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Dark Reading Confidential: Meet the Ransomware Negotiators

Episode 2: Incident response experts-turned-ransomware negotiators Ed Dubrovsky, COO and managing partner of CYPFER, and Joe Tarraf, chief delivery officer of Surefire Cyber, explain how they interact with cyber threat actors who hold victim organizations' systems and data for ransom. Among their fascinating stories: how they negotiated with cybercriminals to restore operations in a hospital NICU where lives were at stake, and how they helped a church, where the attackers themselves "got a little religion."

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The Open-Source Software Prevalence Initiative, announced at DEF CON, will examine how open source software is used in critical infrastructure.

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Gartner Spotlights AI, Security in 2024 Hype Cycle for Emerging Tech

The technologies listed in Gartner's 2024 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies fall into four key areas: autonomous AI, developer productivity, total experience, and human-centric security and privacy programs.

Researchers Highlight How Poisoned LLMs Can Suggest Vulnerable Code

CodeBreaker technique can create code samples that poison the output of code-completing large language models, resulting in vulnerable — and undetectable — code suggestions.

Microsoft Will Require MFA for Azure Services

Multifactor authentication enforcement for Azure portal, Microsoft Entrata admin center, and Intune admin center will begin October.

'TIDrone' Cyberattackers Target Taiwan's Drone Manufacturers

The Chinese-speaking group is launching sophisticated malware towards military and satellite targets globally.

Chinese 'Tropic Trooper' APT Targets Mideast Governments

In the past, the group has targeted different sectors in East and Southeast Asia, but recently has pivoted its focus to the Middle East, specifically to entities that publish human rights studies.

Indian Army Propaganda Spread by 1.4K AI-Powered Social Media Accounts

For three years now, more than a thousand social media accounts have been reposting the same pro-India, anti-Pakistan content on Facebook and X.

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