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In this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:
Main Topics:
Russia, China and North Korea are using ChatGPT to influence you — here’s how. A new report from OpenAI found foreign adversaries are increasingly using artificial intelligence to power hacking and influencing operations. The report found they were using OpenAI’s popular tool ChatGPT. The report showed those adversaries include Russia, China and North Korea. “AI-enabled attacks are becoming more capable and harder to detect,” Daryl Lim, affiliate at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence at Penn State University, told Straight Arrow News. “Adversaries can personalize attacks, evade filters and iterate faster than before.”
- The Case for AI Loss of Control Response Planning and an Outline to Get Started
- Can Humans Devise Practical Safeguards That Are Reliable Against an Artificial Superintelligent Agent?
The true cost of cyber attacks – and the business weak spots that allow them to happen. What makes companies like Jaguar Land Rover and Marks & Spencer particularly vulnerable is the way in which their supply chains work.
- UK NCSC: UK experiencing four ‘nationally significant’ cyber attacks every week
- Cyber attack contingency plans should be put on paper, firms told
- Policyholder Plot Twist: Cyber Insurer Sues Policyholder’s Cyber Pros
- The Ransomware Pricing Paradox: An Empirical Study of the Six Stages of Ransomware Negotiations. PDF
- Paying off cyber criminals no guarantee stolen data won’t be published – study
Severe Weather: Hurricane Season continues
18 Oct: No Kings nationwide protests
Quick Hits:
- Peace in Israel and Gaza?
- Sen. Peters tries another approach to extend expired cyber threat information-sharing law & Peters & Rounds Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Restore Critical Cybersecurity Protections
- Yet another shutdown and its impact on cybersecurity professionals
- Experts: Shutdown Strains Healthcare Cyber Defenses
- Is the government shutdown impacting info sharing for healthcare cyber threats?
- ICYMI! Gate 15 Weekly Security Sprint EP 130. The Evangelist has returned! Cybersecurity Awareness Month and more!
- Poland says cyberattacks on critical infrastructure rising, blames Russia
- Anatomy of a Hacktivist Attack: Russian-Aligned Group Targets OT/ICS
- Critical networks face unprecedented threat as DDoS attacks are getting shorter and more intense
- Belgian PM reported to be among targets of ‘jihad-inspired’ drone plot
- Oracle E-Business Suite Zero-Day Exploited in Widespread Extortion Campaign
Read more about Gate 15’s full podcast menu at our Podcast page. You can subscribe and enjoy all the Gate 15 Podcasts on Spotify for Podcasters, Apple, Spotify, as well as other locations accessible from the Spotify for Podcasters link. Week-to-week, you can hear and learn more about our all-hazards threats, risks, mitigation and other issues impacting homeland security risk management from our team as well as our regular and special guests. The full podcast menu includes:
- The Security Sprint is our weekly rundown of the week’s notable all-hazards security news, risks and threats and some of the key focus areas for organizations to consider behind the headlines. Gate 15 team members discuss physical security, cybersecurity, natural hazards, health threats and other issues across our environment.
- Nerd Out! Security Panel Discussion, moderated by Dave Pounder, focuses on physical security topics including terrorism, extremism, hostile events, and other pertinent topics.
- The Gate 15 Interview, is a monthly interview between Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour and guests from throughout the homeland security risk management community addressing a wide range of all-hazards topics and issues.
- The Cybersecurity Evangelist, with Jennifer Lyn Walker, is a cybersecurity-focused discussion with Jen and invited guests. This is presently a Gate 15 special podcast and occasionally is updated on our Gate 15 podcast channel.
- Venue Security, The IAVM Podcast Series was a 2024 limited series podcast as Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour hosted a series of short interviews with venue safety and security experts from the International Association of Venue Managers’ (IAVM) Venue Safety and Security Committee (VSSC) and other special guests from the IAVM community.
- The Risk Roundtable, was a monthly discussion among our team and occasional guests exploring the all-hazards threats and risks impacting the United States and internationally. This was suspended in September 2023.
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