Tag: AI
Plastic surgeons and patients targeted in extortion rackets
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns that cybercriminals and online blackmailers are targeting plastic surgeons to harvest electronically protected health information (ePHI) on their patients. Personal ePHI includes sensitive information and photographs, enabling the cybercriminals to extort money from the patients themselves as well as from plastic surgery practices, something that could prove lucrative to blackmailers targeting wealthy celebrities who are in the public eye.
New malware payload evades detection – October 2nd
Crypto firms have been warned about the new Lazarus malware payload, called 'LightlessCan', which easily evades detection. The malware variant has since been used in fake job scams. The 'LightlessCan' malware was discovered on 29 September, while researchers were investigating a fake employment scam attack leveled against a Spanish aerospace firm.
AI revolutionizes sextortion scams
Artificial intelligence (AI) services are enabling unscrupulous online blackmailers to create fake but highly realistic sexually explicit photographs and videos of innocent victims. The blackmailer usually emails the target individual to show them pornographic images of themselves, threatening to send the pictures to the victim’s contacts – a process known as “sextortion.” A variation is to claim to have compromising images of the victim recorded via the webcam on their smartphone.
China uses AI to power new propaganda campaign
China has stepped up its propaganda and disinformation war with the US in the latest escalation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s cyber war on the West. Microsoft reports a marked rise in CCP-affiliated covert influence operations that engage with target US audiences on social media.
Too little too late for Interpol
Interpol's latest bust may look like a victory, but critics contend that its approach is outdated, ineffective, and all too often political.
AI comes to the rescue of SMEs
SMEs are in urgent need of effective cyber solutions, but with neither the budget nor the expertise the task of addressing that need can prove daunting. CyFox CEO Rony Zarom outlines how AI is already fixing the issue and delves into its vast potential.