ChatGPT’s Data Protection Blind Spots and How Security Teams Can Solve Them

ChatGPT’s Data Protection Blind Spots and How Security Teams Can Solve Them

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In the short time since their inception, ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms have rightfully gained the reputation of ultimate productivity boosters. However, the very same technology that enables rapid production of high-quality text on demand, can at the same time expose sensitive corporate data. A recent incident, in which Samsung software engineers pasted proprietary code into ChatGPT,

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In the short time since their inception, ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms have rightfully gained the reputation of ultimate productivity boosters. However, the very same technology that enables rapid production of high-quality text on demand, can at the same time expose sensitive corporate data. A recent incident, in which Samsung software engineers pasted proprietary code into ChatGPT,

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/chatgpts-data-protection-blind-spots.html

Daggerfly Cyberattack Campaign Hits African Telecom Services Providers

Daggerfly Cyberattack Campaign Hits African Telecom Services Providers,

Telecommunication services providers in Africa are the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a China-linked threat actor at least since November 2022.
The intrusions have been pinned on a hacking crew tracked by Symantec as Daggerfly, and which is also tracked by the broader cybersecurity community as Bronze Highland and Evasive Panda.
The campaign makes use of « previously unseen plugins from

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Telecommunication services providers in Africa are the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a China-linked threat actor at least since November 2022.
The intrusions have been pinned on a hacking crew tracked by Symantec as Daggerfly, and which is also tracked by the broader cybersecurity community as Bronze Highland and Evasive Panda.
The campaign makes use of « previously unseen plugins from

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/daggerfly-cyberattack-campaign-hits.html

NSO Group Used 3 Zero-Click iPhone Exploits Against Human Rights Defenders

NSO Group Used 3 Zero-Click iPhone Exploits Against Human Rights Defenders,

Israeli spyware maker NSO Group deployed at least three novel « zero-click » exploits against iPhones in 2022 to infiltrate defenses erected by Apple and deploy Pegasus, according to the latest findings from Citizen Lab.
« NSO Group customers widely deployed at least three iOS 15 and iOS 16 zero-click exploit chains against civil society targets around the world, » the interdisciplinary laboratory

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Israeli spyware maker NSO Group deployed at least three novel « zero-click » exploits against iPhones in 2022 to infiltrate defenses erected by Apple and deploy Pegasus, according to the latest findings from Citizen Lab.
« NSO Group customers widely deployed at least three iOS 15 and iOS 16 zero-click exploit chains against civil society targets around the world, » the interdisciplinary laboratory

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/nso-group-used-3-zero-click-iphone.html

Ces trois nouvelles méthodes de NSO ont été utilisées pour hacker des iPhone

Ces trois nouvelles méthodes de NSO ont été utilisées pour hacker des iPhone,

Apple et le Citizen Lab, de l'Université de Toronto, mènent un combat contre les logiciels espions comme Pegasus du NSO Group.

Des chercheurs ont découvert trois nouvelles méthodes mises en place par NSO pour hacker les iPhone. Ces attaques auraient ciblé des membres de la société civile mexicaine en 2022. Le mode Isolement d’Apple aurait été dans l’ensemble efficace.

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Apple et le Citizen Lab, de l'Université de Toronto, mènent un combat contre les logiciels espions comme Pegasus du NSO Group.

Des chercheurs ont découvert trois nouvelles méthodes mises en place par NSO pour hacker les iPhone. Ces attaques auraient ciblé des membres de la société civile mexicaine en 2022. Le mode Isolement d’Apple aurait été dans l’ensemble efficace.

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https://www.01net.com/actualites/ces-trois-nouvelles-methodes-de-nso-ont-ete-utilisees-pour-hacker-des-iphone.html

Google TAG Warns of Russian Hackers Conducting Phishing Attacks in Ukraine

Google TAG Warns of Russian Hackers Conducting Phishing Attacks in Ukraine,

Elite hackers associated with Russia’s military intelligence service have been linked to large-volume phishing campaigns aimed at hundreds of users in Ukraine to extract intelligence and influence public discourse related to the war.
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which is monitoring the activities of the actor under the name FROZENLAKE, said the attacks continue the « group’s 2022 focus

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Elite hackers associated with Russia’s military intelligence service have been linked to large-volume phishing campaigns aimed at hundreds of users in Ukraine to extract intelligence and influence public discourse related to the war.
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which is monitoring the activities of the actor under the name FROZENLAKE, said the attacks continue the « group’s 2022 focus

