AI 2023
DATE | NAME | Info | CATEG. | WEB |
29.9.24 | Microsoft: Windows Recall now can be removed, is more secure | Microsoft has announced security and privacy upgrades to its AI-powered Windows Recall feature, which now can be removed and has stronger default protection for user data and tighter access controls. | AI | |
26.9.24 | Hackers deploy AI-written malware in targeted attacks | While cybercriminals have used generative AI technology to create convincing emails, government agencies have warned about the potential abuse of AI tools to creating malicious software, despite the safeguards and restrictions that vendors implemented. | AI | |
26.9.24 | Generative AI Security: Getting ready for Salesforce Einstein Copilot | Salesforce's Einstein Copilot can provide insights and perform tasks help streamline daily processes. However, it also comes with risks that you should takes steps to mitigate. Learn more from Varonis on how to prepare for Salesforce Einstein Copilot, | AI | |
25.9.24 | ChatGPT macOS Flaw Could've Enabled Long-Term Spyware via Memory Function | A now-patched security vulnerability in OpenAI's ChatGPT app for macOS could have made it possible for attackers to plant long-term | AI | The Hacker News |
12.9.24 | Ireland's Watchdog Launches Inquiry into Google's AI Data Practices in Europe | The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced that it has commenced a "Cross-Border statutory inquiry" into Google's | AI | The Hacker News |
8.9.24 | Musician charged with $10M streaming royalties fraud using AI and bots | North Carolina musician Michael Smith was indicted for collecting over $10 million in royalty payments from Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music using AI-generated songs streamed by thousands of bots in a massive streaming fraud scheme. | AI | |
7.9.24 | Clearview AI fined €30.5 million for unlawful data collection | The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) on Clearview AI for unlawful data collection using facial recognition, including photos of Dutch citizens. | AI | |
4.9.24 | Clearview AI Faces €30.5M Fine for Building Illegal Facial Recognition Database | The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) against facial recognition firm | AI | The Hacker News |
17.8.24 | Google says it's focusing on privacy with Gemini AI on Android | Google says it is taking a privacy-minded approach to the integration of AI features like the Gemini assistant on Android devices, implementing end-to-end protection to secure data in transit while keeping the most sensitive data locally on the device. | AI | |
17.8.24 | OpenAI Blocks Iranian Influence Operation Using ChatGPT for U.S. Election Propaganda | OpenAI on Friday said it banned a set of accounts linked to what it said was an Iranian covert influence operation that leveraged | AI | The Hacker News |
13.8.24 | Researchers Uncover Vulnerabilities in AI-Powered Azure Health Bot Service | Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two security flaws in Microsoft's Azure Health Bot Service that, if exploited, could permit a | AI | The Hacker News |
9.8.24 | Fake AI editor ads on Facebook push password-stealing malware | A Facebook malvertising campaign targets users searching for AI image editing tools and steals their credentials by tricking them into installing fake apps that mimic legitimate software. | AI | |
27.7.24 | This AI-Powered Cybercrime Service Bundles Phishing Kits with Malicious Android Apps | A Spanish-speaking cybercrime group named GXC Team has been observed bundling phishing kits with malicious Android applications, | AI | The Hacker News |
18.7.24 | SAP AI Core Vulnerabilities Expose Customer Data to Cyber Attacks | Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered security shortcomings in SAP AI Core cloud-based platform for creating and deploying | AI | The Hacker News |
18.7.24 | Meta Halts AI Use in Brazil Following Data Protection Authority's Ban | Meta has suspended the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in Brazil after the country's data protection authority issued a | AI | The Hacker News |
13.7.24 | US disrupts AI-powered bot farm pushing Russian propaganda on X | Almost a thousand Twitter accounts controlled by a large bot farm pushing Russian propaganda and domains used to register the bots were taken down in a joint international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Justice Department. | AI | |
12.7.24 | U.S. Seizes Domains Used by AI-Powered Russian Bot Farm for Disinformation | The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it seized two internet domains and searched nearly 1,000 social media accounts that | ||
4.7.24 | Brazil Halts Meta's AI Data Processing Amid Privacy Concerns | Brazil's data protection authority, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD), has temporarily banned Meta from processing | AI | The Hacker News |
