Hello. OpenAI is restricting the cyber capabilities of a new model it deems capable of pulling off automated cyberattacks.
Internal testing determined that the forthcoming model, called Astra, is capable of devising and executing novel hacks against difficult targets with only limited human input, OpenAI said Tuesday in a blog post. As a result, the company has added layers of security to reduce the risk of misuse by hackers, or Astra going rogue and attacking targets on its own. Read the full WSJ story .
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Whistleblower case leads to $2 million settlement by Honeywell Aerospace. A former employee of the Phoenix-based government contractor accused the company of failing to comply with required federal cybersecurity measures, with respect to one of its networks, when doing business with the Defense Department from April 2020 through December 2023.
The Justice Department then brought the suit under the False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive $376,000 under the settlement. Honeywell Aerospace didn't admit or deny liability.
Nutex Health said it is working to figure out whether confidential business and financial information or intellectual property was stolen in a cyberattack detected in late August. The Houston-based company, which runs micro hospitals and emergency departments, said in a regulatory filing that data about patients, employees and business partners was stolen. Three days after Nutex disclosed the incident on Aug. 24, a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against the company, alleging negligence related to the breach.
Document storage company Dropbox is informing customers that about 5,000 accounts associated with laptop maker Lenovo were compromised by hackers between Aug. ?4 and Aug. 21. (Reuters)
Amount stolen Aug. 5 from the United Methodist Church New England Conference by hackers posing as bank representatives and making wire transfers to fraudulent accounts. About $200,000 has been recovered, according to a church official. (Christian Post)
CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation assisted the U.S., Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania in taking down the botnet and malware known as Sality. Sality had enabled crypto theft and cyberattacks since 2003, the Justice Department said. A Federal Bureau of Investigation official praised the public-private sector operation as enhancing the bureau's capabilities.
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Palo Alto Networks swung to a loss in the fiscal fourth quarter, but posted higher revenue and projected double-digit revenue growth in the current fiscal year. The company said Tuesday that it expects revenue to rise between 23% and 24% to $14.1 billion to $14.2 billion in fiscal 2027. Analysts polled by FactSet are expecting $13.84 billion in revenue. (WSJ)
Palo Alto Networks had a loss of $282 million compared with a profit of $254 million a year earlier. The loss came from the accounting treatment of the company's acquisition of CyberArk.
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