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  • Monday Quick Hits

    Quick turn around back to DC so enjoy these tidbits while I try to carve out some time for something more substantial: The War on Terror just got a lot harder, thanks to our “ally” Another data point on the generally bizarre clearance process. Still more details on why the SSCI report is at best…

  • It’s Academic

    I can now join the TSA queue and prepare for my probing with a smile knowing that my latest Standard piece is available for your reading pleasure.  Thanks to Tom for the shout-out. Folks, if you think the SSCI report is anything but a political tool, you are deluding yourself. Should we expect more? Perhaps if…

  • Intel Sharing: Get On With It

    A bipartisan group of senators is urging John Negroponte, the director of national intelligence, to see to it that an information-sharing implementation plan, as required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, is submitted to Congress without further delay. The plan was due in July I think, and they can’t seem to…

  • Far Reaching Indeed

    H/T: Michael Rubin at The Corner Two basic urges meet head-on in this area, and conflict is inherent in this collision of interests. These urges reveal themselves in daily news accounts of killings and terrorism, of pressure groups in opposition, and of raw nationalism and naked expansionism masquerading as diplomatic maneuvers. The urges tie together…

  • Timeframe

    If you’ve been tracking the discussion about Iraqi documents you know that my position is that we are a long way from getting to the bottom of this situation. How long? You might consider the length of time it took to come to this conclusion about another situation related to Iraq. You might also note…

  • You’re in Good Hands

    CIA counterterrorism officers have signed up in growing numbers for a government-reimbursed, private insurance plan that would pay their civil judgments and legal expenses if they are sued or charged with criminal wrongdoing, according to current and former intelligence officials and others with knowledge of the program. The new enrollments reflect heightened anxiety at the…

  • Not Forgetting

    The imagery . . . . . . or the memories . . .

  • SSCI Report Quick Take (Running Updates)

    150+ pages is a lot to go over with a day job, so I’ll take a meta-view by focusing on the Conclusions . . . My problem with all of these reports is highlighted in the first paragraph of Section II, when they invoke “The Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor ….” My dictionary defines…

  • Oy Vey! Some Conspiracy

    A former Pentagon analyst who passed highly classified intelligence to two Chinese military officers was sentenced to three months in prison yesterday — far shy of four to five years called for in sentencing guidelines. His excuses sound eerily similar to those given by Jonathan Pollard when he passed classified to the Israelis (he got…

  • Getting Serious About Winning

    FIVE YEARS AFTER the attacks of September 11, 2001, we face many threats at home and abroad, yet our response has been mostly superficial and expedient. One is left to wonder: Are we serious about winning this fight? So begins my latest piece at The Daily Standard. As one friend jokingly put it, “so this…

  • An Info Op

    ABC’s upcoming five-hour docudrama “The Path to 9/11” is quickly becoming a political cause célèbre. […] After a screening of the first episode in Washington last week, some audience members attacked the film’s depiction of the Clinton administration’s pursuit of Osama bin Laden. Among those unhappy was Richard Ben-Veniste, an attorney and member of the…

  • 9/11 Redux

    A nice analysis of the airborne terror threat then and now by Shane Harris in National Journal. The broad point to take away is the value of defense-in-depth, or layers of security that (hopefully) are designed to catch those bits that fall through the cracks. For you INFOSEC folks this is nothing new, but all…

  • Some Considerations

    Listening to snippets of the AG and President about the new CT strategy throughout the day brought to mind three things: The first is that it is nice to see that someone has finally dusted off and started reading all those assessment my colleagues and I wrote about terrorism and the ‘Net not that we were the…

  • Secrets and the Press

    Regrettably, I’ll be a few days late in town for this event, but I’ve already weighed in to some extent. The bottom line is that you can be a competent, serviceable and respected (in some quarters at least) reporter on the national security / intelligence beat and never have to worry about fielding the “aid…

  • Fear the Eavesdroppers

    No, not the NSA: The first thing that came out of our mouths when we heard that Google is working on a system that listens to what’s on your TV playing in the background, and then serves you relevant adverts, was “that’s cool, but dangerous”. The idea appeared in Technology Review citing Peter Norvig, director…

