Tag: security

Productiv launches Sidekick, an AI-powered assistant for smarter SaaS management

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Productiv, a leading SaaS management platform, has announced the launch of Sidekick, an AI-powered chatbot designed to revolutionize how IT leaders and finance teams manage their software licenses, usage data, and budgets. With Sidekick, users […]

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Google researchers unveil ‘VLOGGER’, an AI that can bring still photos to life

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Google researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can generate lifelike videos of people speaking, gesturing and moving — from just a single still photo. The technology, called VLOGGER, relies on advanced machine […]

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Decoding the data dilemma: Strategies for effective data deletion in the age of AI

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Businesses today have a tremendous opportunity to use data in new ways, but they must also look at what data they keep and how they use it to avoid potential legal issues. Even with the […]

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Security expert Chris Krebs on TikTok, AI and the key to survival

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. This is part one of a two-part series. VentureBeat recently sat down (virtually) with Chris Krebs, formerly, the inaugural director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and, […]

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Apple researchers achieve breakthroughs in multimodal AI as company ramps up investments

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Apple researchers have developed new methods for training large language models on both text and images, enabling more powerful and flexible AI systems, in what could be a significant advance for artificial intelligence and for […]

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Anthropic releases Claude 3 Haiku, an AI model built for speed and affordability

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. San Francisco-based startup Anthropic has just released Claude 3 Haiku, the newest addition to its Claude 3 family of AI models. Haiku stands out as the fastest and most affordable model in its intelligence class, […]

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Microsoft’s ‘Copilot for Security’ brings generative AI to the frontlines of cybersecurity

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Microsoft announced today that Copilot for Security, a generative AI-powered platform designed to assist security professionals in combating the ever-evolving cyberthreat landscape, will be generally available worldwide starting April 1st. The launch comes as organizations […]

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Microsoft’s ‘Copilot for Security’ brings generative AI to the frontlines of cybersecurity

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Microsoft announced today that Copilot for Security, a generative AI-powered platform designed to assist security professionals in combating the ever-evolving cyberthreat landscape, will be generally available worldwide starting April 1st. The launch comes as organizations […]

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State Dept-backed report provides action plan to avoid catastrophic AI risks

A report commissioned by the U.S. State Department suggests practical measures to prevent the emerging threats of advanced artificial intelligence, including the weaponization of AI and the threat of losing control over the technology. The report, titled, “Defense in Depth: An Action Plan to Increase the Safety and Security of Advanced AI,” was compiled by […]

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Sam Altman reinstated to OpenAI board after investigation clears him of wrongdoing

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. In a stunning turn of events, Sam Altman, the high-profile CEO of OpenAI, will be rejoining the company’s board of directors just months after being ousted amid concerns about his leadership. The move comes as […]

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Cognizant launches state-of-the-art San Francisco lab to boost enterprise AI adoption

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting and business process services, has launched a dedicated AI lab that promises to galvanize the commercialization of artificial intelligence technologies. The initiative is a response to the […]

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An AI worm has been developed to burrow its way into generative AI ecosystems, revealing sensitive data as it spreads

There’s always been something evocative and mildly terrifying about the term “computer worm”. The image it conjures of a tunnelling, burrowing creature, spreading its way through your machine and feasting on its insides. Well, just to add a slightly sharper dose of existential dread to proceedings, researchers have developed an AI worm, bringing the term […]

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United Healthcare’s ransomware attack shows why supply chains are under siege

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Healthcare supply chains are facing a digital pandemic, with the latest UnitedHealth Group breach showing the power of an orchestrated ransomware attack to shut down supply chains.  Attackers hope to create chaos quickly to force […]

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Citi exec: Generative AI is transformative in banking, but risky for customer support

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Generative AI has created a profound and positive shift inside of Citi toward data-driven decision making, but for now the nation’s top-three bank has decided against an external facing chatbot because the risks are still […]

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CrowdStrike and Dell unleash an AI-powered, unified security vision

Dell and CrowdStrike are joining forces today to help businesses battle against cyberattacks using AI to protect against generative AI, stealth social engineering and endpoint attacks. Dell is adding CrowdStrike’s Falcon extended detection and response (XDR) platform to its current managed detection and response (MDR) service.  Extended detection and response (XDR) platforms are designed to […]

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Epic Games ‘hackers’ admit threat of leak was phony

Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here.  An alleged hack of Epic Games was revealed, by the “hackers” in question, to be fake. Last week, a ransomware group claimed to have made off with 200GB of unspecified data from […]

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4 strategies data-driven CISOs need to take now to defend their budgets

