The FBI and CISA dismiss false claims of compromised voter registration data. The State Department accuses RT of running global covert influence operations. Chinese hackers are suspected of targeting a Pacific Islands diplomatic organization. A look at Apple’s Private Cloud Compute system. 23andMe will pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit over a 2023 data breach. SolarWinds releases patches for vulnerabilities in its Access Rights Manager. Browser kiosk mode frustrates users into giving up credentials. Brian Krebs reveals the threat of growing online “harm communities.” Our guest is Elliot Ward, Senior Security Researcher at Snyk, sharing insights on prompt injection attacks. How theoretical is the Dead Internet Theory?
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Our guest is Elliot Ward, Senior Security Researcher at Snyk, sharing insights on their recent work "Agent Hijacking: the true impact of prompt injection attacks."
Selected Reading
FBI tells public to ignore false claims of hacked voter data (Bleeping Computer)
Russia’s RT news agency has ‘cyber operational capabilities,’ assists in military procurement, State Dept says (The Record)
The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’ (Krebs on Security)
China suspected of hacking diplomatic body for Pacific islands region (The Record)
Apple Intelligence Promises Better AI Privacy. Here’s How It Actually Works (WIRED)
Apple seeks to drop its lawsuit against Israeli spyware pioneer NSO (Washington Post)
23andMe settles data breach lawsuit for $30 million (Reuters)
SolarWinds Patches Critical Vulnerability in Access Rights Manager (SecurityWeek)
Malware locks browser in kiosk mode to steal Google credentials (Bleeping Computer)
Is anyone out there? (Prospect Magazine)
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