Tag: intelligence
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Inside the Jailbreak Methods Beating GPT-5 Safety Guardrails
Experts Say AI Model Makers Are Prioritizing Profit Over Security. Hackers don’t need the deep pockets of a nation-state to break GPT-5, OpenAI’s new flagship model. Analysis from artificial intelligence security researchers finds a few well-placed hyphens are enough to convince the large language model into breaking safeguards against adversarial prompts. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Ganzheitlicher Ansatz für die IT-Sicherheit
Für eine effektive Verteidigung sind integrierte, sorgfältig geplante und implementierte Strategien erforderlich. Zero Trust, Threat-Intelligence, Mitarbeitersensibilisierung und die Einführung vertrauenswürdiger Lösungen sind nur einige der Eckpfeiler einer effizienten Strategie. Der zunehmende Einsatz von KI bei Cybercrimes hat das Bedrohungsszenario komplexer gemacht. Bereits im Jahr 2023 sorgte der Fall eines Mitarbeiters eines britischen Unternehmens für… First…
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Police & Government Email Access for Sale on Dark Web
Cybercriminals are auctioning off live email credentials, giving other criminals access to sensitive systems, confidential intelligence, and, potentially, a higher success rate than ever. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/government-email-sale-dark-web
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Fortinet SSL VPNs Hit by Global Brute-Force Wave Before Attackers Shift to FortiManager
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a “significant spike” in brute-force traffic aimed at Fortinet SSL VPN devices.The coordinated activity, per threat intelligence firm GreyNoise, was observed on August 3, 2025, with over 780 unique IP addresses participating in the effort.As many as 56 unique IP addresses have been detected over the past 24 hours. All…
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Workday research: 75% of employees will work with artificial intelligence, but not for it
Workday research finds 75% of workers like AI as a teammate, but only 30% want AI to be the boss. Trust in the technology may grow with use, but human focus, clear roles and governance are key First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366629115/Workday-research-75-of-employees-will-work-with-artificial-intelligence-but-not-for-it
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Financial Services Could Be Next in Line for ShinyHunters
New threat intelligence points to targeting of financial services and technology sectors by ShinyHunters group First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/financial-services-next-line/
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SOCRadar Launches Agentic Threat Intelligence Platform
At Black Hat USA, which took place last week, SOCRadar launched SOCRadar Agentic Threat Intelligence. The new platform automates threat intelligence through the deployment of autonomous AI agents that proactively detect, analyse, and respond to external threats with minimal human intervention and unmatched speed and accuracy. SOCRadar Agentic Threat Intelligence is a proactive approach to…
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SOCRadar Launches Agentic Threat Intelligence Platform
At Black Hat USA, which took place last week, SOCRadar launched SOCRadar Agentic Threat Intelligence. The new platform automates threat intelligence through the deployment of autonomous AI agents that proactively detect, analyse, and respond to external threats with minimal human intervention and unmatched speed and accuracy. SOCRadar Agentic Threat Intelligence is a proactive approach to…
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9 things CISOs need know about the dark web
Tags: 2fa, access, ai, attack, automation, backup, blockchain, botnet, breach, captcha, ceo, ciso, communications, corporate, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, ddos, deep-fake, defense, detection, dns, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, group, guide, hacking, identity, incident, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, international, jobs, law, leak, lockbit, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, resilience, risk, russia, saas, scam, service, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayNew groups form after major marketplaces are disrupted: International takedown efforts damage infrastructure and curb cybercrime operations by disrupting larger operations, removing major players from the ecosystem and scattering user bases.However, the dark web is highly adaptive and sophisticated actors often maintain contingency plans, including mirrors, backups, and alternative forums, according to Edward Currie, associate…
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How Insurers Use Threat Intelligence to Reduce Losses
Tokio Marine HCC Targets Vulnerabilities Before They’re Exploited. With ransomware incidents at record highs, Tokio Marine HCC integrates dark web monitoring, vulnerability scanning and incident data into its underwriting process to help clients close gaps and lower the chance of costly breaches. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/how-insurers-use-threat-intelligence-to-reduce-losses-a-29180
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Watching the watchers: Is the Technical Advisory Panel a match for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ?
