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Payments Expert Troy Leach Joins the Panel to Cover AI, Zero Trust and IoT SecurityIn the latest weekly update, Troy Leach, CSO at Cloud Security Alliance, joins three editors at ISMG to discuss important cybersecurity issues, including how generative AI is enhancing multi-cloud security, AI's influence on authentication processes, and the state of zero trust and IoT security.

Cisco found that privacy and data security risks have led to over a quarter of organizations banning generative AI, at least temporarily, while a majority have instituted controls

Chair Lina Khan Says Probe Will Look for Potential 'Undue Influence'The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether five artificial intelligence technology giants are exerting undue influence or gaining privileged access "in ways that undermine fair competition" across the generative AI sector, said Chairwoman Lina Khan.

U.S.-Led Sanctions Do Little to Curtail North Korea's Development of AISouth Korea's intelligence agency has reported that North Korean hackers are using generative AI to conduct cyberattacks and search for hacking targets. Experts believe North Korea's AI capabilities are robust enough for more precise attacks on South Korea.

Tight-Lipped Agency's Next Move in Wake of $7.5M Scam Could Be TellingRumors are swirling about how the Department of Health and Human Services lost about $7.5 million in grant payments through a series of cyberattacks last year, including speculation over whether the incidents involved sophisticated AI-augmented spear-phishing or more commonplace fraud schemes.

The company hasn't acknowledged responsibility for the incident, although allowing scraping paves the way for dangerous follow-on attacks.

And there were an additional 3,000 comments posted to the Dark Web about the sale of stolen ChatGPT accounts.

The effort will train 100 women in technology and cybersecurity around artificial intelligence concepts.

Kaspersky said cybercriminals are exploring schemes to implement ChatGPT in malware development

The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that artificial intelligence (AI) tools will have an adverse near-term impact on cybersecurity, helping escalate the threat of ransomware. [...]

The startup, which announced $5 million in seed funding, secures enterprises against the risks generative AI brings.

With the rush to adopt large language models, companies have not thought through all of the security implications to their businesses. Two groups of researchers tackle the questions.

McKinsey Predicts up to 15% Profit Increase, Gen AI Use in All Areas of BankingBloomberg, JPMC, European Central Bank, Morgan Stanley, NASDAQ, HDFC ERGO and Commonwealth Bank Australia are harnessing gen AI to enhance productivity and customer experience. Gen AI has the potential to reshape job roles, redefine customer interactions and create new business models.

The National Cyber Security Centre claims in a new report that AI will increase volume and impact of ransomware attacks

That means Brit spies want the ability to do exactly that, huh? The idea that AI could generate super-potent and undetectable malware has been bandied about for years – and also already debunked. However, an article published today by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) suggests there is a "realistic possibility" that by 2025, the most sophisticated attackers’ tools will improve markedly thanks to AI models informed by data describing successful cyber-hits.…

British Lawmakers Call on Government to Boost Protections From AI ScamsGenerative artificial intelligence-enabled ransomware and nation-state hacks in the United Kingdom are "almost certainly" likely to surge after this year, the National Cyber Security Center warned. And British lawmakers called on the government to roll out measures to prevent AI scams.

Study Looks at Impact of AI on Tasks Requiring Visual ProcessingArtificial intelligence may not steal our jobs just yet, but only because humans are currently cheaper to employ. Many of the human jobs that could be replaced with AI are not "economically beneficial" to automate - at least for now - say researchers at MIT.

An exposed Trello API allows linking private email addresses with Trello accounts, enabling the creation of millions of data profiles containing both public and private information. [...]

The tantalizing promise of true artificial intelligence, or at least decent machine learning, has whipped into a gallop large organizations not built for speed.

The nation's new AI council will be responsible for developing policies and strategies related to research, infrastructure, and investments in AI.