| 25.6.24 | Google Introduces Project Naptime for AI-Powered Vulnerability Research | Google has developed a new framework called Project Naptime that it says enables a large language model (LLM) to carry out | AI | The Hacker News |
| 16.6.24 | Microsoft removes Copilot app ‘incorrectly’ added on Windows PCs | Microsoft says it removed a Copilot app that was "incorrectly" added to Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems in April due to buggy Microsoft Edge updates. | AI | |
| 16.6.24 | Microsoft delays Windows Recall amid privacy and security concerns | Microsoft is delaying the release of its AI-powered Windows Recall feature to test and secure it further before releasing it in a public preview on Copilot+ PCs. | AI | |
| 14.6.24 | Microsoft Delays AI-Powered Recall Feature for Copilot+ PCs Amid Security Concerns | Microsoft on Thursday revealed that it's delaying the rollout of the controversial artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Recall feature for | AI | The Hacker News |
| 13.6.24 | New Attack Technique 'Sleepy Pickle' Targets Machine Learning Models | The security risks posed by the Pickle format have once again come to the fore with the discovery of a new "hybrid machine learning (ML) model exploitation technique" dubbed Sleepy Pickle. The attack | AI | The Hacker News |
| 13.6.24 | Apple enters AI arms race with new Apple Intelligence feature | Apple unveiled its new 'Apple Intelligence' feature today at its 2024 Worldwide Developer Conference, finally unveiling its generative AI strategy that will power new personalized experiences on Apple devices. | AI | |
| 12.6.24 | Apple Launches Private Cloud Compute for Privacy-Centric AI Processing | Apple has announced the launch of a "groundbreaking cloud intelligence system" called Private Cloud Compute (PCC) that's | AI | The Hacker News |
3.6.24 | AI platform Hugging Face says hackers stole auth tokens from Spaces | AI platform Hugging Face says that its Spaces platform was breached, allowing hackers to access authentication secrets for its members. | AI | |
| 3.6.24 | AI Company Hugging Face Detects Unauthorized Access to Its Spaces Platform | Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Hugging Face on Friday disclosed that it detected unauthorized access to its Spaces platform earlier | AI | The Hacker News |
31.5.24 | OpenAI, Meta, and TikTok Crack Down on Covert Influence Campaigns, Some AI-Powered | OpenAI on Thursday disclosed that it took steps to cut off five covert influence operations (IO) originating from China, Iran, Israel, | AI | The Hacker News |
26.5.24 | Experts Find Flaw in Replicate AI Service Exposing Customers' Models and Data | Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security flaw in an artificial intelligence (AI)-as-a-service provider Replicate that | AI | The Hacker News |
23.5.24 | Frustration grows over Google's AI Overviews feature, how to disable | Since Google enabled its AI-powered search feature, many people have tried and failed to disable the often incorrect AI Overviews feature in regular search results. However, there are ways to turn it off using a new "Web" search mode, which we explain in this article.. | AI | |
16.5.24 | Google Launches AI-Powered Theft and Data Protection Features for Android Devices | Google has announced a slew of privacy and security features in Android, including a suite of advanced protection features to help | AI | The Hacker News |
| 30.4.24 | U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure | The U.S. government has unveiled new security guidelines aimed at bolstering critical infrastructure against artificial intelligence | AI | The Hacker News |
| 22.4.24 | Microsoft Warns: North Korean Hackers Turn to AI-Fueled Cyber Espionage | Microsoft has revealed that North Korea-linked state-sponsored cyber actors has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make its | AI | The Hacker News |
| 13.4.24 | Malicious PowerShell script pushing malware looks AI-written | A threat actor is using a PowerShell script that was likely created with the help of an artificial intelligence system such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, or Microsoft's CoPilot. | AI | |
| 7.4.24 | Fake Facebook MidJourney AI page promoted malware to 1.2 million people | Hackers are using Facebook advertisements and hijacked pages to promote fake Artificial Intelligence services, such as MidJourney, OpenAI's SORA and ChatGPT-5, and DALL-E, to infect unsuspecting users with password-stealing malware. | AI | |
| 7.4.24 | AI-as-a-Service Providers Vulnerable to PrivEsc and Cross-Tenant Attacks | New research has found that artificial intelligence (AI)-as-a-service providers such as Hugging Face are susceptible to two critical risks | AI | The Hacker News |
