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Accelerate essential cyber hygiene for your small business

Think you’re too small to experience a cyber attack? That’s not the case. In fact, cyber threat actors (CTAs) are increasingly setting their sights on small businesses. If successful, their attack attempts can be devastating. Fortunately, the Center for Internet Security released the “CIS Implementation Guide for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises.” It’s designed to help your small business rapidly adopt Implementation Group 1 (IG1), a subset of the CIS Critical Security Controls (CIS Controls). Let’s … More → The post Accelerate essential cyber hygiene for your small business appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/8802, (Tue, Jan 9th)

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Use of AI comes with new security threats. Agencies will need innovative strategies to protect their AI models

By next year, 75% of government agencies will have launched at least three enterprise-wide initiatives for AI-assisted automation, according to Deloitte. And 60% of agency investments in AI and data analytics will be designed to have a direct impact on real-time operational decisions and outcomes, Deloitte says.
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McAfee Project Mockingbird defends users against AI-generated scams and disinformation

McAfee announced its AI-powered Deepfake Audio Detection technology, known as Project Mockingbird. This new, proprietary technology was developed to help defend consumers against the surging threat of cybercriminals utilizing fabricated, AI-generated audio to carry out scams that rob people of money and personal information, enable cyberbullying, and manipulate the public image of prominent figures. Increasingly sophisticated and accessible Generative AI tools have made it easier for cybercriminals to create highly convincing scams, such as using … More → The post McAfee Project Mockingbird defends users against AI-generated scams and disinformation appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Congressional leaders announce an agreement on spending levels, a key step to averting shutdown

Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on overall spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month.
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Suspicious Prometei Botnet Activity, (Sun, Jan 7th)

On the 31 Dec 2023, after trying multiple username/password combination, actor using IP 194.30.53.68 successfully loging to the honeypot and uploaded eight files where 2 of them are protected with a 7zip password (updates1.7z & updates2.7z). Some of  these files have been identified to be related to the Prometei trojan by Virustotal. The file sqhost.exe [6] was last found by Talos [7] used with the Prometei botnet as a trojan coin miner. 
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Week in review: 15 open-source cybersecurity tools, Patch Tuesday forecast

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Wi-Fi 7’s mission-critical role in enterprise, industrial networking In this Help Net Security interview, Tiago Rodrigues, CEO at Wireless Broadband Alliance, discusses the transformative world of Wi-Fi 7, exploring its features and the impact it promises to have on our digital landscape. Cybersecurity challenges emerge in the wake of API expansion In this Help Net Security interview, Vedran Cindric, CEO … More → The post Week in review: 15 open-source cybersecurity tools, Patch Tuesday forecast appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Soft robotic, wearable device improves walking for individual with Parkinson’s disease

Researchers have used a soft, wearable robot to help a person living with Parkinson’s walk without freezing. The robotic garment, worn around the hips and thighs, gives a gentle push to the hips as the leg swings, helping the patient achieve a longer stride. The device completely eliminated the participant’s freezing while walking indoors, allowing them to walk faster and further than they could without the garment’s help.
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