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SesameOp: Using the OpenAI Assistants API for Covert C2 Communication

Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team has exposed a sophisticated backdoor malware that exploits the OpenAI Assistants API as an unconventional command-and-control communication channel. Named SesameOp,

Deepfakes, fraud, and the fight for trust online

In this Help Net Security video, Michael Engle, Chief Strategy Officer at 1Kosmos, explains how deepfakes are changing online identity verification. He describes how fake

Microsoft Detects "SesameOp" Backdoor Using OpenAI's API as a Stealth Command Channel

Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel backdoor dubbed SesameOp that uses OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) for command-and-control (C2) communications. “Instead of relying

AMD Zen 5 Processors RDSEED Vulnerability Breaks Integrity With Randomness

AMD has disclosed a critical vulnerability affecting its Zen 5 processor lineup that compromises the reliability of random number generation, a fundamental security feature in

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