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We're thrilled to announce the nominees for the 2024 #CyberScoop50 Awards! These cybersecurity trailblazers are not just combating today's threats but are also innovating to safeguard our future. Their dedication keeps our global networks secure and resilient. Show your support by voting for your top cybersecurity leader. Cast your vote now: https://lnkd.in/dGV3HvSi

Check out the latest CyberScoop SafeMode podcast with Elijah Baucom (MBA, MS-TSM), the UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic Director! Elijah shares how his students provide pro-bono cybersecurity consulting services to nonprofits tackling sensitive issues like voting rights, migrant support, and reproductive health. These organizations are frequently targeted by politically-motivated cyber actors aiming to disrupt their critical work. Tune in for a facinating conversation on how Berkeley students are protecting these amazing nonprofits!

Each report includes recommendations for the cyber agency to tackle, with the overarching goal of combating threats from China. https://lnkd.in/eaqK3pGM

🔒 How do small nonprofits combat sophisticated malware? Elijah Baucom (MBA, MS-TSM), director of University of California, Berkeley's Cybersecurity Clinic, educates us on training students to help nonprofits fend off cyber threats. Join Baucom and #SafeMode host Gregory L. Otto as they explore how to expand cybersecurity accessibility to students and vulnerable groups, utilizing Baucom’s extensive experience in management consulting and network engineering. Additionally, CyberScoop reporter Derek Johnson delves into OpenAI's efforts to prevent the malicious use of generative AI by threat actors. 🎧 Listen to the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/eKepMPFw #UCBerkeley #Cybersecurity #DigitalDefense #OpenAI #CyberEducation #TechForGood #NonprofitTech #DataSecurity #DigitalSafety #CyberThreats Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

National Cyber Director Harry Coker said that the White House is focused on securing two foundational aspects of the tech landscape: how information packets are routed across the internet and computer programming languages that can be susceptible to memory-related errors. Speaking at a Recorded Future event Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Coker said the White House is looking at next steps to secure Border Gateway Protocol, or BGP, which directs data through the most efficient internet route via thousands of public and private networks. https://lnkd.in/e7uUu_7n

OpenAI said it has disrupted more than 20 operations and networks over the past year from foreign actors attempting to use the company’s generative AI technologies to influence political sentiments around the world and meddle in elections, including the United States. In some cases, the actors attempted to use ChatGPT and other OpenAI tools to analyze and generate social media content, creating fake articles for websites, debugging malware, writing biographies and performing a host of other tasks that support online influence efforts. However, despite a surge of malicious use, the technology’s overall impact appears to be more complimentary than game-changing. https://lnkd.in/gMP_x6vZ

The SVR is conducting its targeting both specifically and broadly, the U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies said. https://lnkd.in/gsNy_WyB

Microsoft on Tuesday shared security updates on 117 common vulnerabilities and exposures, including two that are being actively exploited, according to the company. The actively exploited vulnerabilities relate to the Microsoft Management Console (CVE-2024-43572) and the Windows MSHTML Platform (CVE-2024-43573), the company said. https://lnkd.in/gGUcSGbk

The number of malicious packages found in the open-source ecosystem has dramatically grown in the past year, according to a new report from Sonatype. The cybersecurity firm found that the number of malicious packages intentionally uploaded into open-source repositories has jumped by more than 150% compared to last year. Open-source software, a transparent development process where almost anyone can contribute to the code and components, is the bedrock of the digital age that can be found in most modern digital technologies. https://lnkd.in/e7Hg3cGk

Marriott International and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels and Resorts have agreed to a settlement with the federal and state authorities over three separate data breaches between 2014 and 2020. In a 16-page proposed consent order with the Federal Trade Commission, the hotel chains agreed to a series of compulsory actions https://lnkd.in/erjTXQgM