#047 - Cyber AI Chronicle - Thriving in the Age of AI

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Cyber AI Chronicle

By Simon Ganiere · 8^th December 2024

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Project Overwatch is a cutting-edge newsletter at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, technology, and resilience, designed to navigate the complexities of our rapidly evolving digital landscape. It delivers insightful analysis and actionable intelligence, empowering you to stay ahead in a world where staying informed is not just an option, but a necessity.

Table of Contents

• What I learned this week

  • TL;DR

  • Thriving in the Age of AI

  • The Shift: From Knowledge to Creativity

  • The New Core Skillset

  • AI Won’t Take Your Job—But Someone Using AI Might

  • The Cybersecurity Connection

  • Embracing the Change

  • The Future Belongs to the Curious

• Worth a full read

  • OpenAI’s GPT-4o Makes AI Clones of Real People Wit …

  • Benedict Evans: AI Eats the World

    • Key Takeaway

• Research Paper

  • ThreatModeling-LLM: Automating Threat Modeling usi …

• Wisdom of the week

• Contact

What I learned this week

TL;DR

• This week, we explore a pivotal shift in the workforce as AI reshapes how we create, solve problems, and work. The article dives into why AI isn’t here to replace you but to augment your abilities—if you embrace it. From transforming creativity into the key skills to highlighting the growing importance of problem-framing, we unpack the tools and mindset you need to thrive in the AI era. Whether you're in cybersecurity or any other field, the message is clear: the future belongs to the curious and adaptable » READ MORE

• This week is “irony” week in the cyber world. Eight US Telecom firms have been hacked by China-linked threat group Salt Typhoon. The hack targeted the surveillance systems used by the US government to investigate crimes and threats to national security. Leading to the FBI saying that people should stop using basic SMS and use encrypted messaging application…which is a bit of an irony knowing law enforcement has been pushing back on such technology in the past.

• There is “no honor among thieves”, Secret Blizzard (aka Turla) has been seen as successfully infiltrated 33 C2 nodes from Pakistani-based actors (Storm-0156). Apart of the little irony in this story, this is highlighting a couple of interesting points:

  • Attribution is hard, especially if nation-state starts hacking each other

  • Whilst this move seems intentional by Secret Blizzard and allow them to have access to additional targets at minimal cost, it’s also a risk. Depending on the op-sec of the targeted threat actor this might lead to the discovery of Secret Blizzard TTPs.
    Full article from Microsoft here (part 1) and Lumen is here.

• OpenAI is going full on Christmas with the “12 Days of OpenAI”. Day 1 gave us two new things: The full o1 model and ChatGPT Pro. The full o1 model now handles image analysis and produces faster and more accurate response (a 34% few errors). Chat GPT Pro is a $200/month plan that includes unlimited access to o1, GPT-40, Advanced Voice, and future compute-intensive features. Day 2 is about reinforcement fine-tuning research program.

• Meta has announced the latest Llama model with Llama 3.3 70B. This model is leveraging the latest advancements in post-training techniques to achieve improved delivery in math, general knowledge, instruction following and app use.