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Artificial Intelligence and the Attack/Defense Balance

Schneier on Security

Artificial intelligence technologies have the potential to upend the longstanding advantage that attack has over defense on the Internet. This has to do with the relative strengths and weaknesses of people and computers, how those all interplay in Internet security, and where AI technologies might change things.

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Experts Flag Security, Privacy Risks in DeepSeek AI App

Krebs on Security

New mobile apps from the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek have remained among the top three “free” downloads for Apple and Google devices since their debut on Jan. “Since this protection is disabled, the app can (and does) send unencrypted data over the internet.”

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Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity

Schneier on Security

In a world populated by artificial intelligence (AI) systems and artificial intelligent agents, integrity will be paramount. The CIA triad has evolved with the Internet. the Internet of today. When we talk about a system being secure, that’s what we’re referring to. What is data integrity?

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MY TAKE: Securing the Internet of Everything: why self-healing devices are the next frontier

The Last Watchdog

Were just getting started down the road to the Internet of Everything (IoE.) Perimeter-focused defenses must be retired and the focus must shift to where the action is — at the furthest edges of the internet, where billions of IoT sensors and controls are proliferating — with scan oversight.

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Cybercriminals Implemented Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Invoice Fraud

Security Affairs

Crooks created a new tool that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) for creating fraudulent invoices used for wire fraud and BEC. Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams.

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We are scared of Artificial Intelligence says OpenAI CEO

CyberSecurity Insiders

Forget all the innovations developed to date, like radio, TV, smartphone, computer, and internet; as we can gain a slew of benefits from the latest AI model GPT-4, as it can become the fastest growing consumer application in history, added Sam Altman.

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The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. AI Will Enable Mass Spying.

Schneier on Security

Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming. Surveillance has become the business model of the internet, and there’s no reasonable way for us to opt out of it. What was manual and individual has become bulk and mass. Spying is another matter.