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Artificial intelligence (AI) describes computer systems that perform tasks such as recognizing patterns, making predictions, understanding language, or generating content. In security reporting, the term commonly includes machine-learning models used for detection and analysis, as well as generative AI applications that produce text, code, images, or other outputs.
AI can help analyze security telemetry, prioritize vulnerabilities, and support investigations, but its outputs can be wrong or manipulated. Important attack surfaces include prompt injection that steers an application into unintended actions, sensitive data being exposed through prompts or model outputs, and excessive permissions granted to AI systems that use external tools. Models can also be degraded by poisoned training data or evaded with carefully crafted inputs. Practitioners should protect training and operational data, limit model access and tool permissions, test for adversarial behavior, and require appropriate human validation before high-impact decisions.
ChatGPT and the associated APIs have been affected by regular outages, citing DDoS attacks as the reason — the Anonymous Sudan group claimed responsibility.
Periodic outages began on November 8
NCSC warns of AI-generated scams in run-up to Christmas
During the last 24 hours, OpenAI has been addressing what it describes as "periodic outages" linked to DDoS attacks affecting its API and ChatGPT services. [...]
Don't worry, this half-baked Python script is for educational purposes onl-hahaha Infosec bods have detailed an underground cybersecurity tool dubbed Predator AI that not only can be used to compromise poorly secured cloud services and web apps, but has an optional chat-bot assistant that only kinda works.…
Security and data analytics company Sumo Logic disclosed a security breach after discovering that its AWS (Amazon Web Services) account was compromised last week. [...]
This integration reduces reliance on OpenAI’s API while streamlining the tool’s functionality
OpenAI's AI-powered ChatGPT large language model-based chatbot is down because of a major ongoing outage that also took down the company's Application Programming Interface (API). [...]
OpenAI's AI-powered ChatGPT large language model-based chatbot is down because of a major ongoing outage that also took down the company's Application Programming Interface (API). [...]
Download the free guide, "It's a Generative AI World: How vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs Can Keep their Customers Safe from Gen AI Risks." ChatGPT now boasts anywhere from 1.5 to 2 billion visits per month. Countless sales, marketing, HR, IT executive, technical support, operations, finance and other functions are feeding data prompts and queries into generative AI engines. They use these tools to write
Companies must recognize AI's utility, while setting clear boundaries to curtail unsafe utilization.
During its inaugural developer conference, OpenAI unveiled GPTs, short for Generative Pre-trained Transformers. These custom versions of ChatGPT are designed to be shaped by and for individual users, whether for recreational or professional use, and can be shared with others. [...]
ChatGPT: Productivity tool, great for writing poems, and… a security risk?! In this article, we show how threat actors can exploit ChatGPT, but also how defenders can use it for leveling up their game
With AI and publicly available data, cybercriminals have the resources they need to fake a real-life kidnapping and make you believe it.
APIs enable cloud transformation but bring security risks, demanding robust, adaptive strategies to safeguard data and operations.
Understanding API security risks isn't just a good idea — it's a business imperative. A single API breach can lead to financial losses and reputational damage.