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Watch out for pig butchering scams – a type of financial fraud that has enabled scammers to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from victims. Senior staff research engineer Satnam Narang published new firsthand research this week detailing pig butchering methods and techniques. Satnam spoke to Bloomberg exclusively about the strategies and tactics of the lucrative scam. He said, "I can say with high confidence these scams were associated with losses totaling nearly $13 million dollars."

Microsoft and OpenAI said that U.S. adversaries — chiefly Iran and North Korea, and to a lesser extent Russia and China — are beginning to use their generative AI models to mount or organize offensive cyber operations. Amit Yoran, CEO of Tenable, tells AP, “Of course bad actors are using large-language models — that decision was made when Pandora’s Box was opened."

FBI Director Chris Wray warned that China is positioning itself to disrupt the daily lives of Americans if the United States and China ever go to war. Amit Yoran, CEO of Tenable, called Wray’s warning “an urgent call to action. Continuing to turn a blind eye to the risk sitting inside our critical infrastructure is the definition of negligence.”

Bernard Montel, EMEA Technical Director and Security Strategist, used Data Privacy Day to remind everyone that you can't have privacy without security.

Senior Staff Research Engineer, Satnam Narang, responded to news that Citrix has issued patches for two new vulnerabilities in its NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances.

Deputy CTO Gavin Millard was interviewed by Security Buyer to discuss, what he has dubbed, the 'Jay-Z rule - you've got 99 flaws, but all they need is one.