Cybersecurity

Self-Propagating Worm Created to Target Generative AI Systems

Researchers have developed a computer worm that targets generative AI (GenAI) applications to potentially spread malware and steal personal data. The new paper details the worm dubbed “Morris II,” which targets GenAI ecosystems through the use of adversarial self-replicating prompts, leading to GenAI systems delivering payloads to other agents. Once unleashed, the worm is stored […]

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Smaller businesses embrace GenAI, overlook security measures – Help Net Security

Organizations are feeling the pressure to rush into generative AI (GenAI) tool usage, despite significant security concerns, according to Zscaler. More than 900 global IT decision makers, although 89% of organizations consider GenAI tools like ChatGPT to be a potential security risk, 95% are already using them in some guise within their businesses. GenAI-related security […]

Cybersecurity

OpenAI Reveals ChatGPT Is Being DDoS-ed

ChatGPT developer OpenAI has admitted the cause of intermittent outages across its flagship generative AI offering over the past day: distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. According to the developer’s status page, ChatGPT and its API have been suffering from “periodic outages” since around midday PST on November 8. The most recent update came at […]

Cybersecurity

Guide: How vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs Can Keep their Customers Safe from Gen AI Risks

Nov 08, 2023The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity Download the free guide, “It’s a Generative AI World: How vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs Can Keep their Customers Safe from Gen AI Risks.” ChatGPT now boasts anywhere from 1.5 to 2 billion visits per month. Countless sales, marketing, HR, IT executive, technical support, operations, finance and other […]