OpenAI on Monday unveiled a new cybersecurity-focused model called GPTβ5.6βCyber that it said is focused on vulnerability research, penetration testing, and incident response.
"Built on GPTβ5.6 Sol, it is trained to improve capabilities on several specialized cybersecurity tasks (e.g., finding zero-day vulnerabilities and developing exploit chains) and to reduce refusals for certain higher-risk
Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organizations across the world.
Targets of these attacks include healthcare and public health, financial services, government services and facilities, and professional and nonprofit services.
"Gunra is another variant in the ongoing trend of
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform's plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads.
"Unlike traditional software supply chain attacks, zero source code files were modified within the official WordPress.org repository," Wordfence researcher Paolo Tresso said.
Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-1175, a financially motivated threat actor linked to China, has deployed a previously undocumented ransomware strain called StormEncryptor.
The use of StormEncryptor marks a shift from the adversary's previous use of Medusa ransomware, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Team said.
"StormEncryptor is written in C++ and appends the file name extension .encrypted