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AI: Productivity Gains vs. Security Risks

No sane person can deny the allure of Generative Pre-trained Transformer AIs. Smart people are also concerned about the security risks they create. For example, if you use an AI to write code, could the AI include a back door? Or malware? How do you know without reviewing every line of code in detail? In […]

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Security News for the Week Ending April 21, 2023

Arkansas Becomes First State to Ban Minors from Social Media Without Parental Permission It is now illegal for anyone in Arkansas to be on social media without parental permission if they are under 18. Do you think this will actually stop anyone? If you do, I have a bridge in Brooklyn that is for sale. […]

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Advanced Industrial Malware Could be Inside Our Critical Infrastructure

The world’s most advance industrial malware – malware that is designed to go after industrial control systems in places like power plants – called PIPEDREAM, may already have infiltrated some critical infrastructure control systems, waiting to unleash who knows what. Global business advisory firm Ankura said that they are concerned that PIPEDREAM cannot be stopped […]

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Security News Update for April 14, 2023

Tech Industry Pain Good for NSA Rob Joyce, NSA’s cyber director, says that they are seeing a boost in recruitment following waves of layoffs in the tech sector. While he is not giving numbers, any help with mid and high level recruiting would be good for the good guys. Remember that due to the clearance […]

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Battling Insider Threat – The Leak of US Intel Docs

Today the FBI arrested the person they say leaked hundreds of classified documents on US surveillance related to the war in Ukraine. The impact of this leak may rise to the level of the damage caused by Edward Snowden in 2013. They continue to find more classified documents as the investigation continues. What is different […]

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