AI models advancing offensive cyber skills

Researchers detail a years-long Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage campaign. Israel’s cyber chief warns against complacency. Vulnerabilities affect products from Fortinet and Hitachi Energy. Studies show AI models are rapidly improving at offensive cyber tasks. MITRE expands its D3FEND cybersecurity ontology to cover operational technology. Texas sues smart TV manufacturers, alleging illegal surveillance. A fraudulent gift card locks an Apple user out of their digital life. Our guest is Doron Davidson from CyberProof Israel discussing agentic SOCs and agentic transformation of an MDR. Fat racks crack the stacks.

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CyberWire Guest

On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by ⁠Doron Davidson⁠, GM at ⁠CyberProof⁠ Israel, MD Security Operations, discussing agentic SOC and agentic transformation of an MDR. If you’d like to learn more be sure to check out ⁠CyberProof⁠. Tune into the full conversation here.

Selected Reading

Amazon Exposes Years-Long GRU Cyber Campaign Targeting Energy and Cloud Infrastructure (Live Threat Intelligence)

IDF warns future cyberattacks may dwarf past threats (The Jerusalem Post)

CISA reports active exploitation of critical Fortinet authentication bypass flaw (Beyond Machines)

Hitachi Energy reports BlastRADIUS flaw in AFS, AFR and AFF Series product families (Beyond Machines)

AI models are perfecting their hacking skills (Axios)

AI Hackers Are Coming Dangerously Close to Beating Humans (WSJ)

MITRE Extends D3FEND Ontology to Operational Technology Cybersecurity (Mitre)

Texas sues biggest TV makers, alleging smart TVs spy on users without consent (Ars Technica)

Locked out: How a gift card purchase destroyed an Apple account (Apple Insider)

Racks of AI chips are too damn heavy (The Verge)

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