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  • October 12, 2023

How this year’s Black Hat NOC leveraged AI to defend the event

This year’s Black Hat USA conference saw more than 907M threat events detected in real time, according to data collected by Palo Alto Networks. This is a staggering number that shows just how attractive the event is to threat actors – and artificial intelligence (AI) was a key driver in protecting against these attempts. With […]

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The Cyberwar Between the East and the West Goes Through Africa

By working cooperatively, the West and Africa can mobilize to tackle nation-state-backed cyber threats.

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Error when copying and redeploying AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEc2Role from IAM Console Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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  • October 12, 2023

CloudFormation for AWS Batch Roles and Policies

ACM.333 Creating reusable roles and policies where possible for AWS Batch ECS EC2 compute environment Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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Bug on AWS Batch Jobs Screen

No jobs appear in the list until I refresh the screen Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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Simpson Manufacturing Launches Investigation After Cyberattack

The company has taken down its systems in an effort to determine the scope of the attack.

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Microsoft Set to Retire Grunge-Era VBScript, to Cybercrime’s Chagrin

Popular malware like QakBot and DarkGate rely on VBScript, which dates back to 1996 — but their days are numbered now that Microsoft is finally deprecating the Windows programming. language.

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High severity flaw patched in widely used curl tool

The developers of the curl open-source software application and library have released patches for two vulnerabilities in the widely used command-line tool. One of the flaws is rated with high severity and could potentially be exploited by rogue servers to execute malicious code on systems that access them with curl under certain conditions. Curl, which […]

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Generative AI is scaring CISOs – but adoption isn’t slowing down

The march of generative AI isn’t short on negative consequences, and CISOs are particularly concerned about the downfalls of an AI-powered world, according to a study released this week by IBM. Generative AI is expected to create a wide range of new cyberattacks over the next six to 12 months, IBM said, with sophisticated bad […]

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