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/google-tag-warns-of-russian-hackers.html

Blind Eagle Cyber Espionage Group Strikes Again: New Attack Chain Uncovered

Blind Eagle Cyber Espionage Group Strikes Again: New Attack Chain Uncovered,

The cyber espionage actor tracked as Blind Eagle has been linked to a new multi-stage attack chain that leads to the deployment of the NjRAT remote access trojan on compromised systems.
« The group is known for using a variety of sophisticated attack techniques, including custom malware, social engineering tactics, and spear-phishing attacks, » ThreatMon said in a Tuesday report.
Blind Eagle, also

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The cyber espionage actor tracked as Blind Eagle has been linked to a new multi-stage attack chain that leads to the deployment of the NjRAT remote access trojan on compromised systems.
« The group is known for using a variety of sophisticated attack techniques, including custom malware, social engineering tactics, and spear-phishing attacks, » ThreatMon said in a Tuesday report.
Blind Eagle, also

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/blind-eagle-cyber-espionage-group.html

Google Chrome Hit by Second Zero-Day Attack – Urgent Patch Update Released

Google Chrome Hit by Second Zero-Day Attack – Urgent Patch Update Released,

Google on Tuesday rolled out emergency fixes to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-2136, is described as a case of integer overflow in Skia, an open source 2D graphics library. Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw on April 12, 2023.
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Google on Tuesday rolled out emergency fixes to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-2136, is described as a case of integer overflow in Skia, an open source 2D graphics library. Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw on April 12, 2023.
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https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/google-chrome-hit-by-second-zero-day.html

Uncovering (and Understanding) the Hidden Risks of SaaS Apps

Uncovering (and Understanding) the Hidden Risks of SaaS Apps,

Recent data breaches across CircleCI, LastPass, and Okta underscore a common theme: The enterprise SaaS stacks connected to these industry-leading apps can be at serious risk for compromise.
CircleCI, for example, plays an integral, SaaS-to-SaaS role for SaaS app development. Similarly, tens of thousands of organizations rely on Okta and LastPass security roles for SaaS identity and access

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Recent data breaches across CircleCI, LastPass, and Okta underscore a common theme: The enterprise SaaS stacks connected to these industry-leading apps can be at serious risk for compromise.
CircleCI, for example, plays an integral, SaaS-to-SaaS role for SaaS app development. Similarly, tens of thousands of organizations rely on Okta and LastPass security roles for SaaS identity and access

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/uncovering-and-understanding-hidden.html

U.S. and U.K. Warn of Russian Hackers Exploiting Cisco Router Flaws for Espionage

U.S. and U.K. Warn of Russian Hackers Exploiting Cisco Router Flaws for Espionage,

U.K. and U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Russian nation-state actors exploiting now-patched flaws in networking equipment from Cisco to conduct reconnaissance and deploy malware against targets.
The intrusions, per the authorities, took place in 2021 and targeted a small number of entities in Europe, U.S. government institutions, and about 250 Ukrainian victims.
The

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U.K. and U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Russian nation-state actors exploiting now-patched flaws in networking equipment from Cisco to conduct reconnaissance and deploy malware against targets.
The intrusions, per the authorities, took place in 2021 and targeted a small number of entities in Europe, U.S. government institutions, and about 250 Ukrainian victims.
The

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/us-and-uk-warn-of-russian-hackers.html

Iranian Government-Backed Hackers Targeting U.S. Energy and Transit Systems

Iranian Government-Backed Hackers Targeting U.S. Energy and Transit Systems,

An Iranian government-backed actor known as Mint Sandstorm has been linked to attacks aimed at critical infrastructure in the U.S. between late 2021 to mid-2022.
« This Mint Sandstorm subgroup is technically and operationally mature, capable of developing bespoke tooling and quickly weaponizing N-day vulnerabilities, and has demonstrated agility in its operational focus, which appears to align

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An Iranian government-backed actor known as Mint Sandstorm has been linked to attacks aimed at critical infrastructure in the U.S. between late 2021 to mid-2022.
« This Mint Sandstorm subgroup is technically and operationally mature, capable of developing bespoke tooling and quickly weaponizing N-day vulnerabilities, and has demonstrated agility in its operational focus, which appears to align

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/iranian-government-backed-hackers.html