Laura French

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GenAI vulnerabilities fixed only 21% of the time after pentesting | SC Media

1 month ago | scworld.com | Laura French

Cobalt’s State of Pentesting Report 2025 reveals how GenAI security lags behind adoption.
Emails from legitimate PayPal address used in crafty phishing scheme | SC Media

Jan 8, 2025 | scworld.com | Laura French

Attackers exploit PayPal’s email notifications to trick users into linking their accounts to attacker emails.
WordPress phishing plugin drives online shopping fraud | SC Media

Jan 6, 2025 | scworld.com | Laura French

PhishWP imitates trusted payment services and sends stolen information directly to Telegram.
Survey: AI-enhanced cyberattacks seen as No. 1 threat to API security | SC Media

Dec 12, 2024 | scworld.com | Laura French

More than 90% of survey respondents reported taking measures to counter AI-enhanced attacks.
Preventing ransomware by fully remediating infostealer attacks | SC Media

Oct 6, 2024 | scworld.com | Laura French

Session hijacking is an emerging entry point for ransomware actors but few orgs invalidate open sessions after a malware infection.
SAP, D-Link flaws among 4 added to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Oct 1, 2024 | scworld.com | Laura French |Shaun Nichols |David Balaban

Four vulnerabilities in SAP, D-Link, DrayTek and Motion Spell products were added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog Monday by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)The vulnerabilities, most of which are several years old, pose risks including privilege escalation and remote command execution. Due to targeting of these flaws by threat actors, federal civilian executive branch agencies are required to remediate these vulnerabilities by Oct. 21, 2024.
38% of AI-using employees admit to sending sensitive work data | SC Media

Sep 26, 2024 | scworld.com | Laura French

More than half of employees report receiving no training on secure AI use.
OpenAI, Anthropic to give model access to NIST’s AI Safety Institute | SC Media

Aug 31, 2024 | scmagazine.com | Laura French

The companies agreed to collaborate with the institute to evaluate AI safety risks.
Ransomware on track for record profits, even as fewer victims pay | SC Media

Aug 20, 2024 | scworld.com | Laura French

A mid-year report found ransom payment prices have increased drastically among big game hunters.
Ransomware recap: Top threat actors, exploited vulnerabilities in H1 2024 | SC Media

Aug 14, 2024 | scworld.com | Laura French

2024 saw a shakeup in the top six gangs, which account for half of all claimed breaches.