Tag: ai
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For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data
AI tools are increasingly asking for gross levels of access to your personal data under the guise of needing it to work. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/07/19/for-privacy-and-security-think-twice-before-granting-ai-access-to-your-personal-data/
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google may disrupt education market with new AI tools
AI companies could soon disrupt the education market with their new AI-based learning tools for students. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-anthropic-google-may-disrupt-education-market-with-new-ai-tools/
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Emerging Tech: Zwei Seiten der Cybersecurity-Medaille
Seit Kurzem steht DeepSeek in Europa auf der Abschussliste: Experten und Gesetzgeber sehen in dem chinesischen KI-Chatbot ein eindeutiges Risiko und rufen dazu auf, die Anwendung von digitalen App-Marktplätzen zu entfernen [1]. Dies unterstreicht, dass Systeme, die auf neuen Technologien aufbauen, immer mit Vorsicht zu genießen sind. Tiho Saric, Senior Sales Director von Gigamon, rät:……
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Novel malware from Russia’s APT28 prompts LLMs to create malicious Windows commands
Tags: ai, api, attack, computer, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, data, detection, dos, exploit, government, group, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, LLM, malicious, malware, military, network, phishing, programming, russia, service, tool, ukraine, vulnerability, windows.pif (MS-DOS executable) extension, though variants with .exe and .py extensions have also been observed.CERT-UA attributes these attacks to a group it tracks as UAC-0001, but which is better known in the security community as APT28. Western intelligence agencies have officially associated this group with Unit 26165, or the 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS)…
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UK Creative Community, Big Tech Resume AI Copyright Talks
New Working Group Launched After 2 Failed Attempts to Resolve AI Training Impasse. The U.K. government on Wednesday began its latest round of talks between creative owners and the artificial intelligence sector to work out a potential deal on the use of copyrighted content to train AI models. The discussions follow two previous failed attempts.…
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Security, AI Oversight Are Flashpoints in Draft Defense Bill
House, Senate Versions of 2026 NDAA Offer Competing Approaches to Cyber. Washington is wagering that future conflicts will unfold as much in cyberspace as on the battlefield, with House and Senate lawmakers unveiling dueling drafts of a nearly $900 billion defense bill that spotlights needs for cybersecurity and artificial intelligence technology. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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ISMG Editors: Seychelles Bank Breach Echoes ‘Panama Papers’
Also: Train Hack Risks Outed by CISA Alert; AI Comprehension Issues Won’t Go Away. In this week’s update, four ISMG editors discussed the potential global implications of the Seychelles Commercial Bank data breach; the real-world threat of train hacks following an alert about a critical railway vulnerability; and growing concerns around AI’s comprehension problem. First…
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Why the ROI of Enterprise AI Still Eludes Many Firms
Despite Billion-Dollar Bets, Tangible Returns Are Still Elusive for Global Firms. As enterprises pour billions into generative AI, many struggle to translate hype into measurable returns on investment. From data prep costs and hallucination risk to poor implementation and organizational inertia, experts say the real payoff may still be years away. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Nearly 2,000 MCP Servers Possess No Security Whatsoever
Authentication in MCP, the backbone of agentic AI, is optional, and nobody’s implementing it. Instead, they’re allowing any passing attackers full control of their servers. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/2000-mcp-servers-security
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Amazon’s director of security on locking down enterprise AI
;We’ve seen hype cycles before, but this one is a little different, Mark Ryland, director of security at Amazon, told CIO Dive. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/amazon-security-director-mark-ryland-AWS/753458/
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DWP accused of shielding AI deployments from public scrutiny
Amnesty International and Big Brother Watch say the Department for Work and Pensions’ ‘unchecked’ and opaque experimentation with AI in the UK’s social security system, which treats benefit claimants as automatically suspicious, is being shielded from public scrutiny First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366627921/DWP-accused-of-shielding-AI-deployments-from-public-scrutiny
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EU-Verhaltenskodex für KI: Fragen zur Nutzung Künstlicher Intelligenz bleiben offen
Tags: aiFirst seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/eu-verhaltenskodex-ki-fragen-nutzung-offen
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3 Ways Security Teams Can Minimize Agentic AI Chaos
Tags: aiSecurity often lags behind innovation. The path forward requires striking a balance. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/3-ways-security-teams-agentic-ai-chaos
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Studie von Trend Micro – KI im Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Chance und Risiko
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/kuenstliche-intelligenz-in-der-cyberabwehr-a-6491d2669cc42c992931daa494b0b13a/
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Cisco warns of another critical RCE flaw in ISE, urges immediate patching
Tags: access, ai, api, breach, cisco, communications, credentials, endpoint, exploit, flaw, network, radius, rce, remote-code-execution, risk, update, vulnerability, wifiFaster patching is needed: Barr is concerned about the flaw in finding N-day abuse. “While it’s positive that Cisco is transparent in disclosure and swift in releasing patches, the reality is that patching these types of vulnerabilities, especially in large, distributed enterprise environments, is not instantaneous,” he said. “Restart requirements and dependencies on high-availability setups…
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New “LameHug” Malware Deploys AI-Generated Commands
Ukraine’s CERT-UA has identified a new AI-powered malware, dubbed “LameHug,” which executes commands on compromised Windows systems in cyber-attacks, targeting the nation’s security and defense sector First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/new-lamehug-malware-deploys/
