Prism Infosec launches PULSE agile red team engagement service
Prism Infosec, the independent cybersecurity consultancy, has announced the launch of its innovative PULSE testing service to enable organisations which may not have the bandwidth or resource to dedicate to a full-scale red team exercise to assess their defence capabilities against real-world threats. PULSE addresses the gap that currently exists between penetration testing and red […]
WordPress Plugins: AI-dentifying Chatbot Weak Spots
AI chatbots have become increasingly prevalent across various industries due to their ability to simulate human-like conversations and perform a range of tasks. This trend is evident in the WordPress ecosystem, where AI chatbot plugins are becoming widely adopted to enhance website functionality and user engagement. Prism Infosec reviewed the security postures of several open-source […]
The Dark side of AI Part 2: Big brother
AI: Data source or data sink? The idea of artificial intelligence is not a new one. For decades, people have been finding ways to emulate the pliable nature of the human brain, with machine learning being mankind’s latest attempt. Artificial intelligence models are expected to be learn how to form appropriate responses to given set […]
Exploring Chat Injection Attacks in AI Systems
Introduction to AI Chat Systems What are they? AI powered chat systems, often referred to as chatbots or conversational AI, are computer programs that are designed to simulate human conversation and interaction using artificial intelligence (AI). They can understand and respond to text or voice input from users and it make it seem like you […]
CrowdStrike Incident and Recovery Steps
The recent Crowdstrike incident has caused significant disruptions across the internet, leading to widespread outages. This issue affects windows users worldwide after a CrowdStrike update was pushed, resulting in blue screen errors. The issue occurred due to a defect in a content update for Microsoft users within CrowdStrike. Manual Recovery Steps One of our consultants, […]
How AI is Transforming Cyber Threat Detection and Prevention
The number of global cyber-attacks is increasing each year at a rapid rate. According to a study by Cybersecurity Ventures, in 2023 a cyberattack took place every 39 seconds, or over 2,200 times per day. This is a 12.8% increase from 2022. Attackers are getting more sophisticated and are increasingly using AI tools to automate […]
Data Pollution – Risks and Challenges in AI Datasets
AI has been a hot topic in the media lately and is influencing every sector as well as our daily lives without us realising just how much. There are various systems that are driven by AI, most notable being virtual assistants (Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, etc.) but also in healthcare to detect diseases earlier, in […]
The Dark Side of AI: How Cybercriminals Exploit Artificial Intelligence
Cybercriminals and security professionals are in an AI arms race. As quickly as cybersecurity teams on the front lines utilise AI to speed up their response to real-time threats, criminals are using AI to automate and refine their attacks. Tools that generate images, or conversational AI, are improving their quality and accuracy at increasing speeds. […]
The Evolution of Prompt Injection in AI Models
With the ever-increasing adoption of AI models across the globe, both within organisations and personal use, for some, efficiency and performance are though the roof. However, with this new technology brings a peaked interest from the cyber security industry and the shared gospel of “how can I break this?” has been ringing in their ears […]
Ethical Implications of Manipulating AI Inputs
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. Immanuel Kant Introduction Over the past decade the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) has made efforts to remove itself from a buzzword used in startup elevator pitches to expanding onto a […]