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Top 5 Global Cyber Security Trends of 2023, According to Google Report

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Top 5 Global Cyber Security Trends of 2023, According to Google Report

It is taking less time for organisations to detect attackers in their environment, a report by Mandiant Consulting, a part of Google Cloud, has found. This suggests that companies are strengthening their security posture. The M-Trends 2024 report also highlighted that the top targeted industries of 2023 were financial services, business and professional services, tech, retail and hospitality, healthcare and government. This aligns with the fact that 52% of attackers were primarily motivated by financial…

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4 IoT Trends U.K. Businesses Should Watch in 2024

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4 IoT Trends U.K. Businesses Should Watch in 2024

The realm of the Internet of Things encompasses more than just the latest products. As the network of connected devices grows — the number worldwide is expected to reach over 29 billion in 2027 — so do the policies, responsibilities and innovations that surround it, all of which contribute to successful IoT integration. With help from Steve Statler, the chief marketing officer at IoT technology provider Wiliot, TechRepublic has identified the top four trends emerging…

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Operational Innovations for AI and Cloud-Native Workloads from Cisco and Red Hat

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Operational Innovations for AI and Cloud-Native Workloads from Cisco and Red Hat

For nearly two decades, Cisco and Red Hat have collaborated on integrated, industry-leading solutions to optimize IT infrastructure. The partnership brings together Red Hat expertise in operating systems, containers, and automation with world-class data center compute, networking, and management products and solutions from Cisco. The companies have most recently focused on product integrations and features that help customers develop, deploy, and manage the most demanding artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-native workloads across on-premises data centers…

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OpenAI's GPT-4 Can Autonomously Exploit 87% of One-Day Vulnerabilities

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OpenAI's GPT-4 Can Autonomously Exploit 87% of One-Day Vulnerabilities

The GPT-4 large language model from OpenAI can exploit real-world vulnerabilities without human intervention, a new study by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers has found. Other open-source models, including GPT-3.5 and vulnerability scanners, are not able to do this. A large language model agent — an advanced system based on an LLM that can take actions via tools, reason, self-reflect and more — running on GPT-4 successfully exploited 87% of “one-day” vulnerabilities when provided with…

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Prompt Hacking, Private GPTs and Zero-Day Exploits: The Impacts of AI on Cyber Security Landscape

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Prompt Hacking, Private GPTs and Zero-Day Exploits: The Impacts of AI on Cyber Security Landscape

AI’s newfound accessibility will cause a surge in prompt hacking attempts and private GPT models used for nefarious purposes, a new report revealed. Experts at the cyber security company Radware forecast the impact that AI will have on the threat landscape in the 2024 Global Threat Analysis Report. It predicted that the number of zero-day exploits and deepfake scams will increase as malicious actors become more proficient with large language models and generative adversarial networks….

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U.K. and U.S. Agree to Collaborate on the Development of Safety Tests for AI Models

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U.K. and U.S. Agree to Collaborate on the Development of Safety Tests for AI Models

The U.K. government has formally agreed to work with the U.S. in developing tests for advanced artificial intelligence models. A Memorandum of Understanding, which is a non-legally binding agreement, was signed on April 1, 2024 by the U.K. Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo (Figure A). Figure A U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo (left) and U.K. Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan (right). Source: UK Government. Image: U.K. government Both countries will now…

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AI Deepfakes Rising as Risk for APAC Organisations

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AI Deepfakes Rising as Risk for APAC Organisations

AI deepfakes were not on the risk radar of organisations just a short time ago, but in 2024, they are rising up the ranks. With AI deepfakes’ potential to cause anything from a share price tumble to a loss of brand trust through misinformation, they are likely to feature as a risk for some time. Robert Huber, chief security officer and head of research at cyber security firm Tenable, argued in an interview with TechRepublic…

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3 UK Cyber Security Trends to Watch in 2024

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3 UK Cyber Security Trends to Watch in 2024

Staying up to date with the latest in cyber security has arguably never been more paramount than in 2024. Financial services provider Allianz named cyber attacks this year’s biggest risk for business in the U.K. and a top concern for businesses of all sizes for the first time. However, many professionals are still in the dark about what the events in Q1 tell us about the cyber landscape for the rest of the year that…

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Microsoft: 87% of UK Businesses Are Unprepared for Cyberattacks

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Microsoft: 87% of UK Businesses Are Unprepared for Cyberattacks

A report from Microsoft and Goldsmiths, University of London has found that just 13% of U.K. businesses are resilient to cyberattacks, with 48% deemed vulnerable and the remaining 39% facing high risk. A survey of 1,039 senior business decision-makers and 1,051 employees revealed that the majority of U.K. organisations lacked adequate cybersecurity tools or processes. Microsoft warned that this left 87% of organisations exposed to security threats at a time when bad actors were using…

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Why 2024 is the Year of AI for Networking 

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Why 2024 is the Year of AI for Networking 

“This is the year of AI,” declared Chuck Robbins recently at Mobile World Congress. With demand growing from a broad range of enterprise customers who plan to build out their own artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, the market is changing and expanding rapidly. Consider the key results of the Cisco AI Readiness Index, based on detailed surveys of more than 8,000 business and IT leaders around the world, which revealed that 84% of organizations surveyed expect…

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