Heat, Kelso and the Hacker Mindset
In the 1995 classic Heat, the character Kelso is an old-school hacker with a background as a DARPA scientist who uses his
He is one of the co-founders of Threatpost and previously wrote for TechTarget and eWeek, when magazines were still a thing that existed. Dennis enjoys finding the stories behind the headlines and digging into the motivations and thinking of both defenders and attackers. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge, and most of his kids’ English papers.
In the 1995 classic Heat, the character Kelso is an old-school hacker with a background as a DARPA scientist who uses his
Europol and other agencies disrupted several major malware families, including IcedID, Bymblebess, Trickbot, and Smokeloader in an
Securing AI systems and LLMs seems like a daunting task, but experts say the same principles that apply to software security can
The Department of Justice has disrupted an attack campaign by Chinese state-sponsored attackers on U.S. critical infrastrucutre and says that country's targeting of civilian resources is a "low blow".
Kevin Tian and Rahhul Madduluri, co-founders of Doppel, join Dennis Fisher to discuss the emerging threats of AI-enabled phishing and brand impersonation and how AI can also be used to detect and stop these attacks.
The development and deployment of AI systems based on LLMs includes many inherent risks and should be regulated, and soon, experts say.
Apple has fixed a actively exploited WebKit bug (CVE-2024-23222) in iOS and macOS. and added a new security feature called Stolen Device Protection.
The Russian APT known as COLDRIVER is using a new backdoor called SPICA in phishing campaigns against NGOs and governments.