Here’s your frequent reminder of the insider threat. Wency Chen reports: ByteDance, the owner of TikTok and Douyin, filed a lawsuit against a former intern, accusing him of tampering with code and sabotaging an artificial intelligence (AI) training project and demanding 8 million yuan (US$1.1 million) in compensation as well as a public apology, according…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Top White House cyber official urges Trump to focus on ransomware, China
Jonathan Grieg reports: Anne Neuberger, the U.S. deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, spoke at Columbia University on Wednesday and was asked about what pressing cyber challenges the new administration should tackle in its first 100 days. “I’m going to put them into three bins. China, criminal groups like ransomware actors, and…
Artificial intelligence and cybercrime: implications for individuals and the healthcare sector
Introduction: The malicious use of artificial intelligence has created new types of security threat for both individuals and the healthcare sector. Although artificial intelligence is a fundamental technology of our age, it has enabled the creation of new types of large-scale cyberthreat, and artificial intelligence-based cybercrime has grown rapidly worldwide. Medical data are a prime…
NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris Issues New Guidance to Address Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence
October 16, 2024 New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris today issued new guidance to assist regulated entities in addressing and combating cybersecurity risks arising from artificial intelligence. The guidance builds on the Department’s ongoing work to protect New Yorkers and DFS-licensed entities from cybersecurity risks through its nation-leading cybersecurity…
Gmail Account Takeover: Super Realistic AI Scam Call
Sam Mitrovic explains the scam: Recently I received a notification to approve a Gmail account recovery attempt. The request originated from the United States. I denied the request and about 40 minutes later received a missed call. The missed call showed caller ID as Google Sydney. I soon forgot about this. ***** Exactly a week later,…
IBM: Cost of a breach reaches nearly $5 million, nearly $10 million for healthcare
Jonathan Greig reports on some of the significant findings in IBM’s new survey on the cost of a breach: Businesses that fall victim to a data breach can expect a financial hit of nearly $5 million on average — a 10% increase compared to last year — according to IBM’s annual report on cybersecurity incidents….