Briefs

  • 5 ChatGPT chrome extensions to enhance productivity

    To increase productivity and simplify numerous tasks, Chrome extensions serve as add-ons that may be installed in the Google Chrome web browser. Users can enjoy a more effective and convenient browsing experience thanks to these extensions’ added features and capabilities. The value of Chrome extensions and significance stems from their capacity to streamline processes, reduce…

  • Haiti vigilante push ‘symptomatic’ of state’s failures: Advocates

    In Haiti, a grassroots vigilante movement called “Bwa Kale” has emerged as citizens take matters into their own hands to combat gang violence. Suspected gang members have been chased, beaten, decapitated, and burned alive by the vigilantes, resulting in a decrease in kidnappings, killings, and other forms of violence. However, human rights groups emphasize that…

  • Ben Roberts-Smith: Top Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case

    Australia’s decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. The judge ruled that four of the six murder allegations were substantially true, including kicking a farmer off a cliff and shooting a captured Taliban fighter multiple times. While two murder allegations and reports…

  • NATO is in a race against time to save itself from a major embarrassment

    NATO is racing against time to avoid the embarrassment of Sweden missing its deadline for admission to the alliance. Turkey, a strategically important NATO member, is blocking Sweden’s accession due to concerns about Sweden’s perceived support for Kurdish terror groups and alleged complicity in anti-Turkish protests. Missing the deadline could send a dangerous message to…

  • Xi Jinping tells China’s national security chiefs to prepare for ‘worst case’ scenarios

    Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called on national security officials to prepare for worst-case scenarios and be ready to face challenges. Xi emphasized the increased complexity and difficulty of national security issues and urged a focus on making the national security system more effective. China has been expanding its concept of national security, covering various…

  • Zyxel Customers Urged to Patch Exploited Bug

    Zyxel networking device users are being urged to update their firewalls and VPNs due to active exploitation of a vulnerability (CVE-2023-28771) that enables remote code execution. The flaw affects Zyxel’s ATP, USG Flex, VPN, and ZyWall/USG products and allows attackers to execute OS commands remotely. The vulnerability is being widely exploited to compromise devices and…

  • HMRC in New Tax Credits Scam Warning

    The UK’s tax office, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), has warned customers claiming tax credits about new scams targeting their personal and financial information. Fraudsters are using tactics such as posing as HMRC officials and creating a sense of urgency to trick claimants into giving money or sensitive data. Scams may involve phishing emails or…

  • Chrome 114 Released With 18 Security Fixes

    Google has released Chrome 114 with 18 security fixes, including 13 vulnerabilities reported by external researchers. Among these, eight are rated as ‘high’ severity, with the most significant being an out-of-bounds write issue in Swiftshader (CVE-2023-2929), which earned a $15,000 bug bounty for the researcher. Other high-severity flaws include a use-after-free bug in Extensions (CVE-2023-2930)…

  • Amazon Settles Ring Customer Spying Complaint

    Amazon has agreed to pay $30.8 million to settle privacy complaints related to its Ring home security cameras and Alexa smart speakers. The Federal Trade Commission accused Ring of failing to implement sufficient security measures, leading to privacy violations such as employees spying on female customers. The settlement requires Ring to delete unlawfully accessed data…

  • The Future Of Generative AI Beyond ChatGPT

    Generative tools like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion have got everyone talking about artificial intelligence (AI) – but where is it headed next? It’s already clear that this exciting technology will have a big impact on the way we live and work. UK energy provider Octopus Energy has said that 44% of its customer service emails are…

  • ChatGPT’s Riskiness Splits Biden Administration on EU’s AI Rules

    Biden administration officials are divided over how aggressively new artificial intelligence tools should be regulated — and their differences are playing out this week in Sweden. Some White House and Commerce Department officials support the strong measures proposed by the European Union for AI products such as ChatGPT and Dall-E, people involved in the discussions…

  • North Korea’s first spy satellite launch ends in failure and promise to send up another

    North Korea’s first spy satellite launch has ended in failure after its second stage malfunctioned, sending the projectile plunging into the sea, with the regime vowing to conduct another launch soon. The launch sparked emergency warnings on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa and in the South Korean capital Seoul, where the city briefly issued…

  • The Power of AI: Why Nvidia became the first chipmaking company to enter $1 trillion club

