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Slopsquatting is a new supply chain threat where AI-assisted code generators recommend hallucinated packages that attackers register and weaponize.
The rapid advancement and widespread adoption of generative AI systems across various domains have increased the critical importance of AI red teaming for evaluating technology safety and security. While AI red teaming aims to evaluate end-to-end systems by simulating real-world attacks, current methodologies face significant challenges in effectiveness and implementation. The complexity of modern AI systems, with their expanding capabilities across multiple modalities including vision and audio, has created an unprecedented array of potential vulnerabilities and attack vectors. Moreover, integrating agentic systems that grant AI models higher privileges and access to external tools has substantially increased the attack surface and
New paper from Microsoft describing their top eight lessons learned red teaming (deliberately seeking security vulnerabilities in) 100 different generative AI models and products over the past few years. …
A new technical paper titled “Hardware Security Failure Scenarios: Potential Hardware Weaknesses” was published by NIST. Abstract “Hardware is often assumed to be robust from a security perspective. However, chips are both created with software and contain complex encodings (e.g., circuit designs and firmware). This leads to bugs, some of which compromise security. This publication... » read more
A detailed look at an application attack and how Application Detection and Response (ADR) stops it
Many website admins, it seems, have yet to get memo to remove Polyfill[.]io links.
What is a honeypot?A honeypot detects and records attacks when an attacker tries to break into a system. The honeypot we will discuss here is an SSH honeypot. Environment12OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x86_6
A malicious PyPI package, named “pytoileur,” was found by researchers at Sonatype after unusual behavior was noticed in the code.
One day last October, subscribers to an ISP known as Windstream began flooding message boards with reports their routers had suddenly stopped working and remained unresponsive to reboots and all other attempts to revive them.
Disinfects Cisco and Netgear routers to thwart Chinese critters
From repeatedly crippling thousands of gas stations to setting a steel mill on fire, Predatory Sparrow’s offensive hacking has now targeted Iranians with some of history's most aggressive cyberattacks.
Six malicious Python packages distributed via PyPI deploying info stealers and use Cloudflare tunnels to sneak through firewalls.
CryWiper masquerades as ransomware, but its real purpose is to permanently destroy data.
The top ways bad actors use social engineering to launch cyberattacks — and how to stop them to strengthen your organization's cybersecurity.
They shut down patient care and put lives at risk. Would the pandemic finally slow them down?
Researchers demonstrated a new Air-Gap attack, dubbed SATAn, in which attackers can use SATA cable as a wireless antenna to transmit radio signals.
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Both companies are rolling out mitigations, but they add overhead of 12 to 28 percent.
The DDoS arms race shows no signs of slowing down.
In recent years, threat actors have begun collaborating in a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model to infiltrate organizations.
The InfoSec community is highly active on Twitter. The platform is, among other things, used is for sharing malware and phishing URLs…
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1. Kali Linux Kali Linux is the most used Ethical Hacking distro available, it is provided with...
In 2016 North Korean hackers planned a $1bn raid on Bangladesh's national bank and came within an inch of success. But how did they do it?
A new malware evasion technique has been discovered by researchers - 'Process Ghosting'
From NotPetya to SolarWinds, it’s a problem that’s not going away any time soon.
It’s not uncommon for malware to use a technique known as formgrabbing; this is done by hooking browser functions responsible for encrypting and sending data to a webpage. By intercepting data before it is encrypted with SSL the malware can read the HTTP header and steal usernames and passwords from post data being sent to a target website.