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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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For security leaders, AI is a mounting peril and an emerging shield

CIO Business Intelligence

The already heavy burden born by enterprise security leaders is being dramatically worsened by AI, machine learning, and generative AI (genAI). In the hands of adversaries, AI exploits two attack vectors: It makes a range of existing attacks – such as social engineering, phishing, deep fakes, and malware – faster and much more effective.

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3 ways to deter phishing attacks in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

In fact, CIO has reported that it takes only a few minutes for experienced hackers to set up a social engineering attack against enterprises (and their managed service providers) that consider themselves to be secure and protected. Cyberattacks, Data and Information Security, Phishing

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InfoSec Policies and Standards: Some strategic context for those just diving into this world

CTOvision

Organizations are giving more priority to development of information security policies, as protecting their assets is one of the prominent things that needs to be considered. So an organization makes different strategies in implementing a security policy successfully. The ISO family of security standards. Write Policies.

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How AI continues to reshape the cybersecurity arsenal

CIO Business Intelligence

Red team assessments encompass the activities of phishing, DDoS, session takeovers, client-side attacks, social engineering and more, which can often be missing in black and white box testing. Reverse engineering has always been a neglected side for developers and a Swiss army knife for attackers.

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25 enterprise tech predictions and goals for 2025, from APAC CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

src="[link] alt="gabriel tuason" loading="lazy" width="400px"> Gabriel Tuason Head, Information Security (Energy Development Corporation) Aside fromcyberincidents escalating due to AI-driven attacks,organisations will start shiftingtheir programs and priorities from cybersecurity to cyber resilience.

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Teenager Hacks Uber by Social Engineering an Employee

SecureWorld News

Uber announced on Thursday evening that it was responding to a cybersecurity incident , which led to the ride-sharing giant taking internal communications and engineering systems offline. Sam Curry, a security engineer at Yuga Labs who corresponded with the individual, said "they pretty much have full access to Uber.