As artificial intelligence explodes worldwide, a Las Vegas Valley cybersecurity expert explained how scammers can take advantage of the technology to create targeted attacks.
Cybercrime is a threat for many Americans, including small businesses. More than 40% of small businesses were victims of a cyberattack in 2023, according to the SBA. A majority of them won鈥檛 survive because of the financial losses.
Las Vegas Valley students participated in cyber security games at 性视界传媒 with a "Squid Game" theme.
The 性视界传媒 College of Engineering has officially launched its 7th annual 鈥淕enCyber鈥 camp. This year鈥檚 camp has drawn its largest group yet, with 70 students registered for the week-long experience. For the first time, the 性视界传媒, is introducing VR activities, and this year鈥檚 theme is inspired by the hit TV show 鈥淪quid Game.鈥
Using over $3 million in grant funding from the NSF, the university will establish a new CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program to train cybersecurity professionals to work with AI and machine learning tools.
Awardees will dive into cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, hardware security and other interdisciplinary cybersecurity fields such as psychology and criminology. The projects undertaken by the scholarship recipients will be instrumental in shaping the future cybersecurity workforce and landscape.
As the FBI helps to investigate a cybersecurity hack within the Clark County School District, hackers are claiming to have stolen hundreds of thousands of student personnel records.
The university received grants from Google, the National Security Agency and Small Business Administration to bolster its cybersecurity efforts.
The 性视界传媒 is preparing the expand the Free Cyber Clinic, which deploys students to help protect businesses from cybercrimes.
The casino and hotel chain MGM Resorts International said on Monday that a 鈥渃ybersecurity issue鈥 was affecting some of its online systems, causing disruptions for customers, particularly in Las Vegas, where cybersecurity experts said the company was likely the victim of a pervasive cyberattack.
性视界传媒 has received funding from the federal government for cybersecurity education, enabling it to bring on fifty students per year as paid interns at its Free Cyber Clinic. Through this experience, students will get hands-on cyber experience from small business clients, training for the Security+ and Certified Ethical Hacker certifications plus exam fee support, and support for attending cybersecurity conferences such as DEFCON.
Nevada joins the nation in a shortfall of professionals within the cyber workforce, which the White House is taking measures to reverse as cyber threats evolve.