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Identity security with automation and AI
Identity security with automation and AI

A leader in identity security has added new capabilities to its identity security platform. By deploying automation and AI features across the platform, it becomes significantly easier to apply intelligent permission controls to all identities - human and non-human. With CyberArk's identity security platform, companies can implement zero trust and least privilege concepts with complete transparency. The platform with intelligent authorization controls offers secure access for any identity from any location and to a wide variety of IT environments and resources. With innovative functions related to automation and artificial intelligence, CyberArk improves...

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Accomplice AI: Theft of identity data 
Accomplice AI: Theft of identity data - Image by Eric Blanton from Pixabay

Identity data has always been one of cybercriminals' favorite loot. With their help, account compromises can be initiated and identity fraud committed. Now ChatGPT & Co are also helping with perfect phishing emails. A statement from Dirk Decker, Regional Sales Director DACH & EMEA South at Ping Identity. The attackers usually use social engineering and phishing. The success rate of such attacks, mostly based on sheer mass, is limited. Individualized emails and messages tailored to a victim offer significantly higher success rates, but also require significantly more work...

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ChatGPT: Chatbot has many trust issues
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

ChatGPT has a trust issue, according to a survey by Malwarebytes. 81 percent of respondents familiar with ChatGPT believe ChatGPT could pose a potential security risk to themselves or their organization. As for the hype itself, despite the massive media coverage and waves ChatGPT has made online, only 35 percent agreed with the statement “I am familiar with ChatGPT”. Additionally, only ten percent of respondents who were at all familiar with ChatGPT could fully agree with the statement “I trust the information provided by ChatGPT”. However:…

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AI-powered cybersecurity analysis for vulnerabilities
AI-assisted cybersecurity analysis for vulnerabilities - Image by DIY Team on Pixabay

With the Vantage IQ solution, Nozomi Networks has the first AI-powered solution for analyzing and responding to security vulnerabilities and resource limitations in mission-critical operational infrastructures. It allows these gaps and limitations to be quickly addressed. Vantage IQ is available as an add-on to Vantage, Nozomi Networks' SaaS-based security management platform. It provides actionable insights into real-world threats and how to address them, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). This advanced human-machine collaboration strengthens the cybersecurity and resilience of organizations with critical infrastructures. At the same time it helps...

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ChatGPT Experiment: Who Spots Phishing Better?
ChatGPT Experiment: Who Spots Phishing Better?

Are the jobs of security experts safe for now or are AIs such as ChatGPT replacing the experts? Kaspersky did an experiment and used ChatGPT to detect phishing links. The result: more than sobering. Fortunately, experts and their expertise will remain in cybersecurity for a long time to come. Just because a forester knows everything about trees and wood. he is far from being a good carpenter. That's how it is with the AI ​​ChatGPT. Although she knows almost everything about phishing, she cannot really process the individual pieces of information. In…

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Responsible use of Generative AI
Responsible use of Generative AI

A new organization-wide platform offers companies a broad approach to accelerate adoption of generative AI technologies. In addition, she supports companies in unlocking and using the potential of these technologies in a flexible, secure, scalable and responsible way. The platform combines Cognizant's expertise in consulting, advisory, partner ecosystem, digital studios, and solution development and delivery with Cognizant's deep industry experience. In doing so, she supports customers in the seamless transition to the age of generative AI. Cognizant is one of the first vendors to offer an enterprise-wide platform for Generative Artificial Intelligence...

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Regulation of AI software
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Efforts are being made worldwide to define a legal framework for artificial intelligence. There were hearings before the US Congress, where ChatGPT boss Sam Altman, among others, spoke out in favor of regulation. MEPs are calling for several changes to the "AI Act" to regulate AI more strictly. You cannot stop the development of AI and the innovation that comes with it. Or as the saying goes: Once the genie is out of the bottle... AI models are new technologies like many others have come before. And yet they are special in many ways...

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MXDR: With AI and expert knowledge against hackers
MXDR: With AI and expert knowledge against hackers

AI-based risk analysis and human expert knowledge: Ontinue presents its Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) and explains which three typical problems companies can solve by working with a security partner. Endpoint detection and response was yesterday. Today, companies show their attackers the MXDR rake and work closely with specialized service providers to do this. They use their know-how to implement an expanded security concept that is based on the teamwork of everyone involved and AI-based monitoring of all entry points. A security concept for all entry points The external experts are expanding the proven automated detection of and reaction to…

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AI cracks passwords faster
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

HOME SECURITY HEROES company used an AI password cracker called PassGAN to generate a list of over 15,5 million passwords. A matrix shows how quickly an AI can calculate a password that is too weak, so the popular “password” takes exactly 3 seconds. It immediately calculates something like “1234567890”. Unfortunately, many users still use passwords that are far too weak for their services because they can remember them more easily. Employees like to bring this bad habit with them to a company if they are allowed to freely choose their passwords there. All too often administrators make…

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AI is changing everything we know about email cyberattacks
AI is changing everything we know about email cyberattacks

Generative AI changes attacks and makes them significantly more sophisticated than in the past. It requires a new defense strategy - preferably with a self-learning AI that also recognizes, learns and immediately implements completely new behavioral patterns. A survey by Darktrace of 6.700 employees on how they deal with email in companies. The most recent case shows what a generative AI can do – the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the resulting banking crisis. The attackers immediately used the situation to forge highly sensitive communications. To do this, they intercepted legitimate communications in which the…

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