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Microsoft: 38 TB of data accidentally exposed

September 23, 2023

The security provider Wiz found 38 TB of data including 30.000 internal Teams messages while browsing Microsoft's AI GitHub repository. According to Wiz, a SAS token misconfigured by the AI research team triggered the issue. According to the Wiz Research Team, Microsoft's AI research team made a few glaring mistakes when publishing open source training data on GitHub. Apparently, when publishing data, a total of 38 terabytes of data was accidentally marked for publication and then published. Among them: private data, a hard drive backup of two employees' workstations. 38 TBytes of data including tokens, passwords and…

Artificial intelligence in IT

September 9, 2023

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The year 2023 could go down in history as the year of artificial intelligence (AI) – or at least the year that businesses and consumers alike raved about generative AI tools like ChatGPT. IT security solution providers are not immune to this enthusiasm. At the RSA Conference 2023, one of the leading international conferences in the field of IT security, the topic of AI was addressed in almost every presentation - for good reason. AI has enormous potential to transform the industry. Our security researchers have already identified the use of AI by hackers...

AI as a threat and opportunity for IT security

September 8, 2023

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IT security is one of the areas that is currently being changed by AI. On the one hand, AI helps criminals make attacks more efficient, sophisticated, scalable and evade detection. On the other hand, security departments and law enforcement agencies receive new tools to detect and attribute illegal activities more effectively. Cisco Talos analyzed the current state of this race and identified the following trends: Increasing danger Thanks to AI, cybercriminals require fewer and fewer people and knowledge for attacks and software development. This both lowers barriers to entry, so that the number of criminals and attacks increases, and...

With the help of AI: Increasing cyber attacks on companies

August 16, 2023

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While in the past certain industries were the preferred targets, hackers are now targeting any company potentially able to pay the ransom. In addition, with the help of generative AI systems such as ChatGPT, cybercriminals can carry out far more attacks in less time. Daniel Hofmann, CEO of Hornetsecurity, explains why generative AI models are becoming an attack turbo and what good protection should look like. The Cyber Security Report 2023 shows that the most common attack method is still (spear) phishing. These social engineering attacks target humans as the greatest vulnerability…

Manipulated ads around AI including malware

August 12, 2023

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Cyber criminals these days are trend-savvy scammers! They cleverly use the hype about artificial intelligence for their own purposes: they place banking Trojans and info stealers in manipulated ads about AI. Sophos forensic experts took a closer look at this malvertising case. Sophos X-Ops has seen a resurgence in the use of malvertising in various malware campaigns since the beginning of this year, both in its telemetry and in the increased surfacing of the topic on underground forums. Malvertising, the term for a method of injecting malicious code into digital advertisements, is not a new topic, nor is it a new TTP for attackers. malvertising…

Cybersecurity jobs essential even in the age of AI

August 8, 2023

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New technologies - formerly the steam turbine, today artificial intelligence - have always significantly changed our private and professional everyday life. New job descriptions have often emerged and continue to emerge as a result. With regard to current technological developments and social changes, Kaspersky asked IT decision-makers in companies in Germany which future-oriented professions they would choose if they could start their careers again today. The exciting results: 45 percent could imagine working as an AI mentor in the future. As the complexity and maturity of artificial intelligence increases, it needs a...

How AI threatens cybersecurity

August 2, 2023

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In recent months, the buzz around AI technology has grown rapidly, due in large part to the release of ChatGPT. This brings with it new security challenges. The program is made available to the public free of charge and has been the subject of a seemingly endless public debate about its implications since its launch last November. The AI technology turns out to be quite intelligent. It's sort of a contemporary evolution of the concept of a search engine — users can type in and within moments get a…

AI survey: Cautious optimism among German employees

July 26, 2023

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Only around 16 percent of German employees are already using AI-based tools at work. The risk for companies is still low. The majority of respondents are ambivalent about AI. With services such as ChatGPT and Midjourney, artificial intelligence (AI) has not only made it into the public eye in recent months, but is also continuing its advance into the everyday business and work routine of many employees. However, numerous questions are still unclear in this context: Is the technology already being used across the board in everyday working life, despite all the media hype? Do the…

Good AI, bad AI

July 24, 2023

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According to security researchers in Israel, hacker gangs are already using artificial intelligence (AI) to train their new members. They are also assisted by AI to improve malware, automate attacks and generally run their criminal operations smoothly. On the other hand, the management consultants at McKinsey found out through a survey for the year 2022 that 50 percent of the companies surveyed use AI to support work in at least one business area - in 2017 it was only 20 percent. According to Forbes Magazine, 60 percent of the entrepreneurs surveyed believe…

Google Bard as malware author

July 17, 2023

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Security researchers were able to use Google's generative AI Bard to generate phishing emails, malware keyloggers and simple ransomware code. The Generative AI revolution has sparked a paradigm shift in the field of artificial intelligence, enabling machines to create and generate content with remarkable sophistication. Generative AI refers to the subset of AI models and algorithms capable of autonomously generating text, images, music, and even videos that mimic human creations. This breakthrough technology has opened up a multitude of creative possibilities, from supporting artists and designers to…

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Microsoft: 38 TB of data accidentally exposed

Artificial intelligence in IT

AI as a threat and opportunity for IT security

With the help of AI: Increasing cyber attacks on companies

Manipulated ads around AI including malware

Cybersecurity jobs essential even in the age of AI

How AI threatens cybersecurity

AI survey: Cautious optimism among German employees

Good AI, bad AI

Google Bard as malware author

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