice announced on December 19 that the FBI had been working a disruption campaign against the ransomware group ALPHV, or BlackCat. The operation resulted in the seizure of several of the groups websites, a decryption tool to restore stolen data, and visibility into their networks. International participation in the efforts included law…
Defiant BlackCat Gang Stands Up New Site, Calls for Revenge Attacks

BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware leaders claim they have restarted operations for the group on their primary blog, despite the Department of Justice claiming to have control of the site. The group also claim that they have dropped a previous ban on cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in retaliation for law enforcement actions taken against them. BlackCat also claimed…
ESO Solutions Data Breach Impacts 2.7 Million Individuals

ESO Solutions has begun notifying 2.7 million individuals that their personal and health information has been compromised in a ransomware attack. The incident occurred on September 28 and forced the company to take systems offline to contain it. ESO Solutions is a data and software provider for emergency responders, hospitals, and state and federal agencies.…
Eurostar trains suspended after ‘last minute’ strike

Eurostar has encouraged customers to not travel on Thursday after it was forced to cancel trains due to strike action hitting the cross-Channel route. The company had to stop services midday until 15:30 due to a last minute strike at Getlink, the Channel Tunnel operator. The disruption occurred as many people will begin traveling for…
Greece to join US-led coalition to protect Red Sea shipping from Houthis

Greece will send a warship to the Red Sea to support a United States-led coalition to counter threats from Yemen’s Houthis. Greece announced the move on Thursday, indicating that, as a major shipping nation, Greece has a vested interested in addressing the Houthis’ threat to maritime transport. The naval task force was announced by the…
UN calls for probe as Israeli army accused of killing unarmed Palestinians

The United Nations human rights office has called for an investigation into allegations that Israeli forces killed at least 11 Palestinian men in Gaza in a potential war crime. The UN calls for Israeli authorities to institute an independent investigation into this event, and if the allegations are found to be true, must bring those…
OpenAI lays out plan for dealing with dangers of AI

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, laid out its plans for staying ahead of what it thinks could be serious dangers of the tech it develops, such as allowing bad actors to learn how to build chemical and biological weapons. OpenAI’s “Preparedness” team, led by MIT AI professor Aleksander Madry, will hire AI researchers, computer…
Study shows AI image-generators being trained on explicit photos of children

Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built. Those same images have made it easier for AI systems to produce realistic and explicit imagery of fake…
Improving a robot’s self-awareness by giving it proprioception

A pair of roboticists at the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI), Technical University of Munich, in Germany, has found that it is possible to give robots some degree of proprioception using machine-learning techniques. In their study reported in the journal Science Robotics, Fernando Díaz Ledezma and Sami Haddadin developed a new machine-learning…
NASA Streams Cat Video From Deep, Deep Space

On Dec. 11, NASA engineers anxiously gathered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to view a cat video, wondering if it would be in the pristine high definition for which they had hoped. To their relief, it was. For the first time, high-definition video — this one of a lab employee’s cat named…
AI cannot be named as patent ‘inventor’, UK supreme court rules

Artificial intelligence cannot be legally named as an inventor to secure patent rights, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. In a judgment on Wednesday, Britain’s highest court concluded that “an inventor must be a person” in order to apply for patents under the current law. The ruling comes after the technologist Dr Stephen Thaler took his…
French court jails former Rwanda doctor for 24 years for role in 1994 genocide

The former Rwandan doctor Sosthene Munyemana received a 24-year jail sentence from a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide, where around 800,000 people were killed. Found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity, he was accused of organizing torture and killings, setting up roadblocks, and circulating a letter encouraging the massacre of…
DR Congo elections: Voting marred by lengthy delays

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election faced significant delays as voters encountered long queues due to late opening at many polling stations. With logistical challenges affecting ballot delivery, unrest erupted in some areas where people couldn’t vote, leading to attacks on polling stations. The election, featuring President Félix Tshisekedi and 18 other candidates, unfolded…
Polish state TVP Info channel off air as Tusk reforms kick in

The French parliament passed legislation aimed at depoliticizing public media, leading to the dismissal of heads at TVP Info in Poland and triggering a sit-in protest by the Law and Justice party (PiS). The move comes after PiS lost power, prompting the new coalition government, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, to promise unbiased news…
French MPs pass controversial immigration reform

