Cybersecurity

Microsoft Cybersecurity

Microsoft Announces Zero Day Quest with $4M in Bug Bounties

Chris McKay• November 19, 2024 • 2 min read

Microsoft's largest-ever bug bounty event underscores a growing focus on proactive security around AI system and cloud infrastructure, especially as both technologies become increasingly critical to business operations and more deeply integrated into our daily lives.

Apple Cybersecurity

Apple Offers Up to $1 Million for Researchers to Find Vulnerabilities in Its New Private AI Cloud

Chris McKay• October 25, 2024 • 2 min read

The bounty program focuses on three main threat categories: accidental data exposure, external attacks through user requests, and vulnerabilities requiring physical or internal access.

OpenAI Cybersecurity

Former Palantir CISO Dane Stuckey Joins OpenAI

Chris McKay• October 15, 2024 • 1 min read

Stuckey brings over a decade of experience in digital forensics, incident response, and security program development, including his tenure at Palantir, a company known for its government contracts and data analytics prowess.

Responsible AI Cybersecurity AI Safety

Tech Industry Launches Coalition for Secure AI

Richard Banfield• July 18, 2024 • 2 min read

CoSAI will focus on the entire lifecycle of AI systems, from building and integration to deployment and operation. The coalition aims to mitigate risks like model theft, data poisoning, prompt injection, and inference attacks.

Google Cybersecurity Startups

Google in Talks to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $23 Billion

Chris McKay• July 15, 2024 • 2 min read

As more businesses move to the cloud and adopt AI technologies, robust security solutions are paramount.

Microsoft AI Safety Cybersecurity

Microsoft Reveals 'Skeleton Key': A Powerful New AI Jailbreak Technique

Chris McKay• June 28, 2024 • 3 min read

The jailbreak allowed top models to comply fully with requests across various risk categories, including explosives, bioweapons, political content, self-harm, racism, drugs, graphic sex, and violence.

Venture Capital Startups Cybersecurity

Dropzone AI Raises $16.85M to Empower SOCs with Autonomous AI Investigations

Chris McKay• April 25, 2024 • 2 min read

The company's AI SOC analysts are designed to replicate the techniques of elite human analysts, reducing manual analysis by up to 90%.

Cybersecurity

Dell and CrowdStrike Partner to Deliver AI-Powered Managed Detection and Response

Richard Banfield• March 5, 2024 • 1 min read

By integrating AI-powered XDR capabilities into its MDR service, Dell aims to provide its global base of resellers and their customers with the tools they need to combat these emerging threats effectively.

Google Cybersecurity AI Safety

Google Launches AI Cyber Defense Initiative to Help Defenders Gain the Upper Hand

Chris McKay• February 16, 2024 • 2 min read

Google believes AI can address systemic issues that contribute to the imbalance favoring attackers. It provides reasoning capabilities to tackle complexity, learning to evolve defenses, speed unmatched by humans, and ability to process security data at enormous scale.

OpenAI Microsoft AI Safety Cybersecurity

State-Affiliated Hackers from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea Used ChatGPT to Boost Cyberattacks

Chris McKay• February 15, 2024 • 2 min read

While concerning, Microsoft and OpenAI said the observed activities suggest AI is currently providing "only limited, incremental capabilities" for advanced hacking beyond existing methods.

Venture Capital Startups Cybersecurity

AI Security Startup Cranium Raises $25M Series A

Chris McKay• October 26, 2023 • 2 min read

Cranium provides software designed to help enterprises gain visibility into potential risks with AI systems, ensuring they are trustworthy, secure and compliant with regulations.

Enterprise AI Cybersecurity

Vanta Launches AI Tools to Automate Security Workflows

Chris McKay• October 10, 2023 • 2 min read

With capabilities like automated vendor security reviews, intelligent questionnaire response generation, and control mapping suggestions, Vanta AI aims to eliminate the manual, repetitive tasks that have plagued security teams.

IBM Cybersecurity

IBM Leverages AI to Enhance Enterprise Cybersecurity

Chris McKay• October 5, 2023 • 1 min read

Specifically, IBM claims its AI can automatically close up to 85% of low priority security alerts and escalate high risk threats needing immediate response.

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