Sarah Gray Barr and Courtney Layton 6 mins ago GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — This Valentine’s Day, love is in the air, but the Better Business Bureau says romance scams are as well. The BBB says online dating and social media have made it easier for scammers to steal information and trick people into falling for...Read More

Last updated:February 14, 2024 16:40 EST | 2 min read United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler spoke about Bitcoin, stating that it is the leading market share for ransomware attacks. Despite the agency’s approval of 11 Spot Bitcoin ETFs earlier this year, Gensler has continued to express his disapproval of the asset...Read More

ChatGPT developer OpenAI said it teamed up with top investor Microsoft to thwart five “state-affiliated” cyber attacks. The cyber attacks, OpenAI said on Wednesday, came from two China-affiliated groups—Charcoal Typhoon and Salmon Typhoon—as well as from Iran-affiliated Crimson Sandstorm, North Korea-affiliated Emerald Sleet, and the Russia-affiliated Forest Blizzard. The groups attempted to use GPT-4 for...Read More

Lawmakers grilled the new head of the Arizona Department of Child Safety Wednesday during a lengthy debate over an audit of the agency as lawmakers ultimately decided to recommend reauthorizing the agency for just four years instead of the maximum 10.  As part of the periodic sunset process for state agencies, lawmakers are tasked with...Read More

Over the last month a number of interesting leaks have occurred within the ransomware-market ecosystem pertaining to the likes of BlackCat and Zeppelin. We saw some familiar names dominate the ransomware landscape in terms of volume and visibility, among them Play, BlackCat/AlphV, LockBit, Phobos (8base) and Akira. In this month’s update we also discuss some...Read More

US adversaries – chiefly Iran and North Korea, and to a lesser extent Russia and China – are beginning to use generative artificial intelligence to mount or organize offensive cyber operations, Microsoft said on Wednesday. Microsoft said it detected and disrupted, in collaboration with business partner OpenAI, many threats that used or attempted to exploit...Read More

By Pavan Duggal Today, the online ecosystem has become an integral part of our lives, with a lot of dependence on the digital space. Covid-19 became a catalyst for increasing our reliance on the internet. But at the same time, Covid-19 also pushed in new users to the cyberspace without sensitising them about cybersecurity ramifications...Read More

Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts, center, gave an incident briefing on a cyber attack that affected county computer systems. (FGTV) Cybercriminals have claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack that shut down many Fulton County computer systems, Commission Chairman Robb Pitts said in a briefing held Tuesday afternoon. “While our investigation remains ongoing, we do...Read More

Last year almost 4,000 people came forward to report cases of romance fraud, but not all of those targeted were women. At least 39 per cent of those who are duped are men, according to Action Fraud, the UK’s cyber-crime reporting centre, which is operated by the City of London Police. The majority of perpetrators are thought...Read More

Microsoft (MSFT) and OpenAI — which Microsoft owns a 49% stake in — have identified hacker groups from several countries that are using artificial intelligence models in their cyberattacks, drawing on colossal amounts of text to generate human-like responses. In a report released by Microsoft, the hackers came from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia,...Read More