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In the field of threat intelligence there are specific ways in which AI tools are showing huge promise for cybersecurity teams, including in lifting the lid on dark web threats. There is a role for AI in gathering data from the dark web, applying structure to it, and ultimately turning it into intelligence that organizations can use to inform their security strategy.

After first announcing onboard AI in January, Samsung expanded what it's calling the Galaxy AI ecosystem on July 10 at the Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris. Samsung's two newest phones are the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6, both of which use Google's Gemini AI for translation, creative features and cosmetic changes.

The US Justice Department has seized two US-based domains used by Russian threat actors to create fake profiles on X that would spread disinformation in the United States and abroad. This bot farm was created and operated via Meliorator, an AI-enhanced software package. "Development of the social media bot farm was organized by an individual identified in Russia. In early 2022, Individual A worked as the deputy editor-in-chief at RT, a state-run Russian news organization based in Moscow," the DoJ claims.

The FBI and cybersecurity agencies in Canada and the Netherlands say they have taken down an almost 1,000-strong Twitter bot farm set up by Russian state-run RT News that used generative AI to spread disinformation to Americans and others. The international crime busters seized two web domains and 968 X accounts that were integral parts of the bot farm, the US Department of Justice said in a statement Tuesday.

Almost a thousand Twitter accounts controlled by a large bot farm pushing Russian propaganda and domains used to register the bots were taken down in a joint international law enforcement...

4 key steps to building an incident response planIn this Help Net Security interview, Mike Toole, head of security and IT at Blumira, discusses the components of an effective security incident response strategy and how they work together to ensure organizations can address cybersecurity issues. Maintaining human oversight in AI-enhanced software developmentIn this Help Net Security interview, Martin Reynolds, Field CTO at Harness, discusses how AI can enhance the security of software development and deployment.

Over the past six months, there has been a notable surge in Android financial threats - malware targeting victims' mobile banking funds, whether in the form of 'traditional' banking malware or, more recently, cryptostealers, according to ESET. Vidar infostealer targets Windows users. Infostealing malware can now be found impersonating generative AI tools, and new mobile malware GoldPickaxe is capable of stealing facial recognition data to create deepfake videos used by the malware's operators to authenticate fraudulent financial transactions.

78% of organizations are tracking AI as an emerging risk while simultaneously adopting the technology themselves, according to AuditBoard. The report, based on a survey of over 400 security professionals in the US involved in their organization's approach to cybersecurity and digital risk, reveals organizations are making significant strides in digital risk management compared to previous years.

Brazil's data protection authority, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD), has temporarily banned Meta from processing users' personal data to train the company's artificial intelligence...

Recently the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) unveiled a new strategy for open-source intelligence (OSINT) and referred to OSINT as the “INT of first resort”. Public and...