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End-to-end generative AI security startup Lasso Security has emerged from stealth mode with $6 million in a seed funding round led by Entrée Capital, with additional investment from Samsung Next. Established earlier this year, the Tel Aviv-based company is building technology to tackle the cyber threats faced by generative AI and large language models (LLMs) and prevent data exposure, and security and compliance risks. By protecting every LLM touchpoint, Lasso wants to help secure businesses…

The US cybersecurity agency CISA has published new guidance to help healthcare and public health organizations understand the cyber threats and risks to their sector and apply mitigations. Titled Mitigation Guide: Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector (PDF), the document was released as a supplemental companion to a Cyber Risk Summary distributed in July, and comes roughly one month after CISA and HHS announced cybersecurity resources for the HPH sector. Using data collected from the…

ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board of directors. “The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI,” the artificial intelligence company said in a statement. In the year since Altman catapulted ChatGPT to global fame, he has become Silicon Valley’s sought-after voice on the promise and potential…

Two environmentalists told a federal judge Thursday that the public was the real victim of a global computer hacking campaign that targeted those fighting big oil companies to get the truth out about global warming. A climate scientist and the director of a fund that creates initiatives to address climate change spoke at the sentencing of an Israeli man who prosecutors said enabled the hacking of thousands of individuals and entities worldwide. Aviram Azari, 52,…

Wisconsin teenager Joseph Garrison has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a scheme to access user accounts at a fantasy sports and betting website. According to court documents, on November 18, 2022, Garrison launched a credential stuffing attack against the betting site, obtaining access to approximately 60,000 user accounts. The defendant and others then stole about $600,000 from approximately 1,600 victim accounts, by adding a new payment method to the accounts, depositing $5 to each…

The Biden for President campaign is searching for a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to lead its IT and security division. The campaign said the incoming cybersecurity chief will work to “define the organization’s risk appetite” and direct the formulation and execution of strategic cybersecurity and IT initiatives across the campaign.  Back in 2020, the campaign hired former White House cybersecurity adviser Chris DeRusha as its first CISO amidst reports that hackers linked to foreign…