Tag: mitigation strategies

  • CSA: The Risks of Insecure Third-Party Resources

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/11/18/top-threat-5-third-party-tango-dancing-around-insecure-resources Source: CSA Title: The Risks of Insecure Third-Party Resources Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses key security challenges related to cloud computing, specifically focusing on the fifth top threat: Insecure Third-Party Resources. It highlights the importance of Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) and offers strategies for…

  • CSA: Managing AI Security Risks in IT Infrastructure

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/11/15/the-rocky-path-of-managing-ai-security-risks-in-it-infrastructure Source: CSA Title: Managing AI Security Risks in IT Infrastructure Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the dual nature of artificial intelligence (AI), emphasizing both its potential benefits in enhancing data center management and the significant security risks it poses. It highlights the vulnerabilities introduced by AI…

  • The Register: Microsoft Power Pages misconfigurations exposing sensitive data

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/microsoft_power_pages_misconfigurations/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft Power Pages misconfigurations exposing sensitive data Feedly Summary: NHS supplier that leaked employee info fell victim to fiddly access controls that can leave databases dangling online Private businesses and public-sector organizations are unwittingly exposing millions of people’s sensitive information to the public internet because they misconfigure Microsoft’s…

  • Hacker News: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation

    Source URL: https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/ Source: Hacker News Title: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text presents a detailed case study of a vulnerability exploitation chain discovered in Ubuntu 24.04, demonstrating a privilege escalation from a default user to root through the improper handling of…

  • Slashdot: IBM Boosts the Amount of Computation You Can Get Done On Quantum Hardware

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/14/018246/ibm-boosts-the-amount-of-computation-you-can-get-done-on-quantum-hardware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: IBM Boosts the Amount of Computation You Can Get Done On Quantum Hardware Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses IBM’s advancements in quantum computing, particularly the introduction of the Heron processor version 2, which increases reliability and efficiency in calculations despite existing errors. It…

  • The Register: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/china_volt_typhoon_back/ Source: The Register Title: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance Feedly Summary: Ohm, for flux sake China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet are back, compromising old Cisco routers once again to break into critical infrastructure networks and kick off cyberattacks, according to security researchers.… AI…

  • CSA: ConfusedPilot: Novel Attack on RAG-based AI Systems

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/confusedpilot-ut-austin-symmetry-systems-uncover-novel-attack-on-rag-based-ai-systems Source: CSA Title: ConfusedPilot: Novel Attack on RAG-based AI Systems Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses a newly discovered attack method called ConfusedPilot, which targets Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) based AI systems like Microsoft 365 Copilot. This attack enables malicious actors to influence AI outputs by manipulating…

  • AlgorithmWatch: Civil society statement on meaningful transparency of risk assessments under the Digital Services Act

    Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/civil-society-statement-on-meaningful-transparency-of-risk-assessments-under-the-digital-services-act/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Civil society statement on meaningful transparency of risk assessments under the Digital Services Act Feedly Summary: This joint statement is also available as PDF-File. Meaningful transparency of risk assessments and audits enables external stakeholders, including civil society organisations, researchers, journalists, and people impacted by systemic risks, to scrutinise the…

  • Hacker News: Windows Process Injection

    Source URL: https://www.outflank.nl/blog/2024/10/15/introducing-early-cascade-injection-from-windows-process-creation-to-stealthy-injection/ Source: Hacker News Title: Windows Process Injection Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text introduces a novel process injection technique dubbed Early Cascade Injection, which enhances existing methods by executing more stealthily against Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) systems. The author provides a detailed technical analysis of Windows…

  • Hacker News: LoRA vs. Full Fine-Tuning: An Illusion of Equivalence

    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21228 Source: Hacker News Title: LoRA vs. Full Fine-Tuning: An Illusion of Equivalence Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The paper presents a comparative study of Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) and full fine-tuning for large language models (LLMs). It reveals significant differences in how each method alters pre-trained models, particularly focusing…