#Cyber attacks

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Eva Vlaardingerbroek on the predictive programming about cyber attacks. 🤔

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World Economic Forum

It's here and it's funny how all their predictions are happening.

They said, Cyber Attacks, It's here.

Morgan and Morgan have a class action lawsuit and my doctor's clinic was just hacked.

Got my letter in the mail.

Of course, my husband and I are freaking the Fugg out.

You'll be happy to not own anything.

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Stay safe out there, everyone!

Another thing to consider is that this apparently happens every year throughout the month of June!

I’ve only just now heard about it and some of my friends mentioned it happens every year, so just be safe everyone and try to spread the word so those who don’t know yet will hopefully know soon.

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Eva Green in Liaison (2023) Storm Warning

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Gabriel accepts a mission to withdraw two Syrian hackers. Alison and Banks face escalating cyberattacks in London.

"Liaison" is a contemporary thriller that explores how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. The series blends action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.

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Dutch banks are poised to recommend their clients always keep cash money hidden at home, because of the risk that payment systems may be disrupted because of mounting geopolitical tensions. The Dutch central bank (DNB)said on Wednesday that the chance of a cyber attack on important infrastructure is increasing, particularly from Russia. If the digital payment system is disrupted, then people will no longer be able to pay for goods by bank card, or transfer money automatically. The central bank does not suggest how much cash people should keep at home, but says it will come with more detailed recommendations about the best way to organise your finances if there is a problem with the payment systems in the New Year. In Sweden households are recommended to keep enough cash for a week’s shopping at home, the Telegraaf said, which would be €167 for a two-person household.

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Deepfake misuse & deepfake detection (before it’s too late) - CyberTalk

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Deepfake misuse & deepfake detection (before it’s too late) - CyberTalk

Micki Boland is a global cyber security warrior and evangelist with Check Point’s Office of the CTO. Micki has over 20 years in ICT, cyber security, emerging technology, and innovation. Micki’s focus is helping customers, system integrators, and service providers reduce risk through the adoption of emerging cyber security technologies. Micki is an ISC2 CISSP and holds a Master of Science in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MBA with a global security concentration from East Carolina University.

In this dynamic and insightful interview, Check Point expert Micki Boland discusses how deepfakes are evolving, why that matters for organizations, and how organizations can take action to protect themselves. Discover on-point analyses that could reshape your decisions, improving cyber security and business outcomes. Don’t miss this.

Can you explain how deepfake technology works? 

Deepfakes involve simulated video, audio, and images to be delivered as content via online news, mobile applications, and through social media platforms. Deepfake videos are created with Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), a type of Artificial Neural Network that uses Deep Learning to create synthetic content.

GANs sound cool, but technical. Could you break down how they operate?

GAN are a class of machine learning systems that have two neural network models; a generator and discriminator which game each other. Training data in the form of video, still images, and audio is fed to the generator, which then seeks to recreate it. The discriminator then tries to discern the training data from the recreated data produced by the generator.

The two artificial intelligence engines repeatedly game each other, getting iteratively better. The result is convincing, high quality synthetic video, images, or audio. A good example of GAN at work is NVIDIA GAN. Navigate to the website https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ and you will see a composite image of a human face that was created by the NVIDIA GAN using faces on the internet. Refreshing the internet browser yields a new synthetic image of a human that does not exist.

What are some notable examples of deepfake tech’s misuse?

Most people are not even aware of deepfake technologies, although these have now been infamously utilized to conduct major financial fraud. Politicians have also used the technology against their political adversaries. Early in the war between Russia and Ukraine, Russia created and disseminated a deepfake video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy advising Ukrainian soldiers to “lay down their arms” and surrender to Russia.

How was the crisis involving the Zelenskyy deepfake video managed?

The deepfake quality was poor and it was immediately identified as a deepfake video attributable to Russia. However, the technology is becoming so convincing and so real that soon it will be impossible for the regular human being to discern GenAI at work. And detection technologies, while have a tremendous amount of funding and support by big technology corporations, are lagging way behind.

What are some lesser-known uses of deepfake technology and what risks do they pose to organizations, if any?

Hollywood is using deepfake technologies in motion picture creation to recreate actor personas. One such example is Bruce Willis, who sold his persona to be used in movies without his acting due to his debilitating health issues. Voicefake technology (another type of deepfake) enabled an autistic college valedictorian to address her class at her graduation.

Yet, deepfakes pose a significant threat. Deepfakes are used to lure people to “click bait” for launching malware (bots, ransomware, malware), and to conduct financial fraud through CEO and CFO impersonation. More recently, deepfakes have been used by nation-state adversaries to infiltrate organizations via impersonation or fake jobs interviews over Zoom.

How are law enforcement agencies addressing the challenges posed by deepfake technology?

Europol has really been a leader in identifying GenAI and deepfake as a major issue. Europol supports the global law enforcement community in the Europol Innovation Lab, which aims to develop innovative solutions for EU Member States’ operational work. Already in Europe, there are laws against deepfake usage for non-consensual pornography and cyber criminal gangs’ use of deepfakes in financial fraud.

What should organizations consider when adopting Generative AI technologies, as these technologies have such incredible power and potential?

Every organization is seeking to adopt GenAI to help improve customer satisfaction, deliver new and innovative services, reduce administrative overhead and costs, scale rapidly, do more with less and do it more efficiently. In consideration of adopting GenAI, organizations should first understand the risks, rewards, and tradeoffs associated with adopting this technology. Additionally, organizations must be concerned with privacy and data protection, as well as potential copyright challenges.

What role do frameworks and guidelines, such as those from NIST and OWASP, play in the responsible adoption of AI technologies?

On January 26th, 2023, NIST released its forty-two page Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) and AI Risk Management Playbook (NIST 2023). For any organization, this is a good place to start.