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Critical NVIDIA Container Toolkit Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation on AI Cloud Services
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical container escape vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit that could pose a severe threat to managed AI cloud services.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23266, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. It has been codenamed NVIDIAScape by Google-owned cloud security company Wiz.”NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains…
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LameHug: first AI-Powered malware linked to Russia’s APT28
LameHug malware uses AI to create data-theft commands on infected Windows systems. Ukraine links it to the Russia-nexus APT28 group. Ukrainian CERT-UA warns of a new malware strain dubbed LameHug that uses a large language model (LLM) to generate commands to be executed on compromised Windows systems. Ukrainian experts attribute the malware to the Russia-linked…
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5 Features Every AI-Powered SOC Platform Needs in 2025
A modern AI-based SOC platform must adapt in real time to handle alert overloads and fast-moving threats, surpassing traditional SIEM tools. Modern security operations centers (SOCs) are under immense pressure. Analysts are overwhelmed, alert queues are overflowing, and attackers are moving faster than ever. Where once it was enough to have good visibility and a…
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AI-Generated Lcryx Ransomware Discovered in Cryptomining Botnet
A cryptomining botnet active since 2019 has incorporated likely AI-generated Lcryx ransomware into its operations First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/lcryx-ransomware-discovered-crypto/
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8 trends transforming the MDR market today
Tags: access, ai, at&t, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, framework, GDPR, google, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iot, least-privilege, monitoring, mssp, network, nis-2, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, sophos, strategy, technology, threat, tool, zero-trustDigital transformation complexifies the attack surface: As businesses modernize their IT environments, the complexity of securing hybrid and cloud-native infrastructures increases, making MDR an attractive option for scalable, expert-led protection, experts say.The shift to hybrid work, IoT adoption, and an increase in cloud migrations have dramatically expanded attack surfaces, while ransomware and AI-powered attacks constantly…
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JFrog bringt frischen Wind in Entwickler-Workflows mit neuem KI-Server
JFrog, bekannt für seine Software Supply Chain Plattform und führend im Bereich ‘Liquid Software”, stellt heute den neuen Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server vor. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/jfrog-bringt-frischen-wind-in-entwickler-workflows-mit-neuem-ki-server/a41433/
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Clément Domingo: “We are not using AI correctly to defend ourselves”
Tags: access, ai, attack, control, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, finance, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, malicious, malware, office, password, programming, ransom, startup, threat, tool, trainingstartup, but dedicated to cybercrime in a very efficient way,” Domingo tells via email. “Most have what we call affiliates, which allows them to operate worldwide and attack any organization or entity. In most cases, the startup keeps 20% of the ransom and the accomplice takes 80%.”These are companies that, as he details, offer all…
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AI adoption is booming but secure scaling not so much
96% of organizations are deploying AI models, and virtually no organization can move into the future without considering how ML and intelligent apps might soon affect its … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/18/ai-readiness-in-organizations/
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Check Point Unveils Quantum Spark 2500 Series, Bringing Enterprise-Level Security and Advanced Connectivity to SMBs
Check Point has unveiled the new Quantum Spark 2500 series, a next-generation firewall family designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and managed service providers (MSPs). With built-in Wi-Fi 7, 5G, SD-WAN, and AI-powered threat prevention, the 2500 series delivers fast, secure, and resilient connectivity as part of the Check Point Infinity architecture. “The Quantum…
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Emerging Cloaking-as-a-Service Offerings are Changing Phishing Landscape
Threat actors are using anti-box tools, AI, and cloaking-as-a-service tactics to bypass security tools by showing a phishing or other malicious site to targets and harmless ones to detection and blocking tools, techniques that SlashNext researchers say are reshaping how such scams are run. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/07/emerging-cloaking-as-a-service-offerings-are-changing-phishing-landscape/
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AI training, copyright issues headline U.S. Senate hearing
U.S. senators blasted companies, including Meta and Anthropic, for training AI models on copyrighted content, including pirated books and other materials. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/news/366627854/AI-training-copyright-issues-headline-US-Senate-hearing
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LameHug malware uses AI LLM to craft Windows data-theft commands in real-time
A novel malware family named LameHug is using a large language model (LLM) to generate commands to be executed on compromised Windows systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lamehug-malware-uses-ai-llm-to-craft-windows-data-theft-commands-in-real-time/
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1Password Adds MCP Server to Trelica Governance Platform
1Password this week announced it has added a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to the Trelica governance platform for software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications it acquired earlier this year. In addition, the MCP Server for Trelica by 1Password is also being made available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace for artificial intelligence (AI) agents that just..…
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AI-powered attacks rise as CISOs prioritize AI security risks
Security executives are concerned about flaws in AI agents but also eager to see them replace humans in some roles, according to a new report. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-security-risks-agents-report/753345/