FBI Sees Rising AI-Enabled Fraud; Meta Reports Scant Election Interference Use Artificial intelligence: What's it good for? Per the old song about war, the answer isn't "absolutely nothing," but so far it also isn't "absolutely everything." New findings pinpoint where generative AI and deepfakes are hot - fraud - and where they're not - election interference
Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Zscaler Eye Firewall, SIEM Replacement, Incident Recovery Three of the world's largest pure-play cybersecurity vendors recently reported earnings, grappling with SIEM and firewall displacement opportunities along with rebounding from a massive outage. Palo Alto Networks continues to reap the benefits of buying IBM's QRadar SaaS business.
The torrents of public hostility directed at health insurers in the aftermath of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson's murder are serious signs of intensifying cyber and physical threats facing the C-suites of healthcare and many other sectors, said Chris Pierson, founder and CEO of BlackCloak.
Project Mellissa Contributed Toward Disruptive Actions A Dutch public and private sector anti-ransomware initiative has contributed to ransomware disruptions globally, found an assessment from the University of Leiden. "Project Melissa" was launched in 2023 by Cybersafe Netherlands, the Dutch National Cyber Security Center and security companies.
David Sacks Appointed as Trump's AI and Crypto Czar Amid Growing Industry Concerns President-elect Donald Trump's appointment of former PayPal executive David Sacks to serve as the inaugural White House czar for artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency is already raising significant concerns about potential conflicts of interest and market favoritism.
Incidents at Pain Management Firm, Pediatric Hospital Affect 50,000 People An insider breach at a Florida pain management firm and an email breach at a Colorado pediatric hospital have resulted in more than $1.7 million in fines for HIPAA violations found by federal investigators. The two incidents affected fewer than 50,000 people.
Possible Chinese State-Sponsored Exploit Kit Using Browser Flaws to Deploy Spyware A possible Chinese state threat group is targeting vulnerabilities in messaging apps to deliver spyware in cross-platform devices used by members of ethnic minorities targeted for repression by Beijing. Trend Micro dubs the group "Earth Minotaur."
FBI Sees Rising AI-Enabled Fraud; Meta Reports Scant Election Interference Use Artificial intelligence: What's it good for? Per the old song about war, the answer isn't "absolutely nothing," but so far it also isn't "absolutely everything." New findings pinpoint where generative AI and deepfakes are hot - fraud - and where they're not - election interference
Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Zscaler Eye Firewall, SIEM Replacement, Incident Recovery Three of the world's largest pure-play cybersecurity vendors recently reported earnings, grappling with SIEM and firewall displacement opportunities along with rebounding from a massive outage. Palo Alto Networks continues to reap the benefits of buying IBM's QRadar SaaS business.
The torrents of public hostility directed at health insurers in the aftermath of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson's murder are serious signs of intensifying cyber and physical threats facing the C-suites of healthcare and many other sectors, said Chris Pierson, founder and CEO of BlackCloak.
Project Mellissa Contributed Toward Disruptive Actions A Dutch public and private sector anti-ransomware initiative has contributed to ransomware disruptions globally, found an assessment from the University of Leiden. "Project Melissa" was launched in 2023 by Cybersafe Netherlands, the Dutch National Cyber Security Center and security companies.
David Sacks Appointed as Trump's AI and Crypto Czar Amid Growing Industry Concerns President-elect Donald Trump's appointment of former PayPal executive David Sacks to serve as the inaugural White House czar for artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency is already raising significant concerns about potential conflicts of interest and market favoritism.
Incidents at Pain Management Firm, Pediatric Hospital Affect 50,000 People An insider breach at a Florida pain management firm and an email breach at a Colorado pediatric hospital have resulted in more than $1.7 million in fines for HIPAA violations found by federal investigators. The two incidents affected fewer than 50,000 people.
Possible Chinese State-Sponsored Exploit Kit Using Browser Flaws to Deploy Spyware A possible Chinese state threat group is targeting vulnerabilities in messaging apps to deliver spyware in cross-platform devices used by members of ethnic minorities targeted for repression by Beijing. Trend Micro dubs the group "Earth Minotaur."