In the run-up to any holiday season, scammers get busy. A lot of the time, their actions are rather primitive. Getting ready for Christmas? Expect to be bombarded with fake discounts. Valentine’s Day round the corner? Watch out for fake gifts. Big soccer tournament coming up? There’ll be no shortage of fake tickets. But the greatest amount of fake stuff appears the week before … [Read more...] about Black Friday 2024: how to safeguard your finances against scammers
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Podcast: The Batch 11/20/2024 Discussion
Hello friends! We hope you enjoy this new podcast featuring Andrew Ng’s “The Batch” newsletter from November 11, 2024 featuring a rousing discussion of the emerging trend of writing text specifically for large language models (LLMs). While some exploit this for malicious purposes like “prompt injection” or spam, others, like software developers, aim to improve LLM functionality … [Read more...] about Podcast: The Batch 11/20/2024 Discussion
Connect a custom AWS S3 snapshot repository to Elastic Cloud
In this blog, we will walk through backing up our committed cluster data via Elasticsearch’s snapshots into an AWS S3 bucket. In Elastic Cloud (Enterprise), Elastic provides a built-in backup service under its found-snapshots repository. Elasticsearch also supports custom repositories for both Cloud and on-prem setups, connecting to data stores like AWS S3, GCP, and Azure for … [Read more...] about Connect a custom AWS S3 snapshot repository to Elastic Cloud
A Pro-China Influence Network of Fake News Sites
Nov 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Threat Intelligence Government agencies and non-governmental organizations in the United States have become the target of a nascent China state threat actor known as Storm-2077. The adversary, believed to be active since at least January 2024, has also conducted cyber attacks against the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), aviation, … [Read more...] about A Pro-China Influence Network of Fake News Sites
North Korean Hackers Steal $10M with AI-Driven Scams and Malware on LinkedIn
Nov 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Cryptocurrency The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Sapphire Sleet is estimated to have stolen more than $10 million worth of cryptocurrency as part of social engineering campaigns orchestrated over a six-month period. These findings come from Microsoft, which said that multiple threat activity clusters with ties … [Read more...] about North Korean Hackers Steal $10M with AI-Driven Scams and Malware on LinkedIn
LogicMonitor Seeks to Disrupt AI Landscape with an $800 Million Strategic Investment at a Valuation of Approximately $2.4 Billion to Revolutionize Data Centers
LogicMonitor, a leading SaaS-based hybrid observability platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI), announced a transformative $800 million investment of new equity and strategic financing from a consortium of investors including PSG, Golub Capital and others. Vista Equity Partners will remain the controlling shareholder in LogicMonitor, which the transaction values at … [Read more...] about LogicMonitor Seeks to Disrupt AI Landscape with an $800 Million Strategic Investment at a Valuation of Approximately $2.4 Billion to Revolutionize Data Centers
Gulf Bank Saves Time and Money with CrowdStrike
The Middle East’s financial sector, particularly in Kuwait, faced a surge of sophisticated cyberattacks starting in 2018. For Gulf Bank, a leading financial institution in Kuwait, this wave of attacks was a wakeup call that spurred a pivotal shift in its cybersecurity strategy. Enter Ross McNaughton. Hired by Gulf Bank as CISO in 2019, McNaughton is known within the … [Read more...] about Gulf Bank Saves Time and Money with CrowdStrike
Transform Troubleshooting with Logz.io’s AI Agent
As Gartner predicts, AI will support up to 70% of performance monitoring and troubleshooting tasks in the next few years. The Logz.io AI Agent helps teams get ahead of this curve today. Too much time spent troubleshooting? You’re not alone. Manual investigation, jumping between dashboards, and piecing together scattered data are time-consuming and frustrating. That’s … [Read more...] about Transform Troubleshooting with Logz.io’s AI Agent
MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense Secure AI Partnership
The goal of the Secure AI project is to fortify the security of AI-enabled systems and address the unique vulnerabilities and novel adversary attacks they faceIts results were used to expand MITRE ATLAS®, a comprehensive knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques targeting AI systemsAs a cybersecurity industry leader and a Center for Threat-Informed Defense Research … [Read more...] about MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense Secure AI Partnership
APT-K-47 Uses Hajj-Themed Lures to Deliver Advanced Asyncshell Malware
Nov 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware The threat actor known as Mysterious Elephant has been observed using an advanced version of malware called Asynshell. The attack campaign is said to have used Hajj-themed lures to trick victims into executing a malicious payload under the guise of a Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (CHM) file, the Knownsec 404 team said in an … [Read more...] about APT-K-47 Uses Hajj-Themed Lures to Deliver Advanced Asyncshell Malware