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An AI-driven hacking campaign breached 600 Fortinet devices, Ivanti was hacked via its own product, Wikipedia bans Archive-dot-Today for DDoS attacks, and Chinese hackers breached Italy’s police force.



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Risky Bulletin: AI-driven hacking campaign breaches 600+ Fortinet devices

In this Risky Business sponsor interview, Casey Ellis and Feross Aboukhadijeh discuss how AI is affecting open source, chat about a few attacks the company has seen in the wild and introduce Socket’s answer to the smouldering trashfire: Socket Firewall.



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RPKI relies on vulnerable servers, the French Ministry of Economy discloses a data breach, the UK gives tech platforms 48 hours to remove revenge porn, and ClickFix-attacks are responsible for 50% of malware infections.



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Risky Bulletin: RPKI infrastructure sits on shaky ground

Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about a groundswell of calls from European officials to build cyber capabilities to strike back against adversaries. There are good reasons that countries should have their own cyber capabilities, but if you don’t have the political will to strike back, having a magic cyber weapon doesn’t really make a difference.

They also talk about ‘distillation attacks’. They are a way that AI developers can steal the secret sauce of advanced models just by asking questions. It looks like American companies need government assistance if the US wants to keep its AI lead.

This episode is also available on Youtube.



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A supply chain attack plants backdoors on Android tablets, the EU blocks AI from lawmakers’ devices, Cellebrite was used against a Kenyan politician, and a Chinese APT is exploiting a Dell zero-day.



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Risky Bulletin: Supply chain attack plants backdoor on Android tablets