| 27.3.24 | Google's new AI search results promotes sites pushing malware, scams | Google's new AI-powered 'Search Generative Experience' algorithms recommend scam sites that redirect visitors to unwanted Chrome extensions, fake iPhone giveaways, browser spam subscriptions, and tech support scams. | AI | BleepingComputer |
| 23.3.24 | GitHub’s new AI-powered tool auto-fixes vulnerabilities in your code | GitHub introduced a new AI-powered feature capable of speeding up vulnerability fixes while coding. This feature is in public beta and automatically enabled on all private repositories for GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) customers | AI | |
| 21.3.24 | GitHub Launches AI-Powered Autofix Tool to Assist Devs in Patching Security Flaws | GitHub on Wednesday announced that it's making available a feature called code scanning autofix in public beta for all Advanced Security customers to | AI | The Hacker News |
| 15.3.24 | Third-Party ChatGPT Plugins Could Lead to Account Takeovers | Cybersecurity researchers have found that third-party plugins available for OpenAI ChatGPT could act as a new attack surface for threat actors looking | AI | The Hacker News |
| 13.3.24 | Researchers Highlight Google's Gemini AI Susceptibility to LLM Threats | Google's Gemini large language model (LLM) is susceptible to security threats that could cause it to divulge system prompts, generate harmful | AI | The Hacker News |
| 10.3.24 | Google engineer caught stealing AI tech secrets for Chinese firms | The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced the unsealing of an indictment against Linwei (Leon) Ding, 38, a former software engineer at Google, suspected of stealing Google AI trade secrets for Chinese companies. | AI | |
| 7.3.24 | Ex-Google Engineer Arrested for Stealing AI Technology Secrets for China | The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the indictment of a 38-year-old Chinese national and a California resident of allegedly stealing | AI | |
| 5.3.24 | Over 225,000 Compromised ChatGPT Credentials Up for Sale on Dark Web Markets | More than 225,000 logs containing compromised OpenAI ChatGPT credentials were made available for sale on underground markets between | AI | The Hacker News |
| 4.3.24 | Over 100 Malicious AI/ML Models Found on Hugging Face Platform | As many as 100 malicious artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) models have been discovered in the Hugging Face platform. These include | AI | The Hacker News |
| 3.3.24 | Brave browser launches privacy-focused AI assistant on Android | Brave Software is the next company to jump into AI, announcing a new privacy-preserving AI assistant called "Leo" is rolling out on the Android version of its browser through the latest release, version 1.63. | AI | |
| 3.3.24 | Malicious AI models on Hugging Face backdoor users’ machines | At least 100 instances of malicious AI ML models were found on the Hugging Face platform, some of which can execute code on the victim's machine, giving attackers a persistent backdoor. | AI | |
| 28.2.24 | New Hugging Face Vulnerability Exposes AI Models to Supply Chain Attacks | Cybersecurity researchers have found that it's possible to compromise the Hugging Face Safetensors conversion service to ultimately hijack the | AI | The Hacker News |
| 18.2.24 | OpenAI blocks state-sponsored hackers from using ChatGPT | OpenAI has removed accounts used by state-sponsored threat groups from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia, that were abusing its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. | AI | |
| 17.2.24 | Google Open Sources Magika: AI-Powered File Identification Tool | Efficient communication is a cornerstone of business success. Internally, making sure your team communicates seamlessly helps you avoid friction | AI | The Hacker News |
| 15.2.24 | Microsoft, OpenAI Warn of Nation-State Hackers Weaponizing AI for Cyber Attacks | Nation-state actors associated with Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models | AI | The Hacker News |
| 1.2.24 | UK says AI will empower ransomware over the next two years | The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that artificial intelligence (AI) tools will have an adverse near-term impact on cybersecurity, helping escalate the threat of ransomware. | AI | |
31.1.24 | Italian Data Protection Watchdog Accuses ChatGPT of Privacy Violations | Italy's data protection authority (DPA) has notified ChatGPT-maker OpenAI of supposedly violating privacy laws in the region. "The available evidence pointed | AI | The Hacker News |
7.1.24 | NIST Warns of Security and Privacy Risks from Rapid AI System Deployment | The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is calling attention to the privacy and security challenges that arise as a result of | AI | The Hacker News |