A Military-Type Explosive Sent Via USB Drive (gbhackers.com) ⚡ So far, USB-Killer devices were used by attackers (or pentesters) to disable or destroy devices with USB interfaces by discharging a high power electrical shock into the data lines of the USB port. ❗ If you find a USB stick somewhere: Do not plug it into…
Voice and video as a means of identification can no longer be considered as secure! Let me predict, that the threat of impersonation through deepfakes and AI generated content will be one of the next big things. They will be used for fraudulent activities or for attempts to manipulate the public opinion. We need new…
Maximilian Hedrich – Post | LinkedIn An example of what AI already is able to deliver today. We will need to deal with the issue of authenticity of voice and video in a AI driven future in a different way, than we did up to now. It’s not a question of “Will this technology be…
What is the role of us security professionals when it comes to AI powered systems?
There was an interesting article published about Bing’s AI chat bot using a LLM (Large Language Model) this weekend in the New York Times. A clear recommendation for reading:Why a Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled – The New York Times
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) informs about a wave of DDoS attacks against websites of mainly airports as well as from the financial sector and the government, which happened last week. Post of BSI on LinkedIn
This post is a great example, that a spear phishing attack also works in the offline world. It does not always have to be an e-mail! Thank you to Marc Torke for sharing this. The letter in the picture is claiming to come from an official German court and was sent to a newly founded…
AI can track the time you spend on your phone during work. The post below shows an interesting demonstration of the technical capabilities. From my point of view, these kind of AI applications will be and should be a focus of a broad public discussion in the near future. AI applications will offer great opportunities,…
Are the bad guys using AI? They might! AI tools like ChatGPT or DALL-E-2 are currently widely tested out on the internet – both for the good as well as for the bad. From my point of view, we are at the very beginning of an interesting development, which will unfold over the next couple…