The French parliament approved stricter immigration legislation after a divisive debate that saw President Macron’s party align with the far-right National Rally. The revised bill toughens rules for family reunification, delays welfare access for migrants, and prohibits the detention of minors. Right-wing parties supported the revised bill, while the left accused Macron of pandering to…
3,500 Arrested, $300 Million Seized in International Crackdown on Online Fraud

Authorities from 34 countries collaborated on a six-month operation, HAECHI IV, targeting various online financial frauds like BEC, investment fraud, and voice phishing. This initiative led to the arrest of about 3,500 suspects and the seizure of $300 million in assets, including hard currency and cryptocurrency. Interpol revealed that investment fraud, BEC, and ecommerce fraud…
Mozilla Patches Firefox Vulnerability Allowing Remote Code Execution, Sandbox Escape

Mozilla rolled out security updates for Firefox and Thunderbird, addressing a total of 21 vulnerabilities. Firefox 121 fixed 18 issues, including a heap buffer overflow in WebGL (CVE-2023-6856) that could lead to remote code execution. Another concern, CVE-2023-6135, involved rendering NSS NIST curves, potentially susceptible to a side-channel attack. Thunderbird 115.6, launched concurrently, tackled 11…
BlackCat Strikes Back: Ransomware Gang “Unseizes” Website, Vows no Limits on Targets

The BlackCat ransomware group faced repercussions following a law enforcement operation targeting its activities, leading to the seizure of its Tor-based leak website and disruption of its operations. Initially claiming a hardware failure, the hackers regained control and set up a new site, restricting attacks only to CIS countries while threatening sectors like hospitals. They…
NSA Blocked 10 Billion Connections to Malicious and Suspicious Domains

The National Security Agency (NSA) released its 2023 Cybersecurity Year in Review report, highlighting its efforts to enhance cybersecurity nationally and within critical sectors. With a focus on safeguarding national security systems and aiding Defense Industrial Base (DIB) organizations, the NSA blocked 10 billion connections to suspicious domains. The agency provided cybersecurity services to over…
Andrew Ng: ‘Do we think the world is better off with more or less intelligence?’

Just over a decade ago, Andrew Ng was part of a Google Brain project that showed the power of deep learning technology. For three days, Ng’s team fed a neural network millions of unlabelled images from YouTube videos. After training, the system could identify features such as cats in images it had not encountered before…
Robotics company unveils what it claims is world’s most powerful humanoid robot

Have you ever dreamed of having a robot companion that can walk, talk, and do anything you want? Well, you might be closer to that reality than you think. A Chinese robotic firm has created what is now being dubbed the “world’s most powerful general-purpose humanoid robot.” The robot, called H1, is a stunning feat of…
One Year In and ChatGPT Already Has Us Doing Its Bidding

One of the first things I asked ChatGPT about, early this year, was myself: “What can you tell me about the writer Vauhini Vara?” It told me I’m a journalist (true, though I’m also a fiction writer), that I was born in California (false) and that I’d won a Gerald Loeb Award and a National…
Bill Gates: Why I’m optimistic about the future of AI

This year marked the first time I used artificial intelligence for work and not just as a novelty. I suspect the same is true for a lot of people. We are at the beginning of a huge technology transition right now. This is an exciting and confusing time, full of uncertainty about how AI will…
Europe and US extend trade truce over Trump tariffs

The US and the European Union have agreed to suspend their trade conflict on steel and aluminium tariffs until March 2025, aligning with the US presidential election schedule. Initially introduced by Donald Trump and later paused under Joe Biden’s administration, this move allows Biden to maintain support from EU allies while projecting a tough stance…
Sudan conflict: Hundreds of thousands flee al Jazira safe-haven – UN

Hundreds of thousands of individuals have fled Sudan’s al Jazira state as paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) move into Wad Madani, disrupting the city that had been a haven for those escaping Khartoum’s civil war. The conflict between the RSF and the army has escalated, leading to widespread displacement and chaos. Reports indicate attacks on…
Fears of higher oil prices after Red Sea attacks

Attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen on commercial ships in the Red Sea have led to significant disruptions in the shipping route. This situation has prompted several companies, including Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, to reroute their vessels, adding substantial time and costs to their journeys. The attacks have raised concerns about the safety of this critical…
Gansu earthquake: Over 120 killed in China’s deadliest quake in years

The deadliest earthquake in years struck northwest China’s Gansu province, claiming at least 126 lives and leaving over 700 injured. The 6.2 magnitude quake hit, affecting neighboring Qinghai and causing devastation in mountainous areas. President Xi Jinping ordered thousands of rescuers to assist in this region known for its diversity and poverty. Footage revealed collapsed…
Xfinity Customer Data Compromised in Attack Exploiting CitrixBleed Vulnerability

The recent cyberattack involving the CitrixBleed vulnerability has impacted Xfinity customers, compromising their information. Exploited as a zero-day vulnerability since August, CitrixBleed affected Citrix’s systems, allowing hackers access to organizations’ systems. Despite Xfinity’s swift patching, hackers accessed their systems between October 16 and 19. Investigations revealed likely stolen data, including usernames, hashed passwords, and potentially…
2022 Election Not Impacted by Chinese, Russian Cyber Activity: DOJ, DHS

It seems that during the 2022 US mid-term elections, threat actors, including those linked to Russia and China, engaged in cyber activities targeting the election process. However, a joint report from the DOJ and DHS confirmed that these actions did not significantly impact the election’s integrity or security. Incidents included a temporary DDoS attack on…
Turngate Raises $5 Million to Shed Light on User Activity

Turngate, a Maryland-based cybersecurity startup, secured $5 million in seed funding led by Paladin Capital Group. Founded recently, Turngate aims to equip IT and cybersecurity professionals with insights into user activity during investigations. Their solution facilitates auditing of user activity and validation of permissions across intricate digital landscapes encompassing SaaS and IaaS platforms. Turngate streamlines…
Halcyon Raises $40 Million for Anti-Ransomware Platform

Austin-based anti-ransomware firm Halcyon secured $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures, reaching a total of $90 million raised this year. The investment aims to bolster engineering, R&D, and sales efforts as the company aggressively markets its cyber resilience platform to various sectors, particularly education, healthcare, and finance. Halcyon’s…
Robotics Questions and answers with Nvidia’s Deepu Talla

We when I paid a visit to NVIDIA’s Bay Area headquarters, back in October for an interviw with Deepu Talla. For more than a decade, Talla has been the chip giant’s Vice President and General Manager – Embedded & Edge Computing. He offers a unique insight into the state of robotics in 2023 and where…
How Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar alliance with OpenAI really works

After UK competition officials said they were preparing to investigate Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar alliance with OpenAI last week, the San Francisco-based start-up quietly made a change to its website. Having previously described the tech giant as a “minority owner” in OpenAI, the wording was changed over the weekend to describe Microsoft as only holding a “minority…
Adobe, Figma shelve $20 bln deal after hitting regulatory roadblocks

Adobe on Monday shelved its $20 billion deal for cloud-based designer platform Figma, pointing to “no clear path” for antitrust approvals in Europe and the UK for what would have been among the biggest buyouts of a software startup. The cash-and-stock deal, announced in September last year, was the latest to draw tough scrutiny from…
A song of hype and fire: The 10 biggest AI stories of 2023

“Here, There, and Everywhere” isn’t just a Beatles song. It’s also a phrase that recalls the spread of generative AI into the tech industry during 2023. Whether you think AI is just a fad or the dawn of a new tech revolution, it’s been impossible to deny that AI news has dominated the tech space…
A quick guide to ethical and responsible AI governance

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies fueled by breakthroughs in machine learning (ML) and data management has propelled organizations into a new era of innovation and automation. As AI applications continue to proliferate across industries, they hold the promise of revolutionizing customer experience, optimizing operational efficiency, and streamlining business processes. However, this transformative journey…
North Korea Resumes Missile Launches in ‘Threat to Peace and Stability’

North Korea has resumed its record year of missile tests, launching a long-range ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States hours after firing a short-range weapon. Its neighbors condemned these actions as a threat to international peace. The back-to-back launches came after South Korea and the US agreed to bolster their joint nuclear deterrence…
Iraqis to vote for powerful provincial councils in election

