Indictment of Sudanese Nationals for Cybercrime
5 days ago
The US charged two Sudanese brothers with running the Anonymous Sudan cybercrime group, which is known for launching DDoS attacks worldwide.
Alabama Man Arrested for Hacking SEC's Account
5 days ago
An Alabama man was arrested for hacking the SEC's account to fake approval of Bitcoin ETFs.
Globe Life has reported a data breach affecting its AIL subsidiary. A hacker stole sensitive customer information, including names, addresses, and sometimes Social Security numbers and health data. While 5,000 individuals are confirmed affected, the total impact could be much larger.
Jetpack Critical Information Disclosure Flaw
5 days ago
The Jetpack WordPress plugin has released a fix for a critical vulnerability that was discovered during an internal audit. The vulnerability allowed logged-in users to view forms that were submitted by other users. Automattic has released updates for 101 impacted versions of Jetpack and recommends u
Revenue Cycle Vendor Data Breach
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Gryphon Healthcare is notifying nearly 400K individuals that their data was breached due to an unnamed third party. Potentially compromised information includes names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of service, diagnoses, health insurance information, medical treatment and
Security Monitoring Antipatterns
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Many security teams jump to security monitoring before implementing basic security hygiene. This post introduces a collection of security monitoring antipatterns. These antipatterns include focusing on data collection without implementing effective detection and response strategies, relying on custo
Ransomware attacks on AWS using cross-account KMS keys can be blocked by AWS if the key is owned by them. The new AWS KMS External Key Store feature allows for secure communication with on-premises HSMs for encryption. Simulating ransomware attacks on AWS can help to develop understanding of vulnera
Gatekeeper Bypass on MacOS
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macOS may not properly enforce the quarantine attribute, potentially allowing a bypass of the Gatekeeper security mechanism. Gatekeeper is designed to ensure only trusted software runs on systems by validating applications before execution. To reduce the risk of malicious Gatekeeper bypasses, develo
AI Impact on Cybersecurity Skills Gap
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AI is constantly changing the cybersecurity landscape, so you'll want to keep your teams ready. Our security skills guide reveals the key components of successful security upskilling, the root causes of this skills shortage, and how you can close cybersecurity skills gaps across teams. Try Pluralsig
Passbook is a paid app that allows users to create an Apple Wallet pass from any QR code.
CloudWatch Log Redirector
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CloudWatch Log Redirector is a CLI tool that allows for redirecting log output to AWS CloudWatch.
prel(iminary) is an application that temporarily assigns Google Cloud IAM Roles. It includes an approval process.
Quantum Attack on Classical Encryption
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A group of researchers have published a paper detailing a new attack using commercial D-wave quantum annealing systems. The attack targets Substitution-Permutation Network structured algorithms, which are at the heart of the AES encryption standards. The report was limited to targeting a 22-bit key
Print Security Vulnerabilities in Hybrid Work
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Hybrid work has increased printer, unmanaged devices, and network security risks. A study showed that 67% of organizations experienced printer-related incidents in 2024. This article discusses recently disclosed print-related vulnerabilities.
AI-Powered Romance Scam in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong police arrested 27 people involved in a $46 million AI-powered romance scam. The operation used face-swapping technology to create fake attractive personas for online dating, tricking victims into fraudulent cryptocurrency investments.
CISA and FBI Software Security Bad Practices Guidance
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The CISA and FBI have released a guidance on software security bad practices and are seeking public feedback.
Indictment of Two Sudanese Nationals for Cybercrime
5 days ago
The US charged two Sudanese brothers with running the Anonymous Sudan cybercrime group, which is known for launching DDoS attacks worldwide.
Alabama Man Arrested for Hacking SEC's Account
5 days ago
An Alabama man was arrested for hacking the SEC's account to fake approval of Bitcoin ETFs.
Build, ship, and monitor Agents with blazing-fast memory, knowledge, tools & reasoning
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Today’s top AI Highlights: Build, ship, and monitor Agents with blazing-fast memory, knowledge, tools & reasoning. NVIDIA Nemotron beats GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Llama 405B in chat capabilities. Perplexity lets you make custom AI assistants for AI-powered research and collaboration. NotebookLM
Building an LLM app with RAG to interact with YouTube videos
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Building a RAG app that interacts with YouTube videos might sound complicated—especially since most LLMs can’t natively process videos. But with the right tools, it’s a cakewalk. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through building an LLM app with RAG to interact with YouTube videos using the Embedchai
First-ever ChatGPT-like Playground for AI Agents
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Stop juggling with tools and frameworks to build smart AI agents. Phidata’s latest version makes it faster and easier to build, manage, and monitor AI agents. The update supercharges agents with faster memory and knowledge, and brings 100+ tools, reasoning, and multi-agent collaboration. A new dedic
NVIDIA’s AI Model edges out GPT-4o in Alignment Tests
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NVIDIA quietly dropped Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct trained with REINFORCE for better response quality. Built on the Llama-3.1-70B base, it has been optimized to improve the helpfulness and accuracy of outputs in general-domain tasks. This model has achieved top performance across multiple benchm
Perplexity releases Internal Knowledge Search for Pro and Enterprise users
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Perplexity has released Internal Knowledge Search for Pro and Enterprise users to search both web content and internal knowledge bases in one place with multi-step reasoning and code execution. They have also launched Perplexity Spaces, an AI-powered research and collaboration hub where you can invi
NotebookLM update allows providing instructions for the Deep Dive Audio Overview
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This was probably the most requested feature in Google’s NotebookLM. You can now provide instructions before you generate a Deep Dive Audio Overview. For example, you can focus on specific topics or adjust the expertise level to suit your audience. Just hit 'Customize' to provide instructions for th
OpenAI releases early version of the ChatGPT desktop app for Windows
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OpenAI has released an early version of the ChatGPT desktop app for Windows. It is available for testing for Plus, Enterprise, Team, and Edu users. OpenAI will bring the full experience to all users later this year. Get instant ChatGPT help in any app or website with the Alt + Space keyboard shortcu