    Nvidia on Tuesday became the first chipmaking company to enter the elite $1 trillion club. The past three trading sessions on Wall Street have seen Nvidia stock rise more than 31 per cent including a three per cent gain on Tuesday – though its market cap soon fell below that $1 trillion mark. Apple, Alphabet,…

  • China warns of artificial intelligence risks, calls for beefed-up national security measures

    China’s ruling Communist Party has warned of the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence while calling for heightened national security measures. The statement issued after a meeting Tuesday chaired by party leader and President Xi Jinping underscores the tension between the government’s determination to seize global leadership in cutting-edge technology and concerns about the…

  • Ukraine war: The mothers going to get their children back from Russia

    During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 13 children with special educational needs were taken from their school by armed Russian soldiers and disappeared for weeks. The children were finally allowed to call home from Russian-occupied territory. To get them back, their relatives had to make grueling journeys into the country that declared war on Ukraine.…

  • North Korea says satellite launch fails, plans to try again

    North Korea’s attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite into space failed due to a malfunction in the rocket’s second stage, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The report cited low reliability and stability of the engine system and unstable fuel as the reasons for the mission’s failure. North Korea’s National Space…

  • Kosovo Prime Minister says he will not surrender country to Serbian ‘fascist militia’ after clashes in north

    Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated that he would not surrender the country to a Serbian “fascist militia” following violent protests in the north over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors. Clash occurred between NATO peacekeepers and Serbian demonstrators who tried to block the newly elected mayors from taking office in the municipality of Zvecan.…

  • Sentences for Milosevic allies extended in ‘milestone’ ruling

    Former allies of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, have had their convictions expanded by United Nations judges. They were sentenced to 15 years for their involvement in crimes during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals overturned their acquittals for crimes in Bosnian and Croatian…

  • Organizations Warned of Backdoor Feature in Hundreds of Gigabyte Motherboards

    Researchers at Eclypsium have discovered that numerous motherboard models produced by Gigabyte, a major Taiwanese computer components manufacturer, contain a backdoor functionality that poses a significant risk to organizations. The backdoor, found in the firmware of many Gigabyte systems, drops a Windows binary during boot-up, which downloads and executes another payload from Gigabyte servers over…

  • Salesforce ‘Ghost Sites’ Expose Sensitive Corporate Data

    Companies that move away from Salesforce often forget to deactivate their sites, leading to the creation of “ghost sites” that contain sensitive corporate, vendor, and user data. These abandoned Communities within Salesforce environments can expose valuable information when administrators fail to remove or properly secure the data. Ghost sites can be identified using tools that…

  • 9M Dental Patients Affected by LockBit Attack on MCNA

    A US government-sponsored dental healthcare provider, MCNA Dental, has alerted its nearly 9 million clients that their personal and medical data was exposed in a LockBit ransomware attack earlier this year. The breach resulted in the theft of sensitive information, including patient names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s…

  • Generative AI: The new attack vector for trust and safety

    Threat actors are leveraging generative AI to carry out various forms of abuse, including child sex abuse material (CSAM), disinformation, fraud, and extremism, warns ActiveFence. The use of generative AI enables these actors to accelerate and amplify their operations, leading to a significant increase in the production of malicious content. Concerns arise from the exploitation…

  • Amex planning to use AI for ‘approving cards and lines of credit’

    Financial services titan American Express (Amex) plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) services to validate transactions, approve lines of credit, analyze customer sentiment and predict customer finances. Despite these aspirations, a recent report from VentureBeat indicates that Amex currently has no intention of rolling up its own large language model (LLM) to compete with the…

  • China launches new crew for space station, with eye to putting astronauts on moon before 2030

    China launched a new three-person crew for its orbiting space station on Tuesday, with an eye to putting astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade. The Shenzhou 16 spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan launch center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northwestern China atop a Long March 2-F rocket just…

  • How To Defend Your AI Models

    On one side, the rise of SaaS LLMs (ChatGPT, GPT-4, Bing with AI, Bard) makes this a third-party risk management problem for security teams. And that’s great news, because it’s rare that third parties lead to breaches … ahem. Hope you caught the sarcasm there. Security pros should expect their company to buy — or…

  • Nvidia Unveils AI-Powered Tech That Could Automate Many Aspects Of Game Development

