Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) recently reported that cybercriminals—in particular, state-sponsored threat actors from North Korea, Iran, China, and Russia—are misusing Gemini, Google’s large language model (LLM), to support all stages of their attack lifecycle. Specifically, GTIG observed threat actors using Gemini to code and script tasks, accelerate reconnaissance, research publicly known vulnerabilities, and enable […]
CISA Releases the AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook to Strengthen AI-related Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Collaboration
On January 14, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook (the “Playbook”) to provide guidance to organizations within the AI community (including AI providers, developers, and adopters) to voluntarily share AI-related cybersecurity information with CISA and its partners through the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC). To combat AI-related […]
CISA, FBI, NSA, and International Partners Issue Joint Cybersecurity Advisory for Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities in 2023
On November 12, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), National Security Agency (“NSA”) and certain international partners (including the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre and New Zealand Computer Emergency Response Team, and the United […]
NIST Releases Updated Draft Guidelines regarding AI Use in Identity Systems
On August 21, 2024, the National Institution of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released the second draft of its Digital Identity Guidelines, which provides federal agencies with a framework for identity proofing and authentication of external employees, government contractors, and individuals accessing government information systems and services. Building on the first draft of the guidance, the […]
CISA Releases Findings from its AI Pilot Program on Detecting Critical Vulnerabilities
On July 28, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that they piloted an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled vulnerability program to help detect and remediate vulnerabilities in the U.S. government’s critical networks, systems, and software, as required by Executive Order (EO) 14110. From late 2023 to early 2024, CISA performed the pilot program to […]