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Marcel Brown:  October 3rd, 1950. AT&T Bell Laboratories researchers John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley receive a U. S. patent for their invention of the transistor, which they had successfully demonstrated two years earlier.

Edwin Kwan: BingChat was first introduced in February this year. However, incorporating ads into the platform has opened the doors to threat actors who have been purchasing advertisement to distribute malware.

Ian Garrett: Under the new SEC regulations, publicly traded companies will be required to disclose cybersecurity incidents within four days, including details about the incident’s nature, scope, timing, and its impact.

Katy Craig: Malicious ads within Microsoft Bing’s AI chatbot are spreading malware. Threat actors insert ads in various ways, like when a user hovers over a link, triggering an ad before displaying the organic result.

Today is Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023. From Sourced to Network Productions in New York City, It’s 5:05. I’m Mark Miller. To start today’s updates, Edwin Kwan and Katy Craig talk about a flaw in the Microsoft Bing ChatBot platform that allows adversaries to place malware inside of advertisements.