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Greg Pollock is the Director of Research and Insights at UpGuard. He manages a team that performs original research on cyber risk by discovering new ways for things to go wrong, securing active data leaks, and analyzing trends in the threat environment. His team's work has been featured in outlets like The Washington Post, The New York Times, Forbes, Bloomberg, Gizmodo and Engadget.

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Open Chroma Databases: A New Attack Surface for AI Apps

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Open Chroma Databases: A New Attack Surface for AI Apps

One third of exposed instances discovered by UpGuard Research are lacking authentication. Learn how they can put your AI stack at risk.

June 11, 2025

Data Leakage and Other Risks of Insecure LlamaIndex Apps

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Data Leakage and Other Risks of Insecure LlamaIndex Apps

UpGuard Research surveyed accessible LlamaIndex chatbots to understand the real-world risks–including one instance leaking PII.

June 12, 2025

Detecting Generative AI Data Leaks from ComfyUI

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Detecting Generative AI Data Leaks from ComfyUI

Generative AI servers are leaking images, workflows, and prompts. Are they creating risk in your AI supply chain?

May 21, 2025

The Risk of Third-Party AI Trained on User Data

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The Risk of Third-Party AI Trained on User Data

Analyzing privacy policies can tell us which companies are using AI and training their models with your data.

April 16, 2025

Threat Monitoring for Superannuation Security

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Threat Monitoring for Superannuation Security

Attackers breached superannuation customer accounts with stolen credentials. We look at one way to detect compromised accounts sooner.

April 14, 2025

Analyzing llama.cpp Servers for Prompt Leaks

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Analyzing llama.cpp Servers for Prompt Leaks

How are generative AI technologies leaking data? In this report we analyse prompt leaks from llama.cpp servers.

April 11, 2025

Critical Middleware Vulnerability in Next.js (CVE-2025-29927)

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Critical Middleware Vulnerability in Next.js (CVE-2025-29927)

Learn how to detect CVE-2025-29927, a critical vulnerability in Next.js that allows attackers to easily bypass middleware authorization measures.

March 31, 2025

Detecting AI in the Software Supply Chain

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Detecting AI in the Software Supply Chain

The UpGuard Research team measured exposure to AI in the supply chain across 250 popular companies to understand this growing risk.

March 21, 2025

Using Exposed Ollama APIs to Find DeepSeek Models

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Using Exposed Ollama APIs to Find DeepSeek Models

Misconfigured AI APIs can expose sensitive data and security risks. See what our research uncovered.

June 11, 2025

Is the ASX 200 Resilient to Cyber Threats? Our Report Says No.

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Is the ASX 200 Resilient to Cyber Threats? Our Report Says No.

A sneak peek into some of the key vulnerabilities we discovered impacting ASX 200 companies in 2024.

February 13, 2025

2024 U.S. Election Integrity Threats: Not Just Data Leaks & Hacks

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2024 U.S. Election Integrity Threats: Not Just Data Leaks & Hacks

We recap the major events impacting voter data integrity in U.S. elections over the past eight years (since 2016).

January 7, 2025

DigitalOcean vs AWS: Which Cloud Server is Better in 2025?

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DigitalOcean vs AWS: Which Cloud Server is Better in 2025?

This is a complete guide to DigitalOcean vs AWS. Learn about their differences and which is right platform for you with this in-depth post.

January 2, 2025

Cybersecurity & Risk Management Blog

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Ongoing TPRM Success: Continuous Security Monitoring with AI

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Ongoing TPRM Success: Continuous Security Monitoring with AI

Is manual work weighing down your security team and limiting your ability to scale? Learn how UpGuard and its AI features can help.

Nicholas Sollitto

April 9, 2025

Report Writing Solved: Generating Actionable Assessment Reports

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Report Writing Solved: Generating Actionable Assessment Reports

Is manual report writing slowing down your security team? Learn how UpGuard’s AI can help.

Nicholas Sollitto

April 2, 2025

Remediation Made Easy: Reducing Risks and Driving Vendor Action

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Remediation Made Easy: Reducing Risks and Driving Vendor Action

Is your security team lost in the chaos of managing vendor remediation? Learn how UpGuard’s AI can help.

Nicholas Sollitto

March 26, 2025

Evidence Analysis: Unlocking Insights for Stronger Security Posture

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Evidence Analysis: Unlocking Insights for Stronger Security Posture

Is sorting through mountains of vendor information weighing your team down? Learn how UpGuard's AI can help you solve this and other inefficiencies.

Nicholas Sollitto

March 13, 2025

Vendor Responsiveness Solved: Soothing Your Third-Party Aches

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Vendor Responsiveness Solved: Soothing Your Third-Party Aches

Is waiting on vendor responses slowing down your risk assessments? Learn how UpGuard's AI can help you solve this and other inefficiencies.

Nicholas Sollitto

March 6, 2025

Cast a Wider Net: UpGuard Now Scans 5x More Sources

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Cast a Wider Net: UpGuard Now Scans 5x More Sources

Introducing UpGuard’s enhanced news and incident coverage. 500% better coverage to keep you ahead of the latest security threats.

January 16, 2025

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