Don’t Trust the Security of the Software Supply Chain

Now more than ever, organizations are relying on the supply chain for basic business operations. According to Charlie Jones, director of product management with ReversingLabs, there are two reasons for this: The global trend of digitalization and the rapid move to remote work during the pandemic. What those trends did ... Read More
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White House Moves to Address Software Supply Chain Security

No one wants a repeat of the SUNBURST cyberattack, but without any action to improve cybersecurity within the software supply chain, another SUNBURST—or worse—attack is inevitable. And we still may see a devastating attack that takes down critical infrastructure or cripples major business systems, but at least there are steps ... Read More
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The Chip War’s Impact on Cybersecurity and the Supply Chain

Semiconductors had their moment in the spotlight during the worst of the pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions. The shortage of semiconductors wreaked havoc on the industries that rely on them, opening up devices to potential threats. “The semiconductor supply chain remains one of the most complicated and most critical supply chains ... Read More
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AI/ML’s Role in Software Supply Chain Security

Almost every company has felt the impact of a cybersecurity incident caused by a security breakdown in the software supply chain. According to a study by BlueVoyant, 98% of businesses were negatively affected by a supply chain-related breach, with 40% of the respondents saying they rely on the vendor to ... Read More
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Hybrid Systems: AI and Humans Need Each Other for Effective Cybersecurity

The sudden mainstreaming of chatbots and generative AI like ChatGPT has a lot of people worried. They believe this is the AI technology that will replace them. Fortunately, that’s not actually the case. The more likely scenario is that humans will partner with AI to create a hybrid model of ... Read More
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No Programming Skills? Chatbots Will Help Inexperienced Hackers

One thing we’ve learned about ChatGPT and similar AI is that it makes people seem more skilled than they really are. Students are using AI chatbots to do their homework, and would-be comedians and screenwriters are using the technology to create their material. Whether or not any of this material ... Read More
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How Chatbots Will Change Phishing Attacks

It was only a matter of time until threat actors turned to chatbots like ChatGPT to create phishing attacks. In fact, while it has only been a couple of months since the world was first captivated by the power of ChatGPT, the bad guys were already using chatbots for phishing ... Read More
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When Will the First ChatGPT-Based Cyberattacks Launch?

It’s evident that many cybersecurity and IT professionals have mixed feelings about AI in general and ChatGPT in particular. According to a recent study from BlackBerry, while eight in ten decision makers said they plan to invest in AI-driven cybersecurity by 2025, three-quarters of those respondents saw AI as a ... Read More
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ChatGPT-Written Malware Will Change the Threat Landscape

ChatGPT is the latest in a long line of game-changing technology, and it has people across a wide variety of industries furiously debating its potential impact, use cases and its pros and cons. Cybercrime is one of those industries that has taken an interest in ChatGPT and how to make ... Read More
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Why Traditional Approaches Don’t Work for API Security

API sprawl, which Brian Otten, VP of the digital transformation catalysts division with Axway, defined as “an uncontrolled proliferation of APIs in an organization,” is creating a flood of new security headaches for organizations. One of the biggest problems in providing security for APIs is that sprawl makes them difficult ... Read More
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