August 07, 2023

SophosAI at DEF CON: Orchestrating large-scale scams using text, audio and image generative AI

AI Village talk highlights how generative  can be used to automate the creation of fraud campaigns, generating hundreds of fraudulent sites.

AI Research

August 08, 2022

SophosAI presentations at Black Hat, BSides LV and DEF CON AI Village

Six presentations in Las Vegas this week cover multiple cybersecurity applications of machine learning

AI Research

August 07, 2020

Business Email Compromise – fighting back with machine learning

Machine learning models are immune to blandishments, threats, flattery and so - so why not set them against social engineers?

Naked Security

August 15, 2019

‘NULL’ license plate gets security researcher $12K in tickets

The vanity plate sounded good in theory: maybe it would make his plate invisible to ALPR systems?!

Naked Security

August 13, 2019

Hacked devices can be turned into acoustic weapons

Security researcher Matt Wixey found that many gadgets aren't protected from being turned into hearing-damaging weapons. Or melting.

Naked Security

April 21, 2019

WannaCry hero Hutchins now officially a convicted cybercriminal

The youngster who spent his own money to protect people from the WannaCry virus has pleaded guilty to malware-related cybercrime charges.

Naked Security

October 08, 2018

Attackers use voicemail hack to steal WhatsApp accounts

The Israeli National Cybersecurity Authority issued an alert warning that WhatsApp users could lose control of their accounts.

Naked Security

September 20, 2018

Western Digital goes quiet on unpatched MyCloud flaw

Western Digital has failed to patch a serious security vulnerability in its MyCloud NAS drives that it was told about more than a year ago, researchers have alleged.

Naked Security

September 05, 2018

Knock, knock: Digital key flaw unlocks door control systems

Attackers could be able to unlock doors in office buildings and factories at will, thanks to a flaw in a popular door controller.

Naked Security