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AI and Civil Service Purges
2025-02-14 13:03

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s chaotic approach to reform is upending government operations. Critical functions have been halted, tens of thousands of federal staffers are being encouraged to...

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AI-Powered Social Engineering: Ancillary Tools and Techniques
2025-02-14 11:00

Social engineering is advancing fast, at the speed of generative AI. This is offering bad actors multiple new tools and techniques for researching, scoping, and exploiting organizations. In a...

AI and Security - A New Puzzle to Figure Out
2025-02-13 11:00

AI is everywhere now, transforming how businesses operate and how users engage with apps, devices, and services. A lot of applications now have some Artificial Intelligence inside, whether...

How to Steer AI Adoption: A CISO Guide
2025-02-12 11:20

CISOs are finding themselves more involved in AI teams, often leading the cross-functional effort and AI strategy. But there aren’t many resources to guide them on what their role should look like...

CEOs must act now to embrace AI or risk falling behind
2025-02-12 04:00

While 4 out of 5 CEOs recognize AI’s potential, many worry gaps in their understanding will impact strategic decisions, risking missed opportunities and falling behind competitors, according to...

Google Confirms Android SafetyCore Enables AI-Powered On-Device Content Classification
2025-02-11 15:13

Google has stepped in to clarify that a newly introduced Android System SafetyCore app does not perform any client-side scanning of content. "Android provides many on-device protections that...

Microsoft raises rewards for Copilot AI bug bounty program
2025-02-10 15:00

​Microsoft announced over the weekend that it has expanded its Microsoft Copilot (AI) bug bounty program and increased payouts for moderate severity vulnerabilities. [...]

February 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: New directions for AI development
2025-02-10 06:00

The new year has started with a whirlwind of activity, and one of the hottest topics in the news is the increasing emphasis on AI. DeepSeek ad Stargate DeepSeek took the world by storm as millions...

Political campaigns struggle to balance AI personalization and voter privacy
2025-02-10 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Mateusz Łabuz, researcher at the IFSH, discusses the balance between using AI for personalized political campaigns and protecting voter privacy. Łabuz also...

IT Teams Worry About Increasing Cost of Cyber Tools From AI Features, While Criminals Barely Use Them
2025-02-07 19:08

Most IT leaders believe generative AI will increase the cost of their security tools, according to Sophos research. But, by the looks of cyber crime forums, hackers are barely using AI.