Evolving Threats and AI in Cybersecurity

Hacktivists respond to the arrest of Telegram’s CEO in France. Stealthy Linux malware stayed undetected for two years. Versa Networks patches a zero-day vulnerability. Google has patched its tenth zero-day vulnerability of 2024. Researchers at Arkose labs document Greasy Opal. A flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot allowed attackers to exfiltrate sensitive user data. Gafgyt targets crypto mining in cloud native environments. Microsoft investigates an Exchange Online message quarantine issue. Our guest is Bar Kaduri, research team leader at Orca Security talking about AI Goat, the first open source AI security learning environment based on the OWASP top 10 ML risks. Kentucky Prisoners Trick Tablets to Generate Fake Money. 

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CyberWire Guest

Our guest is Bar Kaduri, research team leader at Orca Security talking about AI Goat, the first open source AI security learning environment based on the OWASP top 10 ML risks. Available on GitHub, AI Goat is an intentionally vulnerable AI environment built in Terraform that includes numerous threats and vulnerabilities for testing and learning purposes. Learn more. 

Selected Reading

Arrest of Telegram CEO sparks cyberattacks against French websites (SC Media)

Unveiling sedexp: A Stealthy Linux Malware Exploiting udev Rules (AON)

Stealthy 'sedexp' Linux malware evaded detection for two years (Bleeping Computer)

Google tags a tenth Chrome zero-day as exploited this year (Bleeping Computer)

Versa fixes Director zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer)

Greasy Opal: Greasing the Skids for Cybercrime (Arkose Labs)

Microsoft Copilot Prompt Injection Vulnerability Let Hackers Exfiltrate Personal Data (Cyber Security News)

Gafgyt Botnet: Weak SSH Passwords Targeted For GPU Mining (Security Boulevard)

Microsoft: Exchange Online mistakenly tags emails as malware (Bleeping Computer)

Kentucky prisoners hack state-issued computer tablets to digitally create $1M. How’d they do it? (Union Bulletin)

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