Recent assessments challenge the prevalent narratives promoted by certain AI firms claiming that AI-generated malware is a prevalent, imminent threat to traditional security measures. These companies, many of which are vying for new investment funding, paint a dramatic picture of a new era shaped by AI-driven malicious activities. A case…
This week’s cybersecurity highlights draw attention to rising threats stemming from misconfigurations, software vulnerabilities, and sophisticated malware. The incidents outlined below require the immediate focus of IT teams and business executives. ISC has addressed CVE-2025-5470 in BIND 9, a denial-of-service vulnerability impacting versions 9.16.0 to 9.18.26. The vulnerability enables server…
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Nonprofit Organization Maintains Oversight Over $130 Billion For-Profit Entity Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • October 28, 2025 Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI (Image: Photo Agency/Shutterstock) OpenAI recently completed a significant recapitalization and corporate restructuring aimed at clarifying its nonprofit mission in relation…
Russian State Propaganda in AI Responses: A Growing Concern Recent investigations reveal that advanced AI chatbots, notably OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok, are inadvertently promoting Russian state propaganda when queried about the Ukraine conflict. A report from the Institute of Strategic Dialogue (ISD) highlights that these chatbots…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) faced significant downtime on Monday due to Domain Name System (DNS) resolution issues that triggered widespread disruptions across various online platforms. This incident underscored the global dependency on large cloud service providers, known as hyperscalers, and highlighted the complications both for these companies and their clients…
OpenAI announced on Friday that a vulnerability in the Redis open source library led to the unintended exposure of personal information and chat titles belonging to users of its ChatGPT service earlier in the week. This incident, first identified on March 20, 2023, permitted certain users to access snippets of…
A significant outage affecting Amazon Web Services’ US-EAST-1 region, located in northern Virginia, resulted in extensive disruptions to numerous websites and online platforms globally on Monday morning. Amazon’s primary e-commerce site, alongside services such as Ring doorbells and the Alexa smart assistant, experienced substantial interruptions. Other affected platforms included Meta’s…
Cybercrime, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Internet-Exposed Call Center Software Under Attack; Patch Tuesday Update Anviksha More (AnvikshaMore) • October 16, 2025 Image: Shutterstock/ISMG This week, the Information Security Media Group covers a range of cybersecurity incidents: Chinese hackers exploiting ArcGIS, vulnerabilities in internet-exposed call center software, and the latest Patch…
AI-Based Attacks, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Fraud Management & Cybercrime In Today’s Reality, Embracing Zero Trust Principles is Crucial Suparna Goswami (gsuparna) • October 10, 2025 Image: Shutterstock In a groundbreaking legal event earlier this month, a California judge dismissed an $8.7 million lawsuit due to the introduction of…
