Omni Hotels suffer prolonged IT outage due to cyberattack

Texas-based Omni Hotels & Resorts has been responding to a cyberattack that started last Friday, which resulted in the unavailability of many of its IT systems. According to people staying at some of the 50 properties the company operates across N… Continue reading Omni Hotels suffer prolonged IT outage due to cyberattack

Escalating cyber threats: Bots, fraud farms, and cryptojacking surge, urgently requiring attention

The motivations behind cyberattacks are as diverse as the methods employed. Whether driven by financial gain, political agendas, or sheer malice, cybercriminals exploit weaknesses in cybersecurity defenses, seeking entry points to compromise sensitive … Continue reading Escalating cyber threats: Bots, fraud farms, and cryptojacking surge, urgently requiring attention

Researchers automated jailbreaking of LLMs with other LLMs

AI security researchers from Robust Intelligence and Yale University have designed a machine learning technique that can speedily jailbreak large language models (LLMs) in an automated fashion. “The method, known as the Tree of Attacks with Pruni… Continue reading Researchers automated jailbreaking of LLMs with other LLMs

Transforming cybersecurity from reactive to proactive with attack path analysis

An attack path is important to prioritize potential risks in cloud environments. The attack path offers the ability to look at cloud environments from the attacker’s perspective. With today’s general awareness and concerted effort toward cybersec… Continue reading Transforming cybersecurity from reactive to proactive with attack path analysis

Apple news: iLeakage attack, MAC address leakage bug

On Wednesday, Apple released security updates for all supported branches of iOS and iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and Safari. This time around, the updates did not garner as much attention as when they deliver a zero-day fix, though it has to be mention… Continue reading Apple news: iLeakage attack, MAC address leakage bug