DataDome announced it is taking its bot protection offerings to a whole new level by enabling a new challenge response for customers, called Device Check. This invisible challenge works behind the scenes, validating device-specific signals with proofs of work – all without prompting any visible interaction with end users. Device Check excels in identifying even […]
A Dark Web leak site known to be operated by the notorious ransomware group APLHV/BlackCat was taken offline on Dec. 7 and now threat intelligence experts have confirmed the outage is part of law enforcement action against the group. RedSense Intelligence posted on social media that it “can confirm that #ALPHV aka BlackCat ransomware gang’s […]
Around 60% of human-operated ransomware attacks now involve malicious remote encryption. Read on to learn about this prevalent ransomware attack vector and Sophos’ industry-leading protection capabilities. What is remote ransomware? Remote ransomware, also known as malicious remote encryption, is when a compromised endpoint is used to encrypt data on other devices on the same network. […]
Dec 05, 2023NewsroomBrandjacking / Artificial Intelligence The Russia-linked influence operation called Doppelganger has targeted Ukrainian, U.S., and German audiences through a combination of inauthentic news sites and social media accounts. These campaigns are designed to amplify content designed to undermine Ukraine as well as propagate anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment, U.S. military competence, and Germany’s economic and social […]
ArmorCode announced it closed a pre-emptive $40 million Series B round to advance its mission of helping companies ship secure software fast and at scale. Premier venture firm HighlandX led the round, joined by NGP Capital, along with participation from existing investors Ballistic Ventures, Sierra Ventures and Cervin Ventures. As part of HighlandX’s investment, Managing […]
In November, Interpol arrested a fugitive smuggler using a new biometric security system it plans to deploy across its 196 member countries. The colorlessly named “Biometric Hub” collates Interpol’s existing fingerprint and facial-recognition data into one place, allowing border control and frontline officers to query criminal biometric records in real time. The system is backed […]
Video Several cases of children creating indecent images of other children using AI software add to the worries about harmful uses of AI technology 01 Dec 2023 It has been reported recently that children are using artificial intelligence (AI) image generators to create indecent images of other children. The reports came amid a few publicized […]
Nov 30, 2023NewsroomMachine Learning / Email Security Google has revealed a new multilingual text vectorizer called RETVec (short for Resilient and Efficient Text Vectorizer) to help detect potentially harmful content such as spam and malicious emails in Gmail. “RETVec is trained to be resilient against character-level manipulations including insertion, deletion, typos, homoglyphs, LEET substitution, and […]
Business Security Failing to practice what you preach, especially when you are a juicy target for bad actors, creates a situation fraught with considerable risk 30 Nov 2023 • , 5 min. read When it comes to corporate cybersecurity, leading by example matters. Yes, it’s important for every employee to play their part in a […]
A significant amount of media coverage followed the news that large language models (LLMs) intended for use by cybercriminals – including WormGPT and FraudGPT – were available for sale on underground forums. Many commenters expressed fears that such models would enable threat actors to create “mutating malware” and were part of a “frenzy” of related […]