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U.S. House Leaders Unveil Bipartisan Strategy for AI Governance and Innovation

On Tuesday, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries received the final report from the bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, which outlines essential principles and recommendations to bolster American leadership in AI.
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Cryptocurrency hackers stole $2.2 billion from platforms in 2024

$2.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from various platforms in 2024, Chainalysis’ 2025 Crypto Crime Report has revealed. Of that sum, $1.34 billion was stolen by North Korea-affiliated hackers, across 47 hacking incidents (out of 303). Most targeted organizations Between 2021 and 2023, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms were the primary targets of crypto hacks, but in Q2 and Q3 2024, centralized services were the most targeted. Funds stolen between January and November 2024 – … More → The post Cryptocurrency hackers stole $2.2 billion from platforms in 2024 appeared first on Help Net Security.
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NETSCOUT uses AI/ML technology to secure critical IT infrastructure

NETSCOUT updates its Arbor Edge Defense (AED) and Arbor Enterprise Manager (AEM) products as part of its Adaptive DDoS Protection Solution to combat AI-enabled DDoS threats and protect critical IT infrastructure. DDoS threats and protect critical IT infrastructure. NETSCOUT’s DDoS Threat Intelligence Report noted that application-layer and volumetric attacks have increased by over 43% and 30%, respectively. DDoS-for-hire services have also increased in number and sophistication, making attacks easier to launch. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure … More → The post NETSCOUT uses AI/ML technology to secure critical IT infrastructure appeared first on Help Net Security.
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CISA orders federal agencies to secure their Microsoft cloud environments

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a binding operational directive (BOD 25-01) requiring federal civilian agencies to secure their (Microsoft) cloud environments. About the CISA BOD 25-01 directive The Implementing Secure Practices for Cloud Services directive sets out three deadlines for the agencies: By February 21, 2025, they have to identify all cloud tenants within the scope of the directive and report to CISA. By April 25th, 2025, they must deploy … More → The post CISA orders federal agencies to secure their Microsoft cloud environments appeared first on Help Net Security.
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How KMM Created the World of Furiosa with Dell Technologies & NVIDIA

See how AI and Dell Technologies brought ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ to life with stunning visuals, smarter planning and seamless data handling for a groundbreaking production.
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Legit Security provides insights into the enterprise’s secrets posture

Legit Security announced enhancements to its secrets scanning product. Available as either a stand-alone product or as part of a broader ASPM platform, Legit released a new secrets dashboard for an integrated view of all findings and recovery actions taken to remediate secrets. In addition, Legit released new discovery and remediation capabilities for secrets found within developers’ personal GitHub repositories. Secrets – from API keys and tokens to credentials and PII – play a vital … More → The post Legit Security provides insights into the enterprise’s secrets posture appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Command Injection Exploit For PHPUnit before 4.8.28 and 5.x before 5.6.3 [Guest Diary], (Tue, Dec 17th)

[This is a Guest Diary by Sahil Shaikh, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program]
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How Liberty Mutual plugged generative AI into everyday work

Around 1 in 4 employees are using the company’s internal, non-public version of ChatGPT, saving an average of 1.5 hours per week.
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Ukrainian hacker gets prison for infostealer operations

Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for one count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. According to court documents, he conspired to operate the Raccoon Infostealer as a malware-as-a-service (MaaS). Individuals who deployed Raccoon Infostealer to steal data from victims leased access to the malware for approximately $200 per month, paid for by cryptocurrency. These individuals used various ruses, such as email phishing, to install the malware onto the … More → The post Ukrainian hacker gets prison for infostealer operations appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Netwrix 1Secure enhances protection against data and identity access risks

Netwrix released a new version of its SaaS platform, Netwrix 1Secure. The latest version builds on its existing security monitoring functionality with more robust access rights assessment and expanded security auditing capabilities to overcome the lack of control when relying only on native security tools in Microsoft 365. Netwrix 1Secure helps customers promote a secure IT environment with the following added functionality: Risky permissions identification in SharePoint Online. Reporting on permissions provides actionable insights to … More → The post Netwrix 1Secure enhances protection against data and identity access risks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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