    Many major players in the video game industry have embraced the possibilities of generative AI, especially the technology has grown more mainstream in recent months. At a keynote earlier this month, Nvidia unveiled a suite of AI-powered tools for creating NPCs that it’s calling Nvidia Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE). Described as a “custom AI model…

  • Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn

    Artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity, experts – including the heads of OpenAI and Google Deepmind – have warned. Dozens have supported a statement published on the webpage of the Centre for AI Safety. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and…

  • Dark Web Data Leak Exposes RaidForums Members

    VX-Underground researchers assessed that 478,000 RaidForums members were exposed to another hacking site. RaidForums was a well-known marketplace for hackers to buy and sell stolen data. In 2022, the Department of Justice shut down the site and filed criminal charges against RaidForums’ founder and chief administrator. RaidForums hosted numerous high-profile data breaches, including 40 million user…

  • Denmark boosts military spending, announces more aid for Ukraine

    Denmark, a NATO member, plans to invest 143 billion Danish crowns ($21 billion) in defense over the next decade. The increased spending aims to meet military and security goals and address shortcomings in defense capabilities, particularly in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The government also announced an additional 21.9 billion Danish crowns ($3.16 billion)…

  • Dozens of NATO peacekeepers injured during clashes in northern Kosovo

    Clashes between protesters and NATO’s peacekeeping mission in Kosovo left at least 34 soldiers injured, according to the Italian defense ministry. The tensions escalated after ethnically Albanian mayors took office in the majority Kosovo Serb area, leading to increased violence. Protesters threw Molotov cocktails and other objects at the peacekeeping troops, causing injuries including fractures…

  • Covid: Top Chinese scientist says don’t rule out lab leak

    A former top Chinese government scientist, Prof George Gao, has stated that the possibility of the COVID-19 virus leaking from a laboratory should not be dismissed. Prof Gao, who previously headed China’s Centre for Disease Control, played a significant role in the pandemic response. While China’s government denies any suggestion of a lab origin in…

  • Moscow drone attack: Russia accuses Ukraine of ‘terrorist’ strike

    Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on Moscow, marking the first time the city has been targeted by multiple drones since the invasion of Ukraine. The Russian defense ministry claimed that at least eight drones caused minor damage in what they called a “terrorist attack.” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed that…

  • New Mirai Variant Campaigns are Targeting IoT Devices

    Unit 42 researchers discovered new malicious activity targeting IoT devices. Using Mirai, a malware capable of turning Linux-based devices into remotely controlled bots, hackers can orchestrate larger attacks. This variant of Mirai, dubbed IZ1H9, was first uncovered in August 2018 and has been frequently utilized since. The research team observed a wave of malicious campaigns…

  • Personal Information of 9 Million Individuals Stolen in MCNA Ransomware Attack

    MCNA Insurance Company and Managed Care of North America is one of the largest dental benefits managers in the United States. The company has started sending notification letters to over nine million users impacted by a data breach earlier this year. The attack occurred between February 26 and March 7 and targeted Medicaid and Children’s…

  • Many Vulnerabilities Found in PrinterLogic Enterprise Software

    PrinterLogic’s enterprise management solution allows organizations to manage multiple printers from a single console. Security researchers at Seek discovered numerous weaknesses in the software that could put organizations at risk. Analysis of the PrinterLogic Saas platform and the Virtual Appliance on PrinterLogic’s website revealed 18 distinct vulnerabilities. The platform is most susceptible to an authentication…

  • Nvidia introduces AI supercomputer to create ChatGPT successors

    Nvidia continues to push forward in the race to develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools and applications as the company revealed plans to release more AI products. Speaking at the Computex show in Taiwan on May 28, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a new AI supercomputer platform called DGX GH200. The supercomputer’s primary purpose is to aid…

  • Environmental impact of AI: Pioneering solutions for a sustainable future

    The past several years have seen artificial intelligence (AI) emerge as a global transformative force possessing the power to revolutionize several industries. From autonomous vehicles to smart home devices, AI-driven solutions have permeated various aspects of our lives, promising increased efficiency and convenience. However, alongside these advancements, the environmental impact of AI has also come under…

