With the capabilities of ChatGPT being in the main stream news recently here’s an essay by Bruce Schneier looking at some of the issues. Grab a coffee and have a read. Defending against AI Lobbyists – Schneier on Security Unfortunately the other essay referenced is behind The New York Times …
The Biden Administration is determined to fight ransomware
President Biden’s government has set up The Joint Ransomware Task Force, to co-ordinate State and Federal responses to ransomware: US finds its ‘center of gravity’ in the fight against ransomware – The Record by Recorded Future
Autonomous Vehicles as spies!
The US Government has expressed a concern that data hungry autonomous cars – particularly those manufactured in China – may be sending back to their home servers more than just driving data: Autonomous Vehicles Join the List of US National Security Threats | WIRED UK
Daixin Team
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has and occasional series of advisories it issues, often with other US governmental agencies, looking in depth at various cyber-criminals and ransomware attacks and methodologies, to help professionals who have to deal with these threats. Here is the latest: StopRansomware – Daixin Team …
Security concerns at Twitter
Twitter is a very popular promotional tool used by many businesses, now Peiter Zatko, a former security chief, has testified that Twitter has misled US regulators as to how secure the platform is: Twitter whistleblower alleges ‘egregious deficiencies’ in security measures | Twitter | The Guardian Bad news for us, …