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We’re in the “iPhone moment” for generative AI, with every company rushing to figure out its strategy for dealing with this disruptive technology.

According to a KPMG survey conducted this June, 97% of US executives at large companies expect their organizations to be impacted highly by generative AI in the next 12 to 18 months, and 93% believe it will provide value to their business. Some 35% of companies have already started to deploy AI tools and solutions, while 83% say that they will increase their generative AI investments by at least 50% in the next six to twelve months.

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Why is .US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

September 1, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, coalition for online accountability, dean marks, GoDaddy, interisle consulting group, national telecommunications and information administration, The Coming Storm, u.s. department of commerce, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:38:11 +0000

Domain names ending in “.US” — the top-level domain for the United States — are among the most prevalent in phishing scams, new research shows. This is noteworthy because .US is overseen by the U.S. government, which is frequently the target of phishing domains ending in .US. Also, .US domains are only supposed to be available to U.S. citizens and to those who can demonstrate that they have a physical presence in the United States.

ComputerWorld Independent

With BYOD comes responsibility — and many firms aren't delivering

August 31, 2023 admin apple, enterprise mobile management, Mobile, Mobile Device Management, Security, small and medium business

Apple deployments are accelerating across the global enterprise, so it’s surprising that many organizations don’t properly recognize that change. Even when companies put Macs, iPhones, and iPads in the hands of their employees, they are failing to manage these deployments. It’s quite shocking.

That’s the biggest take-away from the latest Jamf research, which warns that almost half of enterprises across Europe still don’t have a formal Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policy in place. That’s bad, as it means companies have no control over how employees connect and use corporate resources, creating a nice, soft attack surface for criminals and competitors alike.

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U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections

August 29, 2023 admin DoJ, don alway, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Latest Warnings, martin estrada, qakbot, Qbot, ransomware, The Coming Storm, u.s. department of justice

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 18:35:25 +0000

The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement operation involved seizing control over the botnet’s online infrastructure, and quietly removing the Qakbot malware from tens of thousands of infected Microsoft Windows computer systems.

ComputerWorld Independent

New law could turn UK into a hacker's playground

August 25, 2023 admin apple, Operating Systems, privacy, Security

It looks as if people are at last waking up to a second extraordinarily dangerous requirement buried within a UK government bill designed to promote the nation as a surveillance state. It means bureaucrats can delay or prevent distribution of essential software updates, making every computer user far less secure.

A poor law

This incredibly damaging limitation is just one of the many bad ideas buried in the UKs latest piece of shoddy tech regulation, the Investigatory Powers Act. What makes the law doubly dangerous is that in the online world, you are only ever as secure as your least secure friend, which means UK businesses will likely suffer by being flagged as running insecure versions of operating systems.

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Kroll Employee SIM-Swapped for Crypto Investor Data

August 25, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, blockfi, data breaches, ftx, kroll breach, Latest Warnings, SIM swapping, T-Mobile

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:05:10 +0000

Security consulting giant Kroll disclosed today that a SIM-swapping attack against one of its employees led to the theft of user information for multiple cryptocurrency platforms that are relying on Kroll services in their ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. And there are indications that fraudsters may already be exploiting the stolen data in phishing attacks. Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi and the now-collapsed crypto trading platform FTX each disclosed data breaches this week thanks to a recent SIM-swapping attack targeting an employee of Kroll — the company handling both firms’ bankruptcy restructuring.

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Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.

August 22, 2023 admin assetnote, canary tokens, Cisco Talos, haroon meer, hazel burton, ransomware, Security Tools, shubham shah, The Coming Storm, thinkst

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:45:28 +0000

In large metropolitan areas, tourists are often easy to spot because they’re far more inclined than locals to gaze upward at the surrounding skyscrapers. Security experts say this same tourist dynamic is a dead giveaway in virtually all computer intrusions that lead to devastating attacks like ransomware, and that more organizations should set simple virtual tripwires that sound the alarm when authorized users and devices are spotted exhibiting this behavior.