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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/23/24

By David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

February 23, 2024

MFA cyberattacks OpenAI ChatGPT brute force attack quantum encryption

    
Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/23/24

Insight #1

The post quantum encryption era is upon us, and Apple is leading the charge to protect against future quantum computing attacks by boosting security on its iMessage platform, adding a new form of message encryption on top of its existing encryption tools.

Insight #2

OpenAI recently removed the accounts of a bunch of malicious actors who may have been using ChatGPT for nefarious purposes. I applaud them for doing this, but it is not going to prevent those actors from just opening new accounts and continuing their malicious activities. I totally expect OpenAI to improve its detection of these actors over time and to strengthen the system accordingly.

Insight #3

Password spraying, credential stuffing, brute forcing: The flavor of the attack doesn't really matter. Enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) will help to mitigate the success of all of them.
MFA cyberattacks OpenAI ChatGPT brute force attack quantum encryption
David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

David is an experienced application security professional with over 20 years in cybersecurity. In addition to serving as the chief information security officer, David leads the Contrast Labs team that is focused on analyzing threat intelligence to help enterprise clients develop more proactive approaches to their application security programs. Throughout his career, David has worked within multiple disciplines in the security field—from application development, to network architecture design and support, to IT security and consulting, to security training, to application security. Over the past decade, David has specialized in all things related to mobile applications and securing them. He has worked with many clients across industry sectors, including financial, government, automobile, healthcare, and retail. David is an active participant in numerous bug bounty programs.

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