  • Flash loan attack on Jimbos Protocol steals over $7.5 million

    Jimbos Protocol, an Arbitrum-based DeFi project, has suffered a flash loan attack that resulted in the loss of more than of 4000 ETH tokens, currently valued at over $7,500,000. The company disclosed the attack on Twitter yesterday, saying that law enforcement have been notified and it is working with security professionals to remediate the situation. The…

  • Nvidia chief Jensen Huang says AI is creating a ‘new computing era’

    Nvidia’s chief executive hailed a new era of computing in which “everyone is a programmer”, as the world’s most valuable semiconductor group unveiled a new supercomputer platform to stay at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution. Jensen Huang warned in a speech in Taiwan that the traditional tech industry would not keep pace with…

  • Lawyer apologizes for fake court citations from ChatGPT

    The meteoric rise of ChatGPT is shaking up multiple industries – including law, as one attorney recently found out. Roberto Mata sued Avianca airlines for injuries he says he sustained from a serving cart while on the airline in 2019, claiming negligence by an employee. Steven Schwartz, an attorney with Levidow, Levidow & Oberman and licensed…

  • Will Banks Drive Blockchain’s AI Transformation?

    Investment bank Goldman Sachs and Microsoft want to boost Web3 uptake on the Canton blockchain through artificial intelligence (AI). The duo joins traditional finance (TradFi) giants Deloitte, S&P Global, Moody’s, BNP Paribas, and Cboe Global Markets in building infrastructure during the crypto bear market. The recently-released Canton Network links the trading platforms of Goldman and Deutsche…

  • 6 ways generative AI chatbots and LLMs can enhance cybersecurity

    The rapid emergence of Open AI’s ChatGPT has been one of the biggest stories of the year, with the potential impact of generative AI chatbots and large language models (LLMs) on cybersecurity a key area of discussion. There’s been a lot of chatter about the security risks these new technologies could introduce — from concerns…

  • Microsoft urges lawmakers, companies to ‘step up’ with AI guardrails

    Brad Smith, the president of Big Tech firm Microsoft, has called on governments to “move faster” and corporations “step up” amid a massive acceleration in artificial intelligence development. Speaking at a May 25 panel in front of United States lawmakers in Washington D.C., Smith made the call as he proposed regulations that could mitigate the…

  • Virgin Galactic blasts into space after two-year hiatus

    After Virgin Orbit vanished in bankruptcy court, Virgin Galactic announced its first spaceflight in two years as the Unity 25 mission rocketed to an altitude of 54.2 miles (87.2 km) on May 25, 2023 in the skies over Spaceport America, New Mexico. The flight of VSS Unity took off at 9:15 am MT slung beneath…

  • A new antibiotic, discovered with artificial intelligence, may defeat a dangerous superbug

    Using artificial intelligence, researchers say, they’ve found a new type of antibiotic that works against a particularly menacing drug-resistant bacteria. When they tested the antibiotic on the skin of mice that were experimentally infected with the superbug, it controlled the growth of the bacteria, suggesting that the method could be used to create antibiotics tailored to…

  • Teens hand themselves in to police over Sydney fire

    Two 13-year-old boys have turned themselves in to the police after a fire destroyed a seven-story heritage building in central Sydney. Around 100 firefighters were required to extinguish the flames, and an exclusion zone is expected to remain in place for a week, displacing at least 70 residents. While the two boys are assisting with…

  • Russian rocket attack on Ukraine hospital kills two

    A missile strike on a medical clinic in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, has resulted in at least two deaths and 23 injuries. The injured individuals, including two young boys, were taken to hospitals, with three in serious condition. Ukrainian authorities reported shooting down 17 missiles and 31 drones launched from Russia, targeting various locations including Dnipro,…

  • Japan shocked by ‘heinous’ attack as 4 die in gun and knife rampage

    A rare shooting and stabbing rampage occurred in Nakano, Japan, allegedly carried out by the son of a local government official. The suspect, Masanori Aoki, was arrested on suspicion of killing a police officer, a woman, and injuring several others. The incident has caused great anxiety in Japan, a country with strict gun control laws…

  • Belgian aid worker freed after Belgium, Iran agree prisoner swap, says Oman

    After reaching a deal to swap prisoners, a Belgian aid worker imprisoned in Iran for over a year is on his way back to Belgium, while an Iranian diplomat has been released from Belgium and is returning to Iran. The aid worker, Olivier Vandecasteele, was received by Belgian soldiers and diplomats in Oman before undergoing…