Dame Muffy Calder is chair of the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), a small group of experts that advises the Investigatory Powers Commissioner on surveillance technology. Do they have what it takes to oversee the intelligence community? First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366627619/Watching-the-watchers-Is-the-Technical-Advisory-Panel-a-match-for-MI5-MI6-and-GCHQ
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AI Coding Assistant: Creating the Perfect Blueprint for Attackers
AI coding tools like Claude CLI are unintentionally changing the attack surface for developers and businesses in the rapidly changing cybersecurity landscape. Gone are the days when adversaries required weeks or months of meticulous infrastructure mapping, credential probing, and tech stack analysis. Instead, these tools compile comprehensive, contextualized intelligence reports directly on users’ machines through…
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Google confirms Salesforce CRM breach, faces extortion threat
Google disclosed a Salesforce Customer Relationship Management (CRM) breach exposing data of some prospective Google Ads customers. Google confirmed a breach in a Salesforce CRM instance affecting the data of prospective Google Ads customers. The website Databreaches.net reported that the attackers have sent an extortion demand to the Tech giant. Google Threat Intelligence Group confirmed that…
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Embargo Ransomware nets $34.2M in crypto since April 2024
Embargo ransomware, likely a BlackCat/Alphv successor, has netted $34.2M in crypto since mid-2024, researchers say. The Embargo ransomware group has processed $34.2M in crypto since emerging in April 2024, researchers from Blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs report. >>TRM Labs has identified approximately USD 34.2 million in incoming transaction volume likely associated with the group, with…
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Researchers Uncover GPT-5 Jailbreak and Zero-Click AI Agent Attacks Exposing Cloud and IoT Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a jailbreak technique to bypass ethical guardrails erected by OpenAI in its latest large language model (LLM) GPT-5 and produce illicit instructions.Generative artificial intelligence (AI) security platform NeuralTrust said it combined a known technique called Echo Chamber with narrative-driven steering to trick the model into producing undesirable First seen on thehackernews.com…
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OpenAI Pitches GPT-5 as Faster, Smarter, More Accurate
Firm Says Latest Model Hallucinates Less, Scores Better on Benchmarks. OpenAI’s unveiling of its latest and newest model arrived wrapped in the big-claim language now standard in the generative artificial intelligence race. The company calls GPT-5 its smartest, fastest, most useful model yet, but in 2025, those superlatives are table stakes. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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AI Tools Fuel Brazilian Phishing Scam While Efimer Trojan Steals Crypto from 5,000 Victims
Cybersecurity researchers are drawing attention to a new campaign that’s using legitimate generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered website building tools like DeepSite AI and BlackBox AI to create replica phishing pages mimicking Brazilian government agencies as part of a financially motivated campaign.The activity involves the creation of lookalike sites imitating Brazil’s State First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Research reveals possible privacy gaps in Apple Intelligence’s data handling
LAS VEGAS, One of the big worries during the generative AI boom is where exactly data is traveling when users enter queries or commands into the system. According to new research, those worries may also extend to one of the world’s most popular consumer technology companies. Apple’s artificial intelligence ecosystem, known as Apple Intelligence, […]…
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OpenAI closes gap to artificial general intelligence with GPT-5
As OpenAI’s latest large language model delivers smarter AI, experts are wary of the risks GPT-5 poses to human creativity First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366628697/Open-AI-closes-to-gap-to-artifgicial-general-intelligence-with-GPT-5
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What is a CISO? The top IT security leader role explained
Tags: access, authentication, breach, business, ceo, cio, cisa, ciso, compliance, computer, container, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, fraud, guide, Hardware, healthcare, infosec, infrastructure, intelligence, international, jobs, kubernetes, mitigation, msp, mssp, network, nist, programming, RedTeam, regulation, risk, risk-management, security-incident, service, skills, software, strategy, technology, threat, training, vpn, zero-day, zero-trust. You’ll often hear people say the difference between the two is that CISOs focus entirely on information security issues, while a CSOs remit is wider, also taking in physical security as well as risk management.But reality is messier. Many companies, especially smaller ones, have only one C-level security officer, called a CSO, with IT…
