Ensuring AI Safety While Balancing Innovation

July 5, 2024

As tools and technology that use artificial intelligence (AI) continue to emerge at a rapid pace, the rush to innovate often overshadows critical conversations about safety. At Black Hat 2024 — next month in Las Vegas — a panel of experts will explore the topic of AI safety. Organized by Nathan Hamiel, who leads the […]

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Why Cyber Teams Should Invest in Strong Communicators

July 5, 2024

COMMENTARY Cybersecurity is a discipline filled with hard problems. Cybersecurity professionals are charged with protecting a rapidly evolving technology landscape from adversaries that are not constrained by profitability, productivity or employee privacy — and they need only a single security control to fail for them to be successful. Today's cyber landscape requires an organization that […]

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Euro 2024 Becomes Latest Sporting Event to Attract Cyberattacks

July 5, 2024

With the Euro 2024 football tournament — soccer, to our US readers — reaching the final eight teams in the quarterfinals, cybercriminal activity has ramped up around the tournament and is posing risks for fans and their employers. In a report published last month, threat intelligence firm Cyberint found that more than 15,000 credentials belonging […]

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A CISO’s Guide to Avoiding Jail After a Breach

July 5, 2024

In April 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Uber chief security officer (CSO) Joe Sullivan to the so-called Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. Four years later, Sullivan was researching prisons, and how to stay safe and sane while on the inside. He was a strangely cast felon, having spent the first eight years of his career […]

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Bay Area Credit Union Struggles to Recover After Ransomware Attack

July 3, 2024

Tens of thousands of customers of Bay Area credit union Patelco remain without access to their accounts, following a crippling ransomware attack on the 88-year-old financial institution. The June 29 attack forced the credit union to shut down several of its key banking systems in a measure to contain damage and remediate the issue. Restoration […]

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