  • Threat actors exploit new channels for advanced phishing attacks

    Perception Point has reported a significant increase in advanced phishing attacks, with a 356% rise in such attacks attempted by threat actors in 2022. Overall, the total number of attacks increased by 87%, demonstrating the escalating threat that cyber attacks pose to organizations. Malicious actors are leveraging new tools and advancements in artificial intelligence and…

  • Romania’s Safetech Leans into UK Cybersecurity Market

    Romanian cybersecurity firm Safetech has expanded its presence to the UK, announcing plans to establish a security operations center (SOC) in London. The company cited government support programs, cultural affinities, and the size of the UK’s cybersecurity market as reasons for investing in the country. Safetech aims to create 15 cyber jobs in the UK…

  • Organizations Worldwide Targeted in Rapidly Evolving Buhti Ransomware Operation

    Symantec has identified a new ransomware operation called Buhti, also known as Blacktail, that targets both Linux and Windows systems. The operation has been rapidly expanding since mid-April, using LockBit and Babuk variants to exploit vulnerabilities for initial access and steal victim files. Buhti operators utilize a modified version of LockBit 3.0 for Windows machines…

  • New Russia-Linked CosmicEnergy ICS Malware Could Disrupt Electric Grids

    Mandiant has discovered a new malware called CosmicEnergy, which is believed to be connected to Russia and aimed at disrupting industrial control systems, particularly electric grids. The malware targets devices using the IEC 60870-5-104 protocol and can manipulate power line switches and circuit breakers, posing a potential threat to electric grid assets. It is suspected…

  • South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket launches seven satellites, one unaccounted for

    South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket put seven satellites, including one equipped with synthetic aperture radar, into sun-synchronous orbit May 25, although an eighth cubesat is believed to have not deployed properly. The rocket lifted off at the planned time of 5:24 a.m. Eastern from the Naro Space Center. Live footage showed the 47.2-meter rocket, emblazoned with South…

  • Attackers Left Empty-Handed as Crypto Hacks Drop 70% in Q1 2023

    Attacks on token protocols and crypto projects dropped a staggering 70% in Q1 2023 compared to the same period last year when greed and valuations ran rampant, a new report by security firm TRM Labs shows. The stolen amount in the first three months this year is less than any quarter in 2022, showcasing better…

  • See why AI like ChatGPT has gotten so good, so fast

    Artificial intelligence has become shockingly capable in the past year. The latest chatbots can conduct fluid conversations, craft poems, even write lines of computer code while the latest image-makers can create fake “photos” that are virtually indistinguishable from the real thing. It wasn’t always this way. As recently as two years ago, AI created robotic text…

  • A Google DeepMind AI language model is now making descriptions for YouTube Shorts

    Google just combined DeepMind and Google Brain into one big AI team, and on Wednesday, the new Google DeepMind shared details on how one of its visual language models (VLM) is being used to generate descriptions for YouTube Shorts, which can help with discoverability. “Shorts are created in just a few minutes and often don’t include…

  • Solana blockchain integrates ChatGPT plugin, launches AI accelerator

    The Solana Foundation said Tuesday that it has created an open-source reference implementation that lets users interact with the Solana network directly from ChatGPT with a plugin that’s available for download on Github. “This integration from Solana Labs serves as a reference for how AI can make it easier to understand Solana data and protocols,…

  • Researchers Spot APTs Targeting Small Business MSPs

    Proofpoint security researchers have identified increasing attacks on small and medium businesses (SMBs) and their service providers. These attacks come from a variety of APTs linked to Russia, Iran, and North Korea. SMBs have lackluster cybersecurity relative to large companies and rarely have dedicated security teams. Proofpoint notes this makes these businesses easy targets for…

  • Biden Picks New NSA Head, Key to Support of Ukraine, Defense of US Elections

    Army Gen. Paul Nakasone is expected to step down as head of the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, current deputy commander of USCYBERCOM, has been tapped to replace him. The agencies currently seek to bolster Ukrainian cyber defenses, halt cyber attacks against critical infrastructure, and…

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