Behind the Shield - Feb 2024

Expert panelists, including our guest Matt Konwiser from this month's sponsor IBM Security, and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.

This episode's Hot Topics include: Open AI’s concerns about #GenAI, the data security of AI boy/girlfriends, Matt’s take on the #AppleProVision, and LockBit’s recent bust by the UK government.

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Sources:

Topic 1: Bill

Article title: Microsoft, OpenAI Warn of Nation-State Hackers Weaponizing AI for Cyber Attacks

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/microsoft-openai-warn-of-nation-state.html

Topic 2: Patrick

Article title: “AI girlfriends” are a privacy nightmare 

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-girlfriends-privacy-nightmare/

Topic 3: Bill

Article title: Lockbit cybercrime gang faces global takedown with indictments and arrests

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/us-indicts-two-russian-nationals-lockbit-cybercrime-gang-bust-2024-02-20/