Security, Spoken

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Security, Spoken episodes

September 21, 2023 US and UK Mount Aggressive Crackdown on Trickbot and Conti Ransomware Gangs
Authorities sanctioned 11 alleged members of the cybercriminal groups, while the US Justice Department unsealed three federal indictments against nine people accused of being members.
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7 min
September 20, 2023 Chinese Spies Infected Dozens of Networks With Thumb Drive Malware
Security researchers found USB-based Sogu espionage malware spreading within African operations of European and US firms.
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11 min
September 19, 2023 Massive MGM and Caesars Hacks Epitomize a Vicious Ransomware Cycle
Cyberattacks on casinos grab attention, but a steady stream of less publicized attacks leave vulnerable victims struggling to recover.
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9 min
September 18, 2023 The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse
Senators met with Silicon Valley's elite to learn how to deal with AI. But can Congress tackle the rapidly emerging tech before working on itself?
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14 min
September 15, 2023 Top US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance 'Crown Jewel'
Civil rights groups say efforts to get US intelligence agencies to adopt privacy reforms have largely failed. Without those changes, renewal of a post-911 surveillance policy may be doomed.
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11 min
September 14, 2023 The International Criminal Court Will Now Prosecute Cyberwar Crimes
And the first case on the docket may well be Russia's cyberattacks against civilian critical infrastructure in Ukraine.
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11 min
September 13, 2023 China-Linked Hackers Breached a Power Grid—Again
Signs suggest the culprits worked within a notorious Chinese hacker group that may have also hacked Indian electric utilities years earlier.
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10 min
September 11, 2023 The Comedy of Errors That Let China-Backed Hackers Steal Microsoft’s Signing Key
After leaving many questions unanswered, a new post mortem from Microsoft explains the series of slip-ups that allowed attackers to steal and abuse a valuable cryptographic key.
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9 min
September 08, 2023 How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products
Some foreign companies may be complying—potentially offering China’s spies hints for hacking their customers.
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12 min
September 07, 2023 Generative AI’s Biggest Security Flaw Is Not Easy to Fix
Chatbots like Open AI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard are vulnerable to indirect prompt injection attacks. Security researchers say the holes can be plugged—sort of.
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10 min

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