Intellectual property security covers protecting inventions, source code, designs, and trade secrets from theft, exposure, and unauthorized use.
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Intellectual property (IP) consists of creations and information protected by law or by their commercial value, including inventions, software, source code, designs, content, trademarks, and trade secrets. In security reporting, the focus is usually on confidential business knowledge and digital assets whose unauthorized disclosure, alteration, or use could undermine ownership or competitive advantage. Unlike registered patents or trademarks, trade secrets depend on maintaining secrecy through reasonable safeguards.
Relevant attack surfaces include code repositories, engineering and design systems, cloud storage, email, collaboration tools, suppliers, and endpoints used by employees or contractors. Practical controls include least-privilege access, strong authentication, encryption, repository and download logging, data-loss prevention, and prompt removal of access when roles change. Organizations should classify IP so controls match sensitivity, monitor unusual transfers, and preserve evidence when suspected theft occurs; legal, privacy, and contractual requirements may affect investigation and disclosure. Security teams should also account for IP exposure when assessing third-party and insider risks.
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For years, routing traffic through cloud proxies was good enough. Then work moved to the browser, AI entered the workflow, and the inspection model stopped keeping up
Apple Sues OpenAI Over Al Alleged Trade Secret TheftApple accused OpenAI of building its secretive new device with stolen trade secrets in a lawsuit demanding monetary damages and the return of stolen intellectual property. OpenAI's nascent hardware is "rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets," Apple alleged.
If an autonomous AI agent interacts with your company's core intellectual property today, can your security team instantly name the person who authorized it? For most enterprises, the answer is a simple no
OpenAI has disclosed that two of its employee devices in its corporate environment were impacted via the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack on TanStack, but noted that no user data, production systems, or intellectual property were compromised or modified in an unauthorized manner
The decentralized intellectual property platform Unleash Protocol has lost around $3.9 million worth of cryptocurrency after someone executed an unauthorized contract upgrade that allowed asset withdrawals. [...]
Pharmaceutical companies typically have more mature cyber programs than other healthcare factions, but these firms also face unique risks involving their large attack surfaces, complex manufacturing, supply chains and sensitive intellectual property, said Joshua Mullen of Booz Allen Hamilton.
FBI and others list how to spot NK infiltrators, but AI will make it harder RSAC Concerned a new recruit might be a North Korean stooge out to steal intellectual property and then hit an org with malware? There is an answer, for the moment at least.…
Focus on Pre-Breach Resilience and Post-Breach Recovery Via Mapping DependenciesBy acquiring vArmour’s intellectual property, Phoenix 24 will enhance its recovery services with advanced application visualization and dependency mapping. CEO Mark Grazman said the move will streamline recovery processes during ransomware attacks and improve organizational readiness.
Report Reveals North Korean Workers Expanding into Intellectual Property TheftNorth Korean threat actors posing as remote information technology workers are increasingly extorting ransom from Western companies after securing jobs under false pretenses, according to a new report from Secureworks' counter threat unit.
North Korean information technology (IT) workers who obtain employment under false identities in Western companies are not only stealing intellectual property, but are also stepping up by demanding ransoms in order to not leak it, marking a new twist to their financially motivated attacks
Strategies for securing intellectual property in AI systems Webinar As enterprises increasingly incorporate AI, the challenge of protecting private intellectual property (IP) often becomes more difficult.…
Protect your enterprise data while leveraging AI models Webinar As organizations adopt AI technologies, safeguarding private intellectual property (IP) has become more challenging.…
Good risk management is necessary to protect customers, ensure operational continuity, safeguard intellectual property, and maintain fiscal responsibility.
Knowledge institutions with legacy infrastructure, limited resources, and digitized intellectual property must protect themselves from sophisticated and destructive cyberattacks.
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), which handles registration of businesses and intellectual property rights for the nation, called the breach "isolated."
Wing Security announced today that it now offers free discovery and a paid tier for automated control over thousands of AI and AI-powered SaaS applications. This will allow companies to better protect their intellectual property (IP) and data against the growing and evolving risks of AI usage
In today's digital landscape, around 60% of corporate data now resides in the cloud, with Amazon S3 standing as the backbone of data storage for many major corporations. Despite S3 being a secure service from a reputable provider, its pivotal role in handling vast amounts of sensitive data (customer personal information, financial data, intellectual property, etc.), provides a juicy target for
LUCR-3 overlaps with groups such as Scattered Spider, Oktapus, UNC3944, and STORM-0875 and is a financially motivated attacker that leverages the Identity Provider (IDP) as initial access into an environment with the goal of stealing Intellectual Property (IP) for extortion. LUCR-3 targets Fortune 2000 companies across various sectors, including but not limited to Software, Retail, Hospitality,
Content creators want to protect their intellectual property from AI by poisoning data. Could this destroy the machine learning ecosystem?
Snoopers Charter: Dead cows don't snitch Opinion Information wants to be free. This usefully ambiguous battle cry has been the mischievous slogan of hackers since early networking thinker Stuart Brand coined it in the early 1980s. Intended as part of a discussion about the inherent contradictions of intellectual property, it has bestowed irony in many other places since.…