How to Protect Your Privacy From Generative AI
With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, concerns about the privacy of personal data have reached an all-time high. Generative AI is a type of AI that can generate new data from existing data, such as images, videos, and text. This technology can be used for a variety of purposes, from facial […]
Cisco Secure Access Accelerates SSE Innovation with AI, User Experience Monitoring, and Identity Intelligence
In a blog post last December, I said that the business and IT leaders with whom I meet always ask: How can I secure my highly distributed workforce, who gets more varied and decentralized all the time? How do I provide tight security without burdening them or impeding business? That hasn’t changed. This still drives […]
“Smart” helmet flaw exposes location tracking and privacy risks
A smart helmet for biking and skiing fans sounds like a good idea. If you’re on the slopes or trails, you want to protect your head and stay in touch with your group. Which is why Livall, a popular manufacturer of ski and bike helmets, has presumably developed a “smart” line of products with “walkie-talkie” […]
North Korean hackers linked to defense sector supply-chain attack
In an advisory today Germany’s federal intelligence agency (BfV) and South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) warn of an ongoing cyber-espionage operation targeting the global defense sector on behalf of the North Korean government. The attacks aim to steal advanced military technology information and help North Korea modernize conventional arms as well as develop new military […]
Meta Warns of 8 Spyware Firms Targeting iOS, Android, and Windows Devices
Meta Platforms said it took a series of steps to curtail malicious activity from eight different firms based in Italy, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) operating in the surveillance-for-hire industry. The findings are part of its Adversarial Threat Report for the fourth quarter of 2023. The spyware targeted iOS, Android, and Windows devices. […]
Name That Toon: Keys to the Kingdom
Feeling a bit vulnerable lately? Come up with a clever cybersecurity-related caption to describe the scene above, and our favorite will win a $25 Amazon gift card. Here are four convenient ways to submit your ideas before the March 18, 2024, deadline: Via social media: X/Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. (If you win, we’ll respond to […]
Ransomware payments hit a record high in 2023 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Video, Ransomware Called a “watershed year for ransomware”, 2023 marked a reversal from the decline in ransomware payments observed in the previous year 09 Feb 2024 Ransomware payments reached a record-breaking $1.1 billion in 2023, according to an analysis by Chainalysis, a blockchain research firm. Calling 2023 a “watershed year for ransomware”, Chainalysis also said […]