Category Archives: Security

20Jun/23

SUSE Releases “Securing the Cloud” Industry Trend Report, Revealing Challenges that Threaten Cloud Adoption

SUSE®, a global leader in innovative, open and secure enterprise-grade solutions, today released findings from its industry trend report “Securing the Cloud,” which sheds light on the pressing challenges faced by IT teams in securing cloud environments and offers insights into effective solutions. Based on comprehensive polling of 501 C-suite to IT professionals across the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, the report highlights the state of cloud native adoption, major security concerns, and how to address them. Continue reading

20Jun/23

For Cybersecurity, Zero Trust Architecture Is an Enterprise Best Practice

What makes a business an enterprise? The name itself suggests something bigger, something vast and far-reaching. However, enterprises come in many sizes, but what they have in common, large and small, is dispersion. The business may have multiple locations, levels, departments, divisions, and subdivisions that must work together to achieve the company’s goals. Continue reading

16Jun/23

World’s biggest cyber attack on European banks.

June 16, 2023 /Security/ — Three hacker groups, Killnet, Anonymous Sudan, and REvil, have reportedly teamed up to launch a “world’s biggest cyber attack” on European banks. The groups have released a video warning of the attack, which they say will target SWIFT, the international payments system.

KillNet is a pro-Russian hacking group that has been active since 2022. The group has claimed responsibility for a number of cyberattacks, including attacks on Ukrainian government websites and infrastructure. Continue reading

08Jun/23

Prince Harry is an advocate for security and privacy

June 8, 2023 /Technology/ — Prince Harry may be out of touch with the average person’s experience, but he is not wrong to be concerned about privacy. AI is becoming increasingly powerful, and it is possible that it could be used to invade people’s privacy in ways that we cannot even imagine.

Here are some ways that we can secure privacy with AI: Continue reading

07Jun/23

How secure are ring doorbells?

June 7, 2023 /Technology/ — Ring devices have several cybersecurity vulnerabilities, such as a lack of encryption and absence of extra security protocols. Cybercriminals can use those issues to hack a Ring doorbell or camera. In fact, there were dozens of incidents when someone gained unauthorized access to Ring gadgets. Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included project found that Ring doorbells have a number of privacy and security concerns, including: Continue reading

05May/23

Google Career Certificate for hackers

30Apr/23

If code could be generated, why can’t it generate security controls?

April 30, 2023 /Technology/ — As generative AI continues to develop, it is likely that we will see even more innovative and effective ways to use this technology to protect our data and our systems. By creating predictive models, generating simulated environments, and analyzing large volumes of data, generative AI can help identify and respond to threats before they cause damage. Generative AI has enormous potential to transform cybersecurity, including cloud, device, and even home security systems. Continue reading

27Apr/23

How to mitigate the risk of AI prompt injection and protect your systems from harm

April 26, 2023 /Technology/ — Prompt Engineering is considered one of the hottest new tech skills. It refers to communicating with AI systems by using natural human language, such as English, to make them respond to some specific action or task. Talking to AI software can be done for legitimate reasons, it can also be done for harmful purposes.

Here are some examples of AI prompt injection attacks that have been used for harmful instructions: Continue reading

22Apr/23

UK Security Minister CYBERUK speech

20 April 2023 /Policy/ — The Security Minister stressed the importance of businesses and individuals taking steps to protect themselves from cyber threats. He said that businesses should invest in cyber security measures, such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems. He also said that individuals should be careful about what information they share online and should use strong passwords. Continue reading

21Apr/23

ChatGPT: lessons learned from Italy’s temporary ban of the AI chatbot

Oreste Pollicino, Bocconi University and Giovanni De Gregorio, Bocconi University

In March 2023, Italy became the first western country to block the advanced chatbot known as ChatGPT.

The Italian data protection authority, Garante, cited concerns over the protection of personal data when making this decision. It has given OpenAI, the California-based company that created ChatGPT, until the end of April to comply with its demands.

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