Tag: security

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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” […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

Menlo Security report: Cybersecurity risks surge with AI adoption

New research from Menlo Security reveals how the explosive growth of generative AI is creating new cybersecurity challenges for enterprises. As tools like ChatGPT become ingrained in daily workflows, businesses must urgently reassess their security strategies.  “Employees are integrating AI into their daily work. Controls can’t just block it—but we can’t let it run wild […]

Read More

How AI is strengthening XDR to consolidate tech stacks

Deciphering weak telemetry signals by using AI to analyze behaviors and detect threats in real time is the future of extended detection and response (XDR).  VentureBeat continues to see CISOs and their security teams migrate from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) to XDR for greater consolidation savings and a more unified view of all attack […]

Read More

Protesters gather outside OpenAI office, opposing military AI and AGI

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the OpenAI office on Monday evening as employees were leaving work for the day, rallying against the company’s development of artificial intelligence. The demonstration was organized by two groups — Pause AI and No AGI — who were openly pleading with OpenAI engineers to quit their work on advanced AI […]

Read More

Bug bounty leader Bugcrowd reaches $1 billion valuation with latest funding

Bugcrowd, a leader in crowdsourced cybersecurity solutions, announced $102 million in new funding today, highlighting the rapid growth and mainstream adoption of leveraging ethical hackers to find vulnerabilities.  Led by General Catalyst, the latest funding values the company at over $1 billion according to sources close to the deal. This major injection of growth capital […]

Read More

CodeSignal targets skills gap with ‘Learn’ platform amidst tech talent crunch

CodeSignal, a leading assessment platform for evaluating the technical skills of engineering candidates, has announced the launch of a new learning platform, CodeSignal Learn, designed to transform the way skills are developed and honed for the future of technology. In an exclusive interview with VentureBeat, CodeSignal’s CEO Tigran Sloyan shared insights into his motivation behind […]

Read More

When is ART useful? When it’s IBM’s Adversarial Robustness Toolbox for AI

IBM is hoping to advance the state of the art for artificial intelligence (AI) security with an open source project called the Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART). Today, ART is being made available on Hugging Face as a set of tools that will help AI users and data scientists reduce potential security risks. While ART on […]

Read More

Microsoft unveils Face Check for secure identity verification

Microsoft today announced the launch of Face Check, a new facial recognition feature for its Entra Verified ID digital identity platform. Face Check allows businesses to match a user’s selfie to their government ID or employee credentials, providing an extra layer of security for sensitive operations like password resets or help desk access. “Rather than […]

Read More

Eight emerging areas of opportunity for AI in security

Cyberattackers’ abilities to invent new tradecraft that tilts the AI war in their favor is happening faster than anyone predicted, making every cybersecurity vendor double down to improve their arsenals quickly. But what if that isn’t enough? Given how quickly every business is adopting AI and how new generative AI-based security technologies are needed. That’s […]

Read More

Menlo Ventures’ vision for the future of security for AI

Just as cloud platforms quickly scaled to provide enterprise computing infrastructure, Menlo Ventures sees the modern AI stack following the same growth trajectory and value creation potential as public cloud platforms.  The venture capital firm says the foundational AI models in use today are highly similar to the first days of public cloud services, and […]

Read More

DeepMind’s GenEM uses LLMs to generate expressive behaviors for robots

Humans use expressive behaviors to communicate goals and intents. We nod to acknowledge the presence of a coworker, shake our heads to convey a negative response, or use simple utterances like “excuse me” to ask others to make way. Mobile robots that want to share their environments with humans should be able to show such […]

Read More

Cisco launches Motific, a SaaS offering to accelerate generative AI deployments

Today, Cisco announced the launch of Motific, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that aims to streamline and accelerate generative AI deployment for enterprises. Born from Outshift, the company’s incubation engine focused on emerging technologies, ideas and solutions. Motific provides a central view of the entire generative AI lifecycle, right from assessment to production. This enables IT […]

Read More

Are you sure you want to share that with ChatGPT? How Metomic helps stop data leaks

Open AI‘s ChatGPT is one of the most powerful tools to come along in a lifetime, set to revolutionize the way many of us work.  But its use in the enterprise is still a quandary: Businesses know that generative AI is a competitive force, yet the consequences of leaking sensitive information to the platforms are […]

Read More

How to detect poisoned data in machine learning datasets

Almost anyone can poison a machine learning (ML) dataset to alter its behavior and output substantially and permanently. With careful, proactive detection efforts, organizations could retain weeks, months or even years of work they would otherwise use to undo the damage that poisoned data sources caused. Data poisoning is a type of adversarial ML attack […]

Read More