Iraqis are headed to the polls to elect provincial councils for the first time in 10 years. Ballots will be cast in 15 of Iraq’s 18 provinces on Monday. The elections are a prelude to a parliamentary vote in 2025, which will test the strength of pro-Iran groups that have been raising their profile in…
Chile’s Voters Reject a New, Conservative Constitution

Chileans on Sunday rejected a new constitution that would have pulled the country to the right, likely ending a turbulent four-year process to replace their national charter with little to show for it. It is the second time in 16 months that Chile, the South American nation of 19 million, has rebuffed a proposed constitution…
Israel’s Allies Urge Restraint as Netanyahu Vows ‘Fight to the End’

The Israeli military bombarded dozens of sites in the Gaza Strip over the weekend as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep fighting in the territory. On Sunday, Israel struck 200 locations in Gaza over 24 hours amid an outcry over the civilian toll there and calls for restraint by three of Israel’s most important…
X Is Europe’s First Target For Scrutiny Under Digital Services Act

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into X, formerly Twitter, suggesting that the company may have breached the Digital Services Act(DSA) in a number of ways. These are the first formal proceedings launched by the Commission to enforce the DSA. The Commission is looking at X’s practices around risk management, content moderation, dark…
MongoDB Corporate Systems Breached, Customer Data Exposed

Database management company MongoDB has suffered a breach: attackers have gained access to some of its corporate systems and customer data and metadata. The corporate systems accessed by the attackers contain customer names, phone numbers, and email addresses and system logs for one customer. With personal data being exposed, customers should keep an eye on…
SMTP Smuggling Allows Spoofed Emails to Bypass Authentication Protocols

A new attack technique named SMTP Smuggling can allow malicious actors to send out spoofed emails that bypass authentication mechanisms. The attack technique targets the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. An attacker can abuse differences in the way outbound and inbound SMTP servers interpret a sequence indicating the end of message data. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/smtp-smuggling-allows-spoofed-emails-to-bypass-authentication-protocols/
Solana DeFi Hacker Pleads Guilty in First-Ever Smart Contract Fraud Conviction

In a precedent-setting case, Shakeeb Ahmed pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges related to hacks on two decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges, including the July attack on Solana decentralized exchange Nirvana Finance. As part of his plea, the 34-year-old New York native has agreed to forfeit over $12 million in stolen funds. This marks “the first ever…
Agility’s Digit warehouse robot understands natural language commands thanks to AI smarts

Agility Robotics shared a demo video Wednesday of one of its Digit robots upgraded with AI. Although that may conjure terrifying pop-culture images of sentient sci-fi machines taking over the world, the demo video reveals something much more pedestrian, if not boring. The bipedal warehouse robot ploddingly works to complete a slightly puzzling task without…
AI is a danger to the financial system, regulators warn for the first time

Top federal regulators are warning for the first time that the use of artificial intelligence poses a risk to the financial system. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a team of leading regulators across the US government, formally classified AI on Thursday as an “emerging vulnerability.” Sophisticated AI models have exploded in popularity in recent years, even…
Intel unveils new AI chip to compete with Nvidia and AMD

Intel unveiled new computer chips on Thursday, including Gaudi3, an artificial intelligence chip for generative AI software. Gaudi3 will launch next year and will compete with rival chips from Nvidia and AMD that power big and power-hungry AI models. The most prominent AI models, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, run on Nvidia GPUs in the cloud. It’s…
Recent Apache Struts 2 Vulnerability in Attacker Crosshairs

Recently disclosed critical-severity vulnerability CVE-2023-50164 in Apache Struts 2, rated at a CVSS score of 9.8, has been exploited by threat actors. The flaw involves file upload logic, allowing an attacker to perform path traversal and achieve remote code execution (RCE). By manipulating file upload parameters at the /upload.action endpoint, attackers can introduce an additional…
Personal Information of 45,000 Individuals Stolen in Idaho National Laboratory Data Breach

Last month, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) detected a data breach affecting 45,000 individuals due to an attack on their Oracle Human Capital Management software. While no additional networks or databases were compromised, personal data including names, Social Security numbers, salary information, and more was accessed. INL is providing affected individuals, including employees, retirees, spouses, and…