IT & OT security: How to Bridge the Gap

Credit to Author: William Malik| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting IT and OT environments can give industrial organizations powerful efficiencies, but it also introduces cybersecurity challenges. A new Trend Micro/SANS Institute report gets at the heart of those IT and OT security issues—and how to address them.

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Prompt injection could be the SQL injection of the future, warns NCSC

Categories: News

Tags: AI

Tags: ML

Tags: LLM

Tags: chatgpt

Tags: data poisoning

Tags: SQL

Tags: prompt injection

The NCSC has warned about integrating LLMs into your own services or platforms. Prompt injection and data poisoning are just some of the risks.

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Qakbot botnet infrastructure suffers major takedown

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Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Qakbot

Tags: FBI

Tags: law enforcement

Tags: takedown

Tags: removal tool

Tags: HIBP

Tags: Spamhaus

The Qakbot botnet has suffered a major setback after its infrastructure was heavily disrupted by US and European law enforcement agencies.

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Victim records deleted after spyware vendor compromised

Categories: Personal

Tags: spyware

Tags: spying

Tags: surveillance

Tags: Brazil

Tags: phone

Tags: mobile

We take a look at another compromise of a mobile spyware app maker, and ask whether this action comes with hidden danger.

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With BYOD comes responsibility — and many firms aren't delivering

Apple deployments are accelerating across the global enterprise, so it’s surprising that many organizations don’t properly recognize that change. Even when companies put Macs, iPhones, and iPads in the hands of their employees, they are failing to manage these deployments. It’s quite shocking.

That’s the biggest take-away from the latest Jamf research, which warns that almost half of enterprises across Europe still don’t have a formal Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policy in place. That’s bad, as it means companies have no control over how employees connect and use corporate resources, creating a nice, soft attack surface for criminals and competitors alike.

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Social Security Numbers leaked in ransomware attack on Ohio History Connection

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Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Ohio History Connection

Tags: ransomware

Tags: LockBit

Tags: SSN

Tags: phishing

Ohio History Connection acknowledged that in a ransomware attack the attackers may have had access to 7,600 SSNs.

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