Treasury report calls out cyber risks to financial sector fueled by AI

The new report sounds the alarm on AI-specific cyber risks while highlighting best practices to combat them.

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How AI can be hacked with prompt injection: NIST report

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) closely observes the AI lifecycle, and for good reason. As AI proliferates, so does the discovery and exploitation of AI cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Prompt injection is one such vulnerability that specifically attacks generative AI. In Adversarial Machine Learning: A Taxonomy and Terminology of Attacks and Mitigations, NIST defines […]

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New Hampshire voters sue operative, companies behind Biden AI robocall

The complaint argues that the calls were an illegal attempt at voter suppression under the Voting Rights Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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Training days: How officials are using AI to prepare election workers for voting chaos

Election officials in Arizona and Minnesota are creating novel training exercises to combat AI-generated content this November. 

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Intelligence officials warn pace of innovation in AI threatens US

Governments are struggling with how to respond to rapid technological development, particularly related to artificial intelligence.

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Feds say AI favors defenders over attackers in cyberspace — so far 

Officials from the FBI and DHS say generative AI has so far yielded more benefits for cybersecurity practitioners than malicious hackers.

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DOE announces $45 million investment for cybersecurity research

The funding goes to 16 projects aimed at developing advanced tools to protect the energy sector.

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How I got started: Cyber AI/ML engineer

As generative AI goes mainstream, it highlights the increasing demand for AI cybersecurity professionals like Maria Pospelova. Pospelova is currently a senior data scientist, and data science team lead at OpenText Cybersecurity. She also worked at Interest, an AI cybersecurity company acquired by MicroFocus and then by OpenText. She continues as part of that team […]

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The tangled web of corporations behind the New Hampshire AI robocall 

The man alleged to have impersonated Joe Biden appears to control a network of marketing firms and fundraising operations. 

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