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DeepSeek and AI-Generated Malware Pose New Danger for Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

A recent report from Tenable highlights how DeepSeek R1, an open-source AI model, can generate rudimentary malware, including keyloggers and ransomware. While the AI-generated malware required manual debugging to function properly, its mere existence signals an urgent need for security teams to adapt their defenses.

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Top 5 Security Trends for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Multifactor authentication fatigue and biometrics shortcomings Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a popular technique for strengthening the security around logins. A second, more pernicious risk is the fact that ChatGPT can write malware. The malware itself is easy to buy on the Dark Web. And how do you tell?

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Using Privileged Access Management to protect Active Directory

CIO Business Intelligence

AD is a high-priority target for cyber criminals because compromising it enables them to: Distribute malware and/or ransomware on a massive number of endpoints: Hackers can achieve such a large footprint on end-user devices and internal systems that recovery at scale becomes impossible.

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How to manage cloud exploitation at the edge

CIO Business Intelligence

Malware Distribution: Cloud exploitation can involve hosting or distributing malware through cloud-based platforms or services. Attackers may upload malicious files or applications to cloud storage or use cloud infrastructure to propagate malware to unsuspecting users. What can businesses do? What can businesses do?

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US Air Force seeks generative AI test pilots

CIO Business Intelligence

The chatbot works with the Department of Defense’s Common Access Card (CAC) authentication system and can answer questions and assist with tasks such as correspondence, preparing background papers, and programming. For now, AFRL is experimenting with self-hosted open-source LLMs in a controlled environment.

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The Rise of Insider Threat Automation: When Employees Weaponize AI

SecureWorld News

Create custom malware that adapts to countermeasures in real time. Widespread AI accessibility: Open-source AI tools and frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and GPT-based models are readily available. Identify weak points in security systems faster than traditional methods.

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Buyer’s guide: Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE)

Network World

Gartner cautions that Cloudflare lacks some features, such as file malware sandboxing, DEM, and full-featured built-in reporting and analytics. Features include the ability to support remote browser isolation, DLP, and cloud malware detection. Barracuda’s SASE platform boasts a tight integration with Microsoft Azure.

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