David Strom

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It’s the summer of adversarial chatbots. Here’s how to defend against them

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

This has been the summer of adversarial chatbots. Researchers from SlashNext Inc. and Netenrich discovered two such efforts, named WormGPT and FraudGPT. These cyberattack weapons are certainly just the beginning in a long line of products that will be developed for nefarious purposes …

How Kremlin-backed social media campaigns continue to spread disinformation

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

A new report sponsored by the European Commission has found that social media has played a key role in the spread of Russian-backed disinformation campaigns since their war with Ukraine began. “Over the course of 2022, the audience and reach of Kremlin-aligned …

Google’s new use of generative AI could boost ‘fuzzing,’ a longtime cybersecurity defense tool

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

Google LLC’s new application of generative AI to a tried-and-true cybersecurity method called fuzzing could help elevate it into the top tray of enterprises’ defensive tool chests. Fuzzing is the process by which security researchers use various automated tools to cycle rapidly …

Phishing as a service continues to plague business users

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

Greatness isn’t always a good thing. This past year has seen a lot of it — that is, in the form of an innovative phishing-as-a-service malware construction kit of the same name now in active usage. The Greatness malware attempts to put …

North Korea Lazarus Group beefs up its malware attacks once again

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

A group of North Korean hackers group continues to threaten networks and businesses around the world, now with ever more sophisticated new attacks. Lazarus has been behind some very nasty exploits, including the double software supply chain attack on 3CX this past March …

Pam Baker’s new book ‘ChatGPT for Dummies’ illuminates chatbots for pros and neophytes alike

AI By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

Readers who have somehow escaped learning about ChatGPT and other AI-based chatbots should read a new book by my longtime freelancing colleague Pam Baker, “ChatGPT for Dummies.” Baker has been covering various AI-related topics for nearly a decade, including writing several books …

Microsoft once again revokes VeriSign digital certificates: Here’s why it matters

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

Once again, Microsoft Corp. has revoked a collection of what once were VeriSign Inc.’s digital certificates, another sign of how fragile that foundational digital ecosystem is. The action was confirmed by security firm Airlock Digital in a blog post last week, after it …

Meta’s Facebook finally supports end-to-end message encryption: four lessons for IT managers

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

The importance of end-to-end encryption of digital messages is getting new attention with the announcement that Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook will partly add the feature to its Messenger product now, and eventually for all use cases such as group chats by year-end. …

How the new breed of business virtual private networks will keep them relevant in security

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

Since virtual private networks were invented nearly 30 years ago as a way to extend a corporate network across the world, they’ve gone through a complete role reversal, even as they’ve continued to evolve to help protect business users’ data and communications. …

Malware-infected advertising grows ever more sophisticated, and lethal

SECURITY By DAVID STROM3 YEARS AGO

The malware exploits known as malware-infected ads, or malvertising, have been around for decades, but new reports point to a steady rise in lethality. With malvertising, the infected ads are typically placed on legitimate ad networks, which makes them more difficult to spot …

David Strom

Latest from David Strom

It’s the summer of adversarial chatbots. Here’s how to defend against them

Google’s new use of generative AI could boost ‘fuzzing,’ a longtime cybersecurity defense tool

Phishing as a service continues to plague business users

North Korea Lazarus Group beefs up its malware attacks once again

Pam Baker’s new book ‘ChatGPT for Dummies’ illuminates chatbots for pros and neophytes alike

Microsoft once again revokes VeriSign digital certificates: Here’s why it matters

Meta’s Facebook finally supports end-to-end message encryption: four lessons for IT managers

How the new breed of business virtual private networks will keep them relevant in security

Malware-infected advertising grows ever more sophisticated, and lethal

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