Enterprise organizations collectively spend billions of dollars every year on security tools and systems to protect them from an evolving threat landscape. Yet, despite the massive annual investment, the number of data breaches continues to rise.  For the past decade, IT security budgets have been considered an untouchable line item in the budget and have […]

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GitHub is under automated attack by millions of cloned repositories filled with malicious code

GitHub has become a vital resource for programmers the world over, and an extensive knowledge base and repository for open-source coding projects, data storage and code management. However, the site is currently undergoing an automated attack involving the cloning and creation of huge numbers of malicious code repositories, and while the developers have been working […]

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Cybersecurity startup makes open source pay, gains funding in a down market

Open-source models and platforms are proving valuable in solving one of the most urgent paradoxes all cybersecurity startups face: balancing the need to deliver reliable apps at scale and low cost while being open enough to integrate across existing IT infrastructure.  By bridging that paradox and others, open source is driving a seismic shift in […]

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Exclusive: Enkrypt raises seed round to create a ‘control layer’ for generative AI safety

Boston-based Enkrypt AI, a startup that offers a control layer for the safe use of generative AI, today announced it has raised $2.35 million in a seed round of funding, led by Boldcap. While the amount isn’t as massive as AI companies raise these days, the product offered by Enkrypt is quite interesting as it […]

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Meta ramps up efforts to combat disinformation ahead of crucial EU elections

With the European Parliament elections just months away, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta is rolling out new initiatives aimed at curbing the spread of misinformation and manipulation on its platforms.  In a blog post on Sunday, Marco Pancini, Meta’s head of EU affairs, outlined a detailed plan that includes setting up an EU-specific Election […]

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Prowler gets $6M seed to build out hit open-source cloud security platform

Fans of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will surely perk up at the mention of “Prowler.” But in this case, the name refers not to a compelling, sharp clawed villain but rather an open source cloud security platform developed back in 2016 by former Amazon Web Services (AWS) security engineer Toni de la Fuente. Today, Prowler […]

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From deepfakes to digital candidates: AI’s political play

AI is increasingly being used to represent, or misrepresent, the opinions of historical and current figures. A recent example is when President Biden’s voice was cloned and used in a robocall to New Hampshire voters. Taking this a step further, given the advancing capabilities of AI, what could soon be possible is the symbolic “candidacy” […]

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Generative AI, IAM, culture-based programs will shape cybersecurity in 2024, Gartner says

Generative AI is the technology of the moment — and the future — but cybersecurity leaders have yet to truly put it to work. It’s difficult to identify “best practices,” when so many are grasping at “new practices” that haven’t yet been proven to deliver outcomes and ROI.  Vendors are increasingly making overtures and promises […]

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Face off: Attackers are stealing biometrics to access victims’ bank accounts

Biometrics have been touted as the ultimate credential — because after all, faces, fingerprints and irises are unique to every human being.  But attackers are increasingly cunning, and it’s becoming clear that biometric screens are just as easy to bypass as the multitude of other existing tools.  Attesting to this, cybersecurity company Group-IB has discovered […]

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Artificial Intelligence set to drive major tech advancements in 2024, IEEE study finds

Artificial intelligence (AI) in its many evolving forms will be the most important area of technology in 2024, according to a new global survey of chief technology officers and IT directors conducted by IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization. The new study titled “The Impact of Technology in 2024 and Beyond: An IEEE Global […]

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The Five Most Alarming Cyber Threats from CrowdStrike’s 2024 Global Threat Report

Traditional security approaches aren’t closing the gap fast enough against the onslaught of cyberattacks growing in severity and sophistication every day. Attackers sharpening their tradecraft and looking for the weakest areas of businesses to attack made 2023 the year that will be remembered for a drastic rise in cyber threats.  Cloud intrusions jumped 75%, there […]

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Early adopters’ fast-tracking gen AI into production, according to new report

Organizations are fast-tracking generative AI pilots into production, anticipating the rewards of greater efficiency, improved personalization and customer experiences and more informed decision-making.  One in four organizations say gen AI is critically important to gaining increased productivity and efficiency. Thirty percent say improving customer experience and personalization is their highest priority, and 26% say it’s […]

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Google, Microsoft, OpenAI make AI pledges ahead of Munich Security Conference

In the so-called cybersecurity “defender’s dilemma,” the good guys are always running, running, running and keeping their guard up at all times — while attackers, on the other hand, only need one small opportunity to break through and do some real damage.  But, Google says, defenders should embrace advanced AI tools to help disrupt this […]

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