Cybersecurity Breaches in Healthcare: A Year of Alarming Data Compromises In February 2024, Change Healthcare publicly disclosed a significant cybersecurity breach, marking it as the largest healthcare data breach reported to federal regulators. Initially, the extent of this breach was not fully recognized, but it soon became clear that the…
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development The Leaderboard Landscape: More Advertising Than Authenticity Rashmi Ramesh (@rashmiramesh_) • February 17, 2025 Image: Shutterstock The publication of benchmark scores by artificial intelligence (AI) model developers is common practice, yet experts suggest that the competitive leaderboard may serve more…
Criminal activities leveraging generative AI have emerged as a significant threat in the realm of online fraud, particularly in romance scams. Experts, like UTA’s Wang, suggest that the use of AI-generated content is already prevalent in crafting deceptive profiles on dating platforms. Although there hasn’t been a thorough investigation into…
Cybercrime, Data Breach Notification, Data Security Also: Google Addresses YouTube Vulnerabilities That Could Have Compromised User Emails Anviksha More (AnvikshaMore) • February 13, 2025 Image: Shutterstock ISMG publishes a weekly summary of significant cybersecurity incidents globally. This week’s highlights include crucial updates from Microsoft, Ivanti, and Google to address critical…
New Vulnerability Uncovered in Google’s Gemini AI: Implications for User Data Security A recent investigation has revealed a potential vulnerability within Google’s Gemini AI, which could allow malicious actors to manipulate the system into storing inaccurate long-term memory data. The researcher, Rehberger, demonstrated that by employing a technique known as…
Google is reportedly advancing its AI capabilities within the Chrome browser to enhance online data protection for users. This development comes in the wake of emerging concerns around data breaches and the safeguarding of sensitive information. An X tipster, known as Leopeva64, has indicated that Google is working on a…
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Summit to Address Open-Source, AI Governance, and Development Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • February 7, 2025 Élysée Palace, the venue for the upcoming AI Action Summit in Paris (Image: Shutterstock) The prestigious Élysée Palace in Central Paris is set to welcome…
Cybersecurity Implications of AI Usage: A Double-Edged Sword Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be a double-edged sword in the technological landscape, offering significant benefits while also posing grave risks. The potential for AI to be weaponized or misused in malicious contexts brings a profound responsibility to those developing and implementing…
A significant vulnerability has emerged in the Go programming language ecosystem, stemming from a backdoored package that was hosted on Google’s Go Module Mirror service for over three years. This package was only removed recently, following two petitions by researchers who identified the malicious code within it. The Go Module…
