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The title of this article probably sounds like the caption to a meme. Instead, this is an actual problem GitGuardian's engineers had to solve in implementing the mechanisms for their new HasMySecretLeaked service. They wanted to help developers find out if their secrets (passwords, API keys, private keys, cryptographic certificates, etc.) had found their way into public GitHub repositories. How

Also: Kronos Loses $25 Million via API Breach; Regulators Charge KrakenThis week's cryptocurrency hack roundup features hackers stealing $87 million from Heco, Kronos reporting $25 million stolen via an API breach, regulators filing charges against Kraken, feds charging three people with stealing $10 million as well as seizing $9 million tied to a pig butchering scam.

We detail the modular framework of malicious Chrome extensions that consist of various highly obfuscated components that leverage Google Chrome API to monitor, intercept, and exfiltrate victim data.

IBM joins Crowdstrike and Microsoft is releasing AI models to cloud-native SIEM platforms.

As organizations increasingly rely on AI-developed code, they must put guardrails in place to prevent major cybersecurity risks related to malicious code.

Ambitious Employees Tout New AI Tools, Ignore Serious SaaS Security RisksLike the SaaS shadow IT of the past, AI is placing CISOs and cybersecurity teams in a tough but familiar spot.  Employees are covertly using AI with little regard for established IT and cybersecurity review procedures. Considering ChatGPT’s meteoric rise to 100 million users within 60 days of launch, especially with little

Ex-Salesforce CEO Taylor to Chair Initial 3-Member Board, Altman, Brockman Kept OffThe nonprofit behind ChatGPT reinstated co-founder Sam Altman as its chief executive following a tumultuous 106 hours that saw OpenAI burn through two interim CEOs. Most of the board members responsible for firing Altman Friday gave up their director positions to get him back.

FTC Approves Use of Subpoena-Like Compulsory Measure For AI-Related ProbesThe Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to approve the use of civil investigative demands for investigations related to the use of artificial intelligence, after a White House executive order on AI tasked the commission with policing competition and protecting consumers.

Microsoft is now rolling out the Copilot AI assistant to eligible non-managed systems enrolled in the Windows Insider program and running Windows 10 22H2 Home and Pro editions. [...]

A Small Board Composed of Many Insiders Created the Conditions for a Shock FiringHaving a small board of directors composed largely of current employees left OpenAI with insufficient governance and oversight, creating the conditions for Sam Altman's firing. Technology or financial firms considering an investment in OpenAI should have demanded a more stable and competent board.

University of Jeddah partners with Resecurity to teach cybersecurity skills.

Researchers used machine learning to analyze Hungarian media reports and found Russian narratives soured the nation's perspective on EU sanctions and arms deliveries months before the Ukraine invasion.

Nearly All OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board That Fired Altman ResignsEmmett Shear's first move as OpenAI's third CEO in three days has been damage control with the AI firm's workers planning a mass exodus over the firing of CEO Sam Altman. But the course correction may be too little, too late as 95% of the staff is demanding that the board that fired Altman resigns.

Understanding the risks of generative AI and the specific defenses to build to mitigate those risks is vital for effective business and public use of GenAI.

Hackers Can Target Vulnerable Infrastructure to Take Over AI Models, Host SystemsNearly a dozen critical vulnerabilities in the technical infrastructure that companies use to build artificial intelligence models could allow hackers to access the tools and use them as gateways into the systems in which they are housed. Several of the 15 disclosed vulnerabilities are not patched.

Your business users are building Copilots and GPTs with your enterprise data. What can you do about it?

OpenAI Board Thwarts Altman's Return, Names Ex-Twitch Boss Emmett Shear Interim CEOOpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will lead a new advanced AI research team at Microsoft after OpenAI's board decided not to bring them back, Satya Nadella said. The nonprofit behind ChatGPT opted instead to name longtime Twitch CEO Emmett Shear as its new interim leader Sunday night.

Bitcoin wallets created between 2011 and 2015 are susceptible to a new kind of exploit called Randstorm that makes it possible to recover passwords and gain unauthorized access to a multitude of wallets spanning several blockchain platforms

OpenAI Storm: Something's Happening Here. What it is Ain't Exactly ClearSam Altman's abrupt exit from OpenAI has sent shockwaves rippling through Silicon Valley over this weekend, but of a variety very different than those that emanated from the recent collapses of FTX and SVB.