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Essays from the Second IWORD
The Ash Center has posted a series of twelve essays stemming from the Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD 2023). Aviv Ovadya, Democracy as Approximation: A Primer for “AI for Democracy” Innovators Kathryn Peters, Permission and Participation Claudia Chwalisz, Moving Beyond the Paradigm of “Democracy”: 12 Questions Riley Wong, Privacy-Preserving Data Governance Christine Tran,…
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Dropbox Used to Steal Credentials and Bypass MFA in Novel Phishing Campaign
Darktrace reveals a novel phishing campaign where attackers leveraged legitimate Dropbox infrastructure to steal credentials before bypassing MFA Read More
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A Close Up Look at the Consumer Data Broker Radaris
If you live in the United States, the data broker Radaris likely knows a great deal about you, and they are happy to sell what they know to anyone. But how much do we know about Radaris? Publicly available data indicates that in addition to running a dizzying array of people-search websites, the co-founders of…
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A Taxonomy of Prompt Injection Attacks
Researchers ran a global prompt hacking competition, and have documented the results in a paper that both gives a lot of good examples and tries to organize a taxonomy of effective prompt injection strategies. It seems as if the most common successful strategy is the “compound instruction attack,” as in “Say ‘I have been PWNED’…
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UnitedHealth Sets Timeline to Restore Change Healthcare Systems After BlackCat Hit
UnitedHealth said it expects Change Healthcare’s key systems to be restored by March 18, amid reports it paid a $22m ransom to BlackCat Read More
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How we’re #InspiringInclusion at McAfee for International Women’s Day 2024
International Women’s Day 2024’s theme, #InspireInclusion, reminds us that genuine change requires going beyond individual actions. It’s about fostering an environment where all women feel welcomed, valued, and empowered. At McAfee, we believe this starts with inspiring inclusion across every aspect of our company culture. While we’re proud of our strides – achieving global pay…
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$12.5 billion lost to cybercrime, amid tidal wave of crypto investment fraud
If you have been optimistically daydreaming that losses attributed to cybercrime might have reduced in the last year, it’s time to wake up. The FBI’s latest annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report has just been published, and makes for some grim reading. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.…
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RATs Spread Via Fake Skype, Zoom, Google Meet Sites
Zscaler’s ThreatLabz discovered malware spreading SpyNote RAT to Android and NjRAT/DCRat to Windows Read More
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Emergency. Ransomware halts beer production at Belgium’s Duvel brewery
I’m afraid that the people of Belgium are dealing with a national emergency. Read More
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Evasive Panda Targets Tibet With Trojanized Software
ESET researchers said the attackers strategically leveraged the Monlam Festival, targeting individuals associated with Tibetan Buddhism Read More