Jeffrey Burt Jeffrey Burt has been a journalist for more than three decades, writing about technology since 2000. He’s written for a variety of outlets, including eWEEK, The Next Platform, The Register, The New Stack, eSecurity Planet, and Channel Insider.
Jeffrey Burt
Microsoft Preps AI-Based Copilot for Security for April 1 Release
Microsoft for more than a year has been infusing generative AI capabilities throughout much of its product and services portfolio – such as Microsoft 365 and Bing – through its Copilot initiative, an effort to help enterprise IT administrators, developers, and other users to get the benefits of the emerging ... Read More
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Researchers Find Flaws in OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini
The number of generative AI chatbots and their adoption by enterprises have exploded in the year-plus since OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT, but so have concerns by cybersecurity pros who worry not only about threat group use of the emerging technology but also the security of the large-language models (LLMs) themselves ... Read More
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HHS to Investigate Change’s Security in Wake of Crippling Cyberattack
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is opening an investigation into UnitedHealth and its Change Healthcare subsidiary following a ransomware attack that for three weeks has essentially shut down payments to health care providers and hobbled pharmacies trying to fill prescriptions. Noting the “unprecedented magnitude of this ... Read More
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JetBrains Says Rapid7’s Fast Release of Flaw Details Harmed Users
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JetBrains is continuing to criticize Rapid7’s policy for disclosing vulnerabilities its researchers uncover, saying the cybersecurity firm’s quick release of details of flaws in JetBrains’ TeamCity platform harmed some customers and runs counter to other companies’ processes. Rapid7 disclosed details of two vulnerabilities in JetBrains’ developer platform hours after the ... Read More
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DOJ Warns Using AI in Crimes Will Mean Harsher Sentences
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco last month was in the UK speaking at the University of Oxford and outlining the different paths the Justice Department is taking to address the benefits and threats associated with AI. Monaco spoke about how existing laws offer a “firm foundation” as the law ... Read More
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Broadcom Merging Carbon Black, Symantec to Create Security Unit
Carbon Black’s uncertain future following the closing of Broadcom’s $69 billion acquisition of VMware in November is now settled, with the security software business merging with Symantec to form Broadcom’s new Enterprise Security Group. Broadcom will make “significant investments in both brands” and offer both Carbon Black and Symantec product ... Read More
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Threat Groups Rush to Exploit JetBrains’ TeamCity CI/CD Security Flaws
The cyberthreats to users of JetBrains’ TeamCity CI/CD platform continue to mount a week after the company issued two fixes to security vulnerabilities, with one cybersecurity vendor noting a ransomware attack that included exploiting the flaws for initial access and a search engine reporting that 1,442 vulnerable instances showed signs ... Read More
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Russian Hackers Access Source Code in Ongoing Attack on Microsoft
The Russian state-sponsored bad actors who hacked into the corporate email accounts of executives at Microsoft are taking another run at the IT giant, this time using information stolen then to access the company’s source code repositories and other internal systems now. The Midnight Blizzard group – also known as ... Read More
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Change Healthcare Gets Pharmacy Systems Up After Ransomware Attack
There is some relief coming for beleaguered pharmacies, hospitals, and patient now that UnitedHealth Group has the electronic prescribing systems for its Change Healthcare business up and running after being down for weeks following an attack last month by ransomware group BlackCat. In the wake of the February 21 attack, ... Read More
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NSA Issues Guidance for Enterprises Adopting Zero Trust
The National Security Agency (NSA) wants organizations adopt zero-trust framework principles to protect their enterprise networks and is releasing guidance to help them get there. The agency is arguing that adopting controls and functionality that includes segmenting networks and control access via strict policy regulations will reduce the potential damage ... Read More
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