A look at the expanding roles of SREs and the new skills needed: cost management and AIImagine the CTO walks into your team meeting and drops a bombshell: "We need to cut our cloud costs by 30% this quarter." As the lead SRE, this might cause a strong reaction — isn’t your job about ensuring reliability? When did you become responsible for the company's cloud bill?If you've had … [Read more...] about The evolving role of SREs: Balancing reliability, cost, and innovation
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The Emerging Role of AI in Open-Source Intelligence
Jul 03, 2024The Hacker NewsOSINT / Artificial Intelligence Recently the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) unveiled a new strategy for open-source intelligence (OSINT) and referred to OSINT as the "INT of first resort". Public and private sector organizations are realizing the value that the discipline can provide but are also finding that the exponential … [Read more...] about The Emerging Role of AI in Open-Source Intelligence
AI’s Expanding Role in Cyber Attacks
Mar 19, 2024NewsroomGenerative AI / Incident Response Large language models (LLMs) powering artificial intelligence (AI) tools today could be exploited to develop self-augmenting malware capable of bypassing YARA rules. "Generative AI can be used to evade string-based YARA rules by augmenting the source code of small malware variants, effectively lowering detection rates," … [Read more...] about AI’s Expanding Role in Cyber Attacks
The role of generative AI in higher ed IT
The release and timing of any features or functionality described in this post remain at Elastic's sole discretion. Any features or functionality not currently available may not be delivered on time or at all.In this blog post, we may have used or referred to third party generative AI tools, which are owned and operated by their respective owners. Elastic does not have any … [Read more...] about The role of generative AI in higher ed IT
The Role of the Ransomware Negotiator
Get exclusive insights from a real ransomware negotiator who shares authentic stories from network hostage situations and how he managed them. The Ransomware Industry Ransomware is an industry. As such, it has its own business logic: organizations pay money, in crypto-currency, in order to regain control over their systems and data. This industry's landscape is made up of … [Read more...] about The Role of the Ransomware Negotiator
U.S. Charges Ukrainian Hacker Over Role in Raccoon Stealer Malware Service
A 26-year-old Ukrainian national has been charged in the U.S. for his alleged role in the Raccoon Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation. Mark Sokolovsky, who was arrested by Dutch law enforcement after leaving Ukraine on March 4, 2022, in what's said to be a Porsche Cayenne, is currently being held in the Netherlands and awaits extradition to the U.S. "Individuals who … [Read more...] about U.S. Charges Ukrainian Hacker Over Role in Raccoon Stealer Malware Service
ESG’s Report on the Role of XDR in SOC Modernization
Extended Detection and Response, or XDR, the cybersecurity topic that dominated the RSA conference 2022 show floor with multiple vendors, has been getting a lot of attention lately, and for good reason. A connected, unified approach to detection and response promises to give security professionals all the tools and capabilities they need to address the ever-growing attack … [Read more...] about ESG’s Report on the Role of XDR in SOC Modernization