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So sparen CISOs, ohne die Sicherheit zu torpedieren
Tags: business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, detection, governance, Hardware, iam, intelligence, jobs, risk, risk-management, software, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityGeht’s dem Security-Budget an den Kragen, ist der Spielraum für CISOs denkbar gering.Vor etlichen Jahren fand sich David Mahdi, heute CISO Advisor beim IAM-Spezialisten Transmit Security, in einer Situation wieder, vor der wohl jedem Sicherheitsentscheider graut: Die Budgets sollten mitten im Jahr drastisch gekürzt werden ohne die Möglichkeit, irgendetwas aufzuschieben. “Das war damals eine unkontrollierbare…
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So sparen CISOs, ohne die Sicherheit zu torpedieren
Tags: business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, detection, governance, Hardware, iam, intelligence, jobs, risk, risk-management, software, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityGeht’s dem Security-Budget an den Kragen, ist der Spielraum für CISOs denkbar gering.Vor etlichen Jahren fand sich David Mahdi, heute CISO Advisor beim IAM-Spezialisten Transmit Security, in einer Situation wieder, vor der wohl jedem Sicherheitsentscheider graut: Die Budgets sollten mitten im Jahr drastisch gekürzt werden ohne die Möglichkeit, irgendetwas aufzuschieben. “Das war damals eine unkontrollierbare…
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ChatGPT-5 Launches Discover What’s New in the Next-Gen AI Agent
OpenAI has officially launched ChatGPT-5, marking a significant leap forward in artificial intelligence technology with a revolutionary unified system that combines multiple specialized models to deliver unprecedented performance and versatility. The launch represents the most substantial advancement in conversational AI since the debut of its predecessors, introducing groundbreaking capabilities that promise to transform how users…
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Black Hat 2025 Recap: A look at new offerings announced at the show
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, automation, chatgpt, cisco, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, dark-web, data, detection, google, governance, group, identity, intelligence, LLM, malware, microsoft, monitoring, network, openai, password, risk, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustSnyk secures AI from inception: Snyk’s new platform capability, Secure at Inception, includes real-time security scanning that begins at the moment of code generation or execution. It offers visibility into generative AI, agentic, and model context protocol (MCP) components in software, and also features a new, experimental scanner for detecting AI-specific MCP vulnerabilities.Secure AI Inception…
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Breach Roundup: Chinese Duo Held for Illegal AI Chip Exports
Also: Ukrainian Hackers Find Evidence of Russian Child Abduction. This week, a Chinese duo arrested in Los Angeles for illegal artificial intelligence chip exports back to China, France extradited an accused Nigerian hacker, Ukraine hacked Crimean servers, Florida prison email leak, Tea App clone exposed users’ IDs. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-chinese-duo-held-for-illegal-ai-chip-exports-a-29148
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Nvidia Pushes Back on Chinese ‘Kill-Switch’ Claims
Chipmaker Argues Against Growing Interest in US to Require New Security Measures. Artificial intelligence chip-making powerhouse Nvidia is rejecting claims from China’s top cyber agency that its H20 chips include location tracking and kill-switch features – while warning U.S. lawmakers against requiring those capabilities in future chip designs. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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ScarCruft Hacker Group Launches New Rust-Based Malware Attack Leveraging PubNub
The North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as ScarCruft has been linked to a sophisticated malware campaign targeting South Korean users. Disguised as a postal-code update notice, this infection chain was uncovered by S2W’s Threat Analysis and Intelligence Center (TALON), revealing a subgroup dubbed ChinopuNK that distributes the Chinotto malware. First identified…
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KnowBe4 erweitert agentische KI zur Abwehr KI-gestützter Bedrohungen
Die weltweit renommierte Cybersicherheitsplattform KnowBe4, die sich umfassend mit Human-Risk-Management befasst, stellt die Erfolge seiner Kunden in den Mittelpunkt, die mithilfe der HRM+-Plattform tiefgreifende Transformationen ihrer Sicherheitsprogramme erzielen konnten. Durch den Einsatz KI-gestützter Lösungen wie AIDA (Artificial-Intelligence-Defense-Agents) gelang es Unternehmen wie der First Community Credit Union, den ‘Phish-prone Percentage” (PPP) nahezu auf ein Prozent zu…