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Open-Source Intelligence: Using Public Data to Fortify Security

SecureWorld News

In the interconnected digital landscape, vast amounts of valuable intelligence can be gleaned from publicly available open sources on the internet. Enter open-source intelligence (OSINT), the practice of legally collecting, analyzing, and making decisions based on public data.

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Salesforce open-sources the AI Economist, a research environment for exploring tax policies

Venture Beast

Salesforce today open-sourced the AI Economist, a research environment that leverages AI to arrive at optimal tax policies. Read More.

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Over 144,000 Phishing Packages Posted to Open-Source Repositories

SecureWorld News

Security researchers at Checkmarx and Illustria recently discovered a campaign in which a threat actor(s) managed to post over 144,000 phishing packages to popular open source platforms, including NPM, PyPi, and NuGet. The descriptions for these packages contained links to phishing campaigns.

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Open source algorithm helps spot social media shams

Network World

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University say they have developed an open source algorithm that can help spot social media frauds trying to sway valuable community influence. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Social Engineering 2.0: The Rise of Deepfake Phishing

SecureWorld News

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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New White Paper, “The Public Sector Improves Security and Efficiency with Hadoop”, Available in Research Library

CTOvision

A white paper has been added to the CTOVision Research Library which showcases several use cases for improving security and efficiency for government agencies using Hadoop. Good Government includes preventing fraud, waste, and abuse; delivering timely and accurate public reporting; analyzing citizen engagement with social media.

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OpenAI, Microsoft Disrupt Nation-State Actors' Malicious Use of AI

SecureWorld News

Their activities focused on using AI for reconnaissance, social engineering, scripting, and evading detection. Crimson Sandstorm used our services for scripting support related to app and web development, generating content likely for spear-phishing campaigns, and researching common ways malware could evade detection."