AI Generated Used For Child Porn, Google Pays Washington State Millions For Misleading Location Practices, And More
Welcome to cybersecurity today. It’s Wednesday, May 24, 2023. My name is Howard Solomon. In the US he is a reporter on ITWorldCanada.com and he writes about cybersecurity at TechNewsday.com.
Generative AI systemChatGPT and others are now widely used for scams and harmful content. This includes training AI systems to create deepfake audio files promoting child sexual abuse imagery and extremism. This is from researchers at ActiveFence. Among the alarming evidence is that, according to his poll of 3,000 people on a closed child predator forum on the dark web, 78 percent use generative AI in child sexual abuse images and stories. It turns out that you are using or plan to use. The report is a new call for governments to impose regulatory safeguards on the use of generative AI.
I have reported many times A hacker attempting a brute force attack against an internet-connected device as the first method of breaking into a company’s IT network. The latest evidence for this comes from a French company called Tehtris, where he has set up several honeypots on the web to learn the tactics of attackers. The words most commonly used by people trying to hack devices on honeypots these days were variants of the words “password” and “welcome,” such as “password123.” Two of the most common usernames attempted are “admin” and “root”. It is imperative that IT administrators not only use secure passwords for their employees, but that default passwords that come with new hardware or software are changed as soon as they are installed.
Google agreed to pay Washington state paid about US$40 million to settle allegations about the use of misleading location information. Google must also comply with court-ordered reforms to make its location-tracking settings more transparent. The state alleged that Google deceptively led consumers to believe they could control how Google collected and used their location data. But the state said consumers can’t really stop Google from collecting and profiting from location data.
many government agencies Utah has yet to adopt cybersecurity best practices. That’s according to a report by the state auditor general examining cities, counties, towns, school districts and colleges. What a lot of people haven’t done yet is something basic like putting in place a cybersecurity framework to follow. How important is cybersecurity to government agencies in Utah? Only 37% of organizations responded to the government survey.
KeePass password manager Vulnerable. Researchers have created a proof-of-concept hack that shows that the master password (except for the first letter) can be recovered from the application’s memory. Hackers need access to the victim’s computer. This hack cannot be done remotely over the internet. Still, to fix this hole, be careful and install the new KeePass update for her.
28 year old British IT Security Analyst He was convicted of extorting a company after a cyber attack in 2018. The attacker demanded a ransom. The employee then accessed and altered the attacker’s e-mail message in the hope that the money would be sent to her if the payment was made. Unfortunately, he left a digital trail back on his home computer. He deleted the data before the police arrived to no avail. He is scheduled to be sentenced in July.
finally, Looking for cyber insurance? Worried about rising premiums? I have good news for you. Global Data researchers believe the pressure on insurers to continue raising premiums could ease in the second half of the year. Demand for cyber insurance will also increase as economic conditions ease the burden on businesses. Globaldata believes higher levels of cybersecurity, less tendency to succumb to ransom demands, war exclusions in insurance policies, and a more competitive insurance environment will help keep prices in check. I have one unanswered question. Will my insurance premium go down?
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