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From precisely spotting security vulnerabilities in your code, to writing an essay or an entire block of functional code on a whim, to opening portals to another dimension, OpenAI's newly launched ChatGPT is a game changer with its possibilities seeming limited only by your limitedness. Last week, OpenAI research labs unveiled ChatGPT, a chat bot that works from within your web browser-akin to the ones you've seen on websites offering customer support chat.
A LockBit 3.0 ransomware affiliate is using phishing emails that install the Amadey Bot to take control of a device and encrypt devices. The Amadey Bot malware is an old strain capable of performing system reconnaissance, data exfiltration, and payload loading.
The Amadey malware is being used to deploy LockBit 3.0 ransomware on compromised systems, researchers have warned. The document contains a malicious VBA macro that, when enabled by the victim, runs a PowerShell command to download and run Amadey.
According to Gcore, in 2022, the number and volume of DDoS attacks will roughly double compared to 2021. Rew, which business sectors are being attacked more often than others in 2022?
He likens prompt injection attacks to SQL injection, which can deliver sensitive information to an attacker if they input malicious code into a field that doesn't sanitize data. Days after Willison's blog post, Twitter users attacked a GPT-3 bot designed to help run remote jobs called Remoteli.io, tricking it into doing things like taking responsibility for the Challenge space shuttle disaster, threatening Twitter users or proposing an overthrow of the Biden administration if it doesn't support remote work.
How can you protect your APIs from bots and bot attacks? Keep reading to learn effective ways for API bot detection and protection. Why is the risk of bot cyberattacks on APIs so high and common? 40% of organizations reported that more than half of their applications are exposed to third-party services or the internet owing to APIs.
The Cyber Department of the Ukrainian Security Service dismantled two more bot farms that spread Russian disinformation on social networks and messaging platforms via thousands of fake accounts. To hide his identity, he used forged Ukrainian documents, Russian e-mail services, and virtual phone numbers of Russian and Belarusian mobile operators for verification.
Imperva releases data showing that 25% of all gambling sites were hit with DDoS attacks executed by botnets in June. As the Wimbledon tennis tournament began at the end of June, DDoS attacks increased and impacted 10% of gambling sites.
Russia's military has praised civilian grade Chinese-made drones and robots for having performed well on the battlefield, leading their manufacturers to point out the equipment is not intended or sold for military purposes. "When assembling the M-81, Chinese technologies are used, the cost is 1 million rubles. The company plans to launch production in Russia," reported Russian tech media source iXBT. In late July, Unitree tweeted that it "Opposes any form of refit and behavior that is harmful or potentially harmful for human beings" and that it only manufactures and sells civilian products.
The Ukrainian cyber police has shut down a massive bot farm of 1,000,000 bots used to spread disinformation on social networks. The messages spread by the bots were in line with Russian propaganda, so the operators of the disinformation machine are believed to be members of the Russian special services.