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The year-old Chinese startup DeepSeek took the world by storm when it launched R1, its new large language model (LLM), but experts are now rising about the risks it poses. DeepSeek’s breakthrough is that this reasoning model, an AI trained with reinforcement learning to perform complex reasoning, was likely developed without access to the latest Nvidia AI chips due to export sanctions. Cost is also a major consideration as DeepSeek developed R1 with much less…

Authored by Anuradha, Sakshi Jaiswal  In 2024, scams in India have continued to evolve, leveraging sophisticated methods and technology to exploit unsuspecting individuals. These fraudulent activities target people across demographics, causing financial losses and emotional distress. This blog highlights some of the most prevalent scams this year, how they operate, some real-world scenarios, tips to stay vigilant and what steps to be taken if you become a victim. This blog covers the following scams: WhatsApp…

Threat actors exploited new vulnerabilities and moved from initial access to lateral movement much faster in 2024, challenging network defenders to accelerate incident response, according to ReliaQuest. The security operations (SecOps) specialist analyzed customer data and compared its findings with external industry reporting, to better understand attack trends over the past year. It claimed that the time it took threat actors to progress from initial access to lateral movement (“breakout time”) in 2024 was 22%…

The UK government’s spending watchdog has raised grave concerns about the cyber-resilience of critical IT systems across departments, highlighting major gaps in system controls and visibility. The warnings came from the National Audit Office (NAO) in its Government cyber resilience report published today. It revealed that a 2024 assessment by the government’s new cyber assurance scheme, GovAssure, found that 58 critical departmental IT systems had “significant” gaps in cyber resilience, creating “extremely high” risk. “The data highlighted…

Key Takeaways for Control 4 Most fresh installs of operating systems or applications come with preconfigured settings that are usually insecure or not properly configured with security in mind. Use the leverage provided by multiple frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks or NIST NCP to find out if your organization needs to augment or adjust any baselines to become better aligned with the policies your organization is trying to adhere to. Throughout the CIS Controls, many…