Katarzyna Celińska

The NYDFS has released guidance — “Cyber Risks from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related Risks”.   This marks one of the first U.S. state-level regulatory efforts to explicitly connect AI governance with cybersecurity, outlining expectations for financial institutions, insurers, and other regulated entities operating in New York.   Key Highlights 1️⃣ AI-Driven Cyberattacks — AI can be weaponized by threat actors to automate phishing, develop polymorphic malware, and...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has just wrapped up the final stage of the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) at DEF CON 33.   After two years of development and intense competition, Team Atlanta took first place ($4 million prize), followed by Team Trail of Bits ($3 million), and Team Theory in third. But beyond the winners, the real success lies in what this competition achieved — and what it revealed about the future of cybersecurity.   Photo: https://pl.freepik.com/ What Is...

The Cloud Security Alliance has published a report, “Beyond the Hype: A Benchmark Study of AI Agents in the SOC.” The study evaluated how AI-assisted SOC analysts performed compared to traditional, manual investigation teams.   Key Findings The research involved 148 participants with varying experience levels in SOC and incident response, divided into two groups: ➡️ AI-Assisted analysts using Dropzone AI ➡️ Manual analysts using standard tools (AWS GuardDuty & Microsoft Sentinel)   Photo:...