News

  • Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Mating Strategies

    Some squids are “consorts,” others are “sneakers.” The species is healthiest when individuals have different strategies randomly. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Read More

    Read More

  • New Attack Against Self-Driving Car AI

    This is another attack that convinces the AI to ignore road signs: Due to the way CMOS cameras operate, rapidly changing light from fast flashing diodes can be used to vary the color. For example, the shade of red on a stop sign could look different on each line depending on the time between the…

    Read More

  • UK’s AI Safety Institute Unveils Platform to Accelerate Safe AI Development

    The UK’s open source AI safety evaluation platform, Inspect, is set to empower global collaboration for safer AI development Read More

    Read More

  • Boeing refused to pay $200 million LockBit ransomware demand

    Boeing has confirmed that it received a demand for a massive $200 million after a ransomware attack by the notorious LockBit hacking group in October 2023. The company confirmed its link to the indictment of Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, who was identified this week by the US Department of Justice as the true identity of LockBitSupp,…

    Read More

  • RSAC: Experts Highlight Novel Cyber Threats and Tactics

    Well-funded cybercriminals are adopting more sophisticated techniques, creating a need for defenders to stay informed about the evolving threat landscape Read More

    Read More

  • Wild Wisdom: What Technology Learns from the Natural World

    The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author.  LevelBlue does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article.  As a high school student interested in exploring the connection between technology and nature, I was curious to find out how the natural…

    Read More

  • $10 million reward offer for apprehension of unmasked LockBit ransomware leader

    Do you know Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev? If you do, there’s a chance that you might well on the way to receiving a reward of up to $10 million. Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog. Read More

    Read More

  • #RSAC: Why Cybersecurity Professionals Have a Duty to Secure AI

    Experts at the RSA Conference urged cyber professionals to lead the way in securing AI systems today and pave the way for AI to solve huge societal challenges Read More

    Read More

  • #RSAC: How CISOs Should Protect Themselves Against Indictments

    Experts at the RSA Conference discussed what CISOs can do to protect themselves against legal pressure Read More

    Read More

  • How Criminals Are Using Generative AI

    There’s a new report on how criminals are using generative AI tools: Key Takeaways: Adoption rates of AI technologies among criminals lag behind the rates of their industry counterparts because of the evolving nature of cybercrime. Compared to last year, criminals seem to have abandoned any attempt at training real criminal large language models (LLMs).…

    Read More