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Oct 2019
21m 21s

A new threat group, Avivore, is called o...

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Who’s been hacking aerospace firms? Context Security suggests it’s a new Chinese threat actor, “Avivore.” The FBI issues a ransomware alert. The NCSC warns of active exploitation of vulnerable VPNs. The EU issues a sweeping takedown order to Facebook. US Senators ask Facebook about deep fakes. Spearphishing at the Australian National University. FireEye may ... Show More
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Locked Shields wraps another year. Open models challenge Mythos. CISA tracks FIRESTARTER inside a federal agency. The White House targets foreign AI model extraction. Microsoft lets admins remove Copilot. Treasury sanctions a Cambodian scam-compound senator. Breeze Cache rushes a ... Show More
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