As things stall in the United Nations on all things cyber, the United States has been actively engaged in strengthening cyber cooperation with key individual states, as well as regional blocs, in an …
From OpenAI To Stripe, Artificial Intelligence Is Remaking The Cloud
Artificial intelligence is transforming cloud computing as we know it, as evidenced by Forbes’ latest Cloud 100 list of the sector’s best privately-held companies. This year, AI is everywhere: New No. …
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Cybercriminals train AI chatbots for phishing, malware attacks
In the wake of WormGPT, a ChatGPT clone trained on malware-focused data, a new generative artificial intelligence hacking tool called FraudGPT has emerged, and at least another one is under …
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Cyber Attacks by Non-State Actors Continue Astride in Europe
In an update to our recent analysis of the continued expansion of cyber incidents by non-state actors in the war in Europe, the following is a sampling of the most recent, attributed, known major …
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The GAO on the Future of Blockchain in Finance
We continue our series on the Future of Blockchain with the adrenaline rush that is a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on Blockchain in Finance:Legislative and Regulatory Actions Are …
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Los Angeles SIM Swapper Pleads Guilty to Cybercrime Charges
Los Angeles resident Amir Hossein Golshan pleaded guilty to committing various cyber crimes between 2019 and 2023. The charges described his involvement in Zelle payment fraud, Apple support …
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“Big Game Hunting” and Geopolitics are Drivers in a Record Year of Ransomware Extortions
Midway through 2023 - and the scale, volume and frequency of ransomware cyber incidents are setting off alerts left and right in our risk awareness and sensemaking research efforts. In this post, we …
Ransomware Extortion Skyrockets in 2023, Reaching $449.1 Million and Counting
Chainalysis reported that ransomware is the only cryptocurrency-based crime that has grown in 2023. Cybercriminals have extorted about $176 million more than they did this time last year. At the …
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Deep Fakes and National Security
"In 2024, one billion people around the world will go to the polls for national elections. From the US presidential election in 2024 to the war in Ukraine, we’re entering the era of deepfake …
DeFi Traders Lost $228 Million to Hackers in 3 Months
Hackers intensified their efforts to hack cryptocurrency projects in the past year and mostly had DeFi in their crosshairs, according to a new report from Immunefi. The report, compiled by the bug …
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