The primary goal of the NIST AI Risk Management Framework is to help organizations create AI-focused risk management programs, leading to the responsible development and adoption of AI platforms and systems.

The NIST AI Risk Management Framework will help any organization align organizational goals for and use cases for AI. Most importantly, this risk management framework is human centered. It includes social responsibility information, sustainability information and helps organizations closely focus on the potential or unintended consequences and impact of AI use.

Another immense help for organizations that wish to further understand risk associated with GenAI Large Language Model adoption is the OWASP Top 10 LLM Risks list. OWASP released version 1.1 on October 16th, 2023. Through this list, organizations can better understand risks such as inject and data poisoning. These risks are especially critical to know about when bringing an LLM in house.

As organizations adopt GenAI, they need a solid framework through which to assess, monitor, and identify GenAI-centric attacks. MITRE has recently introduced ATLAS, a robust framework developed specifically for artificial intelligence and aligned to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

For more of Check Point expert Micki Boland’s insights into deepfakes, please see CyberTalk.org’s past coverage. Lastly, to receive cyber security thought leadership articles, groundbreaking research and emerging threat analyses each week, subscribe to the CyberTalk.org newsletter.

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[A 100yo veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Ibrahim-Pasha, from Degestan votes in the Russian Presidential elections on Saturday. The Russian Presidential elections are being held from March 15th - March 17th, 2024]

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MORE THAN 90'000 CYBER ATTACKS ON RUSSIAN ELECTION RESOURCES REPELLED ON FIRST DAY OF VOTING

More than 90k cyber attacks on Russian voting resources were repelled on the first day of voting in the Russian Federation's Presidential elections, according to the Chief of the Solar Group, Igor Lyapunov, a subsidiary of Rostelecom, Russia's largest provider of digital services.

Reporting on the cyber attacks said that this equated to 8 times the number of cyber attacks attempted on the Unified Voting Day of the previous year.

“Of course, yesterday a very large number of attacks and attempted attacks occurred on our resources - more than 90 thousand cyber attacks were carried out on the resources of election portals, on the resources of the Central Election Commission, on remote electronic voting, on the resources of State Services," Lyapunov told reporters with the Russian news agency Ria Novosti.

"This is a large number, which is eight times higher the number of cyber attacks that were recorded last year on Single Voting Day. All these attacks were repelled," Lyapunov added.

The Solar Group chief recounted a large cyber attack that occured mid-day against the digital election portal (DEG) which entered through the application portal, emulating requests from other users of the DEG, with a peak of more than 2.5 million requests per second. Pointing to the attack, Lyapunov noted that "of course, such a load caused delays on the portal."

Within an hour of the cyber attack, a team with the Solar Group managed to process and block the hack, while more than 100 fake phishing resources with a similar profile to the remote electronic voting platform, and the Central Election Commission website, managed to be processed and blocked by their teams on the first day of voting.

“If in the first two months of this year - January, February, we blocked about 60 such resources (phishing - ed.), then yesterday more than 100 such fake resources were blocked. These are portals similar to DEG, these are portals similar to The Central Election Commission, these are similar portals that talk about exit polls - this is all great counteraction to information attacks,” Lyapunov told Ria Novosti.

“Of course, when we talk about such an unprecedented level of cyber attacks, we must understand that the collective West is fighting against us. We see attacks from Ukraine , from IP addresses of Western Europe , North America . And, of course, in terms of the level of professionalism of cyber attacks, we can understand that the most professional, special groups working in our country work," Lyapunov concluded.

Voting for the President of the Russian Federation has been scheduled for three days spanning March 15th, 16th and 17th, with most voting expected to occur on the last day of voting. Current President, Vladimir Putin is expected to win by a substantially large margin, according to opinion polls conducted prior to voting.

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As the darkness slowly gave way to the light of day, a new kind of warfare had emerged in the shadows of a forgotten land. The Chinese had crafted a new means of secretly waging war using a combination of cyber and biological weapons that were beyond the comprehension of the surrounding nations. It was a new kind of fear that left those living in its path in a state of tension. The warfare was so invisible, so hidden, yet so powerful, that no one knew who would be the next target of this unprecedented form of warfare.

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Cyber Attacks

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Phishing, Deepfakes & Third-Party Chaos: 2025's Biggest Security Threats to Small Businesses

The Evolving Threat Landscape for Small Businesses Small business owners have enough on their plates without adding “cybersecurity expert” to the job description. Unfortunately, in 2025, that’s exactly what’s being demanded of you. The digital threats targeting small businesses have evolved dramatically, becoming more sophisticated, more personalized, and far more damaging. While large…

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The Importance of Cybersecurity

Living in a Digital World Full of Risks In today’s hyper-connected world, cybersecurity is no longer a luxury — it is a necessity.Every aspect of our lives depends on digital platforms. This ranges from social media profiles to banking apps. It also includes corporate databases and government systems.While this connectivity offers incredible convenience and efficiency, it also creates…

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Cybersecurity has become a need in today's digitally-first world. The hazards of cyberattacks, data breaches, and criminal actions have significantly increased due to our increased dependence on digital technologies and the internet. Everybody, from private citizens to large corporations, is at risk of being exploited online. 

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 "suspended its cyber offensive operations and plans against Russia！" Oh, my god,this is really happening。。。。

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Google îmbunătățește protecția Chrome cu inteligență artificială

Google a anunțat îmbunătățiri semnificative pentru funcționalitatea Enhanced Protection din browser-ul Chrome, aducând un nivel superior de securitate utilizatorilor. Noile actualizări promit protecție în timp real împotriva site-urilor periculoase, extensiilor malițioase și descărcărilor infectate, utilizând tehnologii avansate bazate pe inteligență artificială (AI) și procesare în…