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Month: February 2024

Independent Krebs Security 

Fulton County, Security Experts Call LockBit’s Bluff

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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 22:18:54 +0000

The ransomware group LockBit told officials with Fulton County, Ga. they could expect to see their internal documents published online this morning unless the county paid a ransom demand. Instead, LockBit removed Fulton County’s listing from its victim shaming website this morning, claiming county officials had paid. But county officials said they did not pay, nor did anyone make payment on their behalf. Security experts say LockBit was likely bluffing and probably lost most of the data when the gang’s servers were seized this month by U.S. and U.K. law enforcement.

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ComputerWorld Independent 

Eight European consumer watchdogs file complaints over Meta’s data processing

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Eight European consumer organizations have filed complaints against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of breaching the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with its so-called “pay-or-consent” policy and opaque internal policies.

The organizations are all members of BEUC, the European Consumer Organization.  Their complaints, publicized Thursday, argue that the large-scale consumer data collection practiced by Meta violates the GDPR, and that the company has abused its dominant market position to essentially coerce customers into accepting its terms. Each of the eight groups filed their complaints with their national data protection authorities, as there is no pan-European office to accept such complaints.

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Microsoft Security 

Microsoft Copilot for Security: The great equalizer for government security

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Credit to Author: Alvaro Vitta| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Copilot for Security is the first generative AI security product that will help defend organizations at machine speed and scale. It combines the most advanced GPT4 model from OpenAI with a Microsoft-developed security model, powered by Microsoft Security’s unique expertise, global threat intelligence, and comprehensive security products.

The post Microsoft Copilot for Security: The great equalizer for government security appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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Microsoft Security 

Announcing Microsoft’s open automation framework to red team generative AI Systems

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Credit to Author: Ram Shankar Siva Kumar| Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Today, we are releasing an open automation framework, PyRIT (Python Risk Identification Toolkit for generative AI) to empower security professionals and machine learning engineers to proactively find risks in their generative AI systems.

The post Announcing Microsoft’s open automation framework to red team generative AI Systems appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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