Interesting research: “Hacking Back the AI-Hacker: Prompt Injection as a Defense Against LLM-driven Cyberattacks“:
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being harnessed to automate cyberattacks, making sophisticated exploits more...
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Really interesting research: “An LLM-Assisted Easy-to-Trigger Backdoor Attack on Code Completion Models: Injecting Disguised Vulnerabilities against Strong Detection“:
Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed code completion tasks, providing...
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Microsoft is warning Azure cloud users that a Chinese controlled botnet is engaging in “highly evasive” password spraying. Not sure about the “highly evasive” part; the techniques seem...
Read moreI’ve been writing about the possibility of AIs automatically discovering code vulnerabilities since at least 2018. This is an ongoing area of research: AIs doing source code scanning,...
Read moreReally interesting story of Sophos’s five-year war against Chinese hackers.
Read moreGreat blow-up sculpture. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreThis is a good point:
Part of the problem is that we are constantly handed lists…list of required controls…list of things we are being asked to fix or improve…lists...
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Way back in 2018, people noticed that you could find secret military bases using data published by the Strava fitness app. Soldiers and other military personal were using them...
Read moreExcellent read. One example:
Consider the case of basic public key cryptography, in which a person’s public and private key are created together in a single operation. These two...
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The German police have successfully deanonymized at least four Tor users. It appears they watch known Tor relays and known suspects, and use timing analysis to figure out who...
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