Microsoft: “Hack” this LLM-powered service and get paid

Microsoft, in collaboration with the Institute of Science and Technology Australia and ETH Zurich, has announced the LLMail-Inject Challenge, a competition to test and improve defenses against prompt injection attacks. The setup and the challenge LLMai… Continue reading Microsoft: “Hack” this LLM-powered service and get paid

Assessing AI risks before implementation

In this Help Net Security video, Frank Kim, SANS Institute Fellow, explains why more enterprises must consider many challenges before implementing advanced technology in their platforms. Without adequately assessing and understanding the risks accompan… Continue reading Assessing AI risks before implementation

Harmonic Raises $17.5M to Defend Against AI Data Harvesting

Harmonic has raised a total of $26 million to develop a new approach to data protection using pre-trained, specialized language models. 
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Could APIs be the undoing of AI?

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are essential to how generative AI (GenAI) functions with agents (e.g., calling upon them for data). But the combination of API and LLM issues coupled with rapid rollouts is likely to see numerous organizations… Continue reading Could APIs be the undoing of AI?

AI cybersecurity needs to be as multi-layered as the system it’s protecting

Cybercriminals are beginning to take advantage of the new malicious options that large language models (LLMs) offer them. LLMs make it possible to upload documents with hidden instructions that are executed by connected system components. This is a boo… Continue reading AI cybersecurity needs to be as multi-layered as the system it’s protecting

ITSM concerns when integrating new AI services

Let’s talk about a couple of recent horror stories. Late last year, a Chevrolet dealership deployed a chatbot powered by a large language model (LLM) on their homepage. This LLM, trained with detailed specifications of Chevrolet vehicles, was intended … Continue reading ITSM concerns when integrating new AI services

How companies increase risk exposure with rushed LLM deployments

In this Help Net Security interview, Jake King, Head of Threat & Security Intelligence at Elastic, discusses companies’ exposure to new security risks and vulnerabilities as they rush to deploy LLMs. King explains how LLMs pose significant r… Continue reading How companies increase risk exposure with rushed LLM deployments

Monocle: Open-source LLM for binary analysis search

Monocle is open-source tooling backed by a large language model (LLM) for performing natural language searches against compiled target binaries. Monocle can be provided with a binary and search criteria (authentication code, vulnerable code, password s… Continue reading Monocle: Open-source LLM for binary analysis search