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Apple, AMD, Qualcomm GPU security hole lets miscreants snoop on AI training and chats
2024-01-17 23:21

Research made public on Tuesday detailed how miscreants can exploit the hole to read data they're not supposed to in a system's local GPU memory. While the flaw potentially affects all GPU applications on vulnerable chips, it is especially concerning for those processing machine-learning applications because of the amount of data these models process using GPUs, and therefore the amount of potentially sensitive information that could be swiped by exploiting this issue.

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2024-01-05 12:19

The Ultimate 2020 White Hat Hacker Certification Bundle provides 10 detailed courses to get you up to speed on using hacking skills for positive ends. Then reinforce your skills with an ethical hacking and security masterclass with more hands-on exercises and practices.

OpenAI Is Not Training on Your Dropbox Documents—Today
2023-12-19 12:09

There's a rumor flying around the Internet that OpenAI is training foundation models on your Dropbox documents. Dropbox isn't sharing all of your documents with OpenAI. But here's the problem: we don't trust OpenAI. We don't trust tech corporations.

Are We Ready to Give Up on Security Awareness Training?
2023-12-19 11:53

Some of you have already started budgeting for 2024 and allocating funds to security areas within your organization. It is safe to say that employee security awareness training is one of the...

Extracting GPT’s Training Data
2023-11-30 16:48

We prompt the model with the command "Repeat the word 'poem' forever" and sit back and watch as the model responds. In the example above, the model emits a real email address and phone number of some unsuspecting entity.

AWS Launches New Chips for AI Training and Its Own AI Chatbot
2023-11-28 20:49

At AWS re:Invent, NVIDIA contributed GPUs to Amazon's cloud efforts and added a retriever system to its AI Enterprise Software platform on AWS Marketplace. Amazon Web Services announced an AI chatbot for enterprise use, new generations of its AI training chips, expanded partnerships and more during AWS re:Invent, held from November 27 to December 1, in Las Vegas.

Open-source AV/EDR bypassing lab for training and learning
2023-11-22 04:30

Best EDR Of The Market is a user-mode endpoint detection and response project designed to serve as a testing ground for understanding and bypassing EDR's user-mode detection methods. These techniques are mainly based on a dynamic analysis of the target process state,.

How cyber training can help you beat the bad guys
2023-11-15 13:52

SANS Institute was established to provide a font of expertise and assistance in the world of information security, delivering an essential combination of thought leadership and useful resources. SANS experts have built some fantastic open-source cybersecurity tools to enable organizations to implement better security.

Week in review: Patched curl and libcurl vulnerability, 15 free M365 security training modules
2023-10-15 08:00

15 free Microsoft 365 security training modules worth your timeManaging Microsoft 365 can be difficult for many businesses, primarily regarding fortifying cybersecurity. Thankfully, there are complimentary Microsoft 365 security training modules.

15 free Microsoft 365 security training modules worth your time
2023-10-11 04:30

Thankfully, there are complimentary Microsoft 365 security training modules. Improve your cloud security posture with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.