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Chatgpt’s Arrival Raises Personal Data Theft, Hacking Risks Many Times Over

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(MENAFN– IANS) By Shrey Srivastava
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) As millions embrace AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT, cybersecurity risks associated with generative AI models have become a pressing concern for individuals and businesses alike.
While these generative AL models are designed to facilitate communication and provide helpful responses, experts have raised concerns that these pose great risks of hacking and data breaches that could compromise personal information.
A report by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 showed recently that ChatGPT-related scams are surging and despite OpenAI (the creator of ChatGPT) giving users a free version of ChatGPT, scammers lead victims to fraudulent websites, claiming they need to pay for these services.
“They might collect and steal the input you provide. In other words, providing anything sensitive or confidential could put you in danger. The chatbot’s responses could also be manipulated to give you incorrect answers or misleading information,” said researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42.
The report observed an increase of 910 per cent in monthly registrations for domains related to ChatGPT between November 2022-April 2023.
AI has long been a part of the cybersecurity industry. However, generative AI and ChatGPT are having a profound impact on the future.
Neelesh Kripalani, CEO of IT services and consulting company Clover Infotech, said: “ChatGPT can impact the cybersecurity landscape through the development of more sophisticated social engineering or phishing attacks. Such attacks are used to trick individuals into divulging sensitive information or taking actions that can compromise their security”.
With the ability to generate convincing and natural-sounding language, “AI language models like ChatGPT could potentially be used to create more convincing and effective social engineering and phishing attacks,” he warned.
OpenAI admitted in March that some users’ payment information may have been exposed when it took ChatGPT offline owing to a bug.
The Microsoft-backed company took ChatGPT offline due to a bug in an open-source library which allowed some users to see titles from another active user’s chat history.

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Pixels Get A New Update, Ahead Of Android 13’s Arrival

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A new update is now rolling out to Google’s Pixels, and this will be the last update before Android 13 lands. We’re talking about the stable build, of course. In any case, the July 2022 security update is now rolling out to Google Pixel phones.

Pixels are now getting a new update, right before Android 13’s arrival

This seems to be a rather modest update, as it doesn’t really deliver anything spectacular, well, other than security updates. That is to be expected, as this is not a Pixel Feature Drop update, or anything of the sort. This is just your regular security update.

The most notable change comes in form of additional VoLTE features for the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, in certain regions. Other than that, we’re looking at security updates.

This update is rolling out to quite a few devices as we speak. Do note this is a staged rollout. It may take a bit of time for the update to arrive to your device, that’s for sure.

Quite a few Pixels are getting updated

As already mentioned, quite a few devices are getting this update. The following Pixel phones with Android 12 installed will receive this update: Pixel 4, 4a, 4a 5G, 5, 5a, 6, and 6 Pro. That goes for global models.

In addition to that, the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro on Verizon are getting it as we speak, as are the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro in the EMEA/APAC regions.

Do note that a total of 33 vulnerabilities are listed as patched up. Various different changes are listed, ranging from Mediatek, Unisoc, and Qualcomm components, to device framework changes.

Having said that, Android 13 is right around the corner. Google is expected to start rolling out a stable version of Android 13 to its smartphone in just a couple of weeks. So, this is the last update Google’s Pixel phones will see before Android 13 lands.

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We’re ‘firefighters’ for victims of armed conflict – Hackers Without Borders co-founder on NGO’s timely arrival

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‘We had NGOs for press, medical staff, and mental health issues, but not for cyber-attack victims’

Hackers Without Borders co-founder discusses the NGOs timely arrival

INTERVIEW A trailblazing humanitarian group launched last month as Russian troops massed on the Ukrainian border. What followed has made its existence all the more necessary.

Hackers Without Borders (HWB) is a Geneva-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that is offering emergency infosec assistance to other NGOs and providers of critical services.

Like fellow NGO and semi-namesake Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), the group emphasizes its neutrality when helping victims of armed conflict.

Staffed by volunteer hackers and infosec experts, the organization will, free of charge, help individuals or organizations handle the fallout of cyber-attacks, protect them from further assaults, and bolster their cyber-resilience.

“We have NGOs for press, for medical staff, and mental health issues, but not for protecting and helping the victims of cyber-attacks,” HWB co-founder Florent Curtet tells The Daily Swig.

“We hope to change this by creating an NGO that’s run by cybersecurity experts, who can provide security assistance to those in need.”

Curtet, a web security specialist who has previously pen-tested systems for Interpol, the UN, and the French Ministry of Armed Forces, is one of four co-founders with a range of expertise.

The others include Pierre-Marie Léoutre, a crypto-security expert and former threat intelligence specialist at the Gendarmerie Nationale; Karim Lamouri, a multilingual IT director for a Parisian suburb and security consultancy CEO; and Clément Domingo, an ethical hacker, capture-the-flag (CTF) competition founder and participant, and founder of a digital privacy awareness-raising campaign aimed at students.

RELATED Bug bounty leader Clément Domingo on cybersecurity in Africa, hacking events, and chaining vulnerabilities for maximum impact

Red Cross attack

The quartet decided to form HWB after being angered by the recent cyber-attack against the International Committee of the Red Cross that exposed information belonging to over half a million “highly vulnerable” people.

On February 4, just over…

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‘We’re firefighters for victims of armed conflict’ – Hackers Without Borders co-founder on NGO’s timely arrival

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‘We had NGOs for press, medical staff, and mental health issues, but not for cyber-attack victims’

Hackers Without Borders co-founder discusses the NGOs timely arrival

INTERVIEW A trailblazing humanitarian group launched last month as Russian troops massed on the Ukrainian border. What followed has made its existence all the more necessary.

Hackers Without Borders (HWB) is a Paris-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that is offering emergency infosec assistance to other NGOs and providers of critical services.

Like its fellow French NGO and semi-namesake Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), the group emphasizes its neutrality when helping victims of armed conflict.

Staffed by volunteer hackers and infosec experts, the organization will, free of charge, help individuals or organizations handle the fallout of cyber-attacks, protect them from further assaults, and bolster their cyber-resilience.

“We have NGOs for press, for medical staff, and mental health issues, but not for protecting and helping the victims of cyber-attacks,” HWB co-founder Florent Curtet tells The Daily Swig.

“We hope to change this by creating an NGO that’s run by cybersecurity experts, who can provide security assistance to those in need.”

Curtet, a web security specialist who has previously pen-tested systems for Interpol, the UN, and the French Ministry of Armed Forces, is one of four co-founders with a range of expertise.

The others include Pierre-Marie Léoutre, a crypto-security expert and former threat intelligence specialist at the Gendarmerie Nationale; Karim Lamouri, a multilingual IT director for a Parisian suburb and security consultancy CEO; and Clément Domingo, an ethical hacker, capture-the-flag (CTF) competition founder and participant, and digital privacy campaigner.

RELATED Bug bounty leader Clément Domingo on cybersecurity in Africa, hacking events, and chaining vulnerabilities for maximum impact

Red Cross attack

The quartet decided to form HWB after being angered by the recent cyber-attack against the International Committee of the Red Cross that exposed information belonging to over half a million “highly vulnerable” people.

On February 4, just over two weeks later, HWB launched with the…

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