Deepfakes set to deceive at DEF CON

It looks as if deepfakes will be the hot topic at the big international hacker conference DEF CON in Las Vegas next week, just as they took center stage at InfoSecurity Europe in London in June.

Visitors to DEF CON’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) village will be encouraged to create their own highly professional deepfake videos of fellow conference attendees by cybersecurity company Bishop Fox’s red team. The purpose is to educate conference goers about the growing dangers now posed to all organizations by deepfake calls purporting to come from senior executives or highly-trusted members of staff.

Q3-2023 shows ransomware attacks have doubled since last year – October 16th

The Q3-2023 Ransomware Report of cyber threat intelligence company Cyble has shown that ransomware attacks have doubled over the past year.

The reports also show the healthcare sector to be the most targeted in these attacks, and the US as being the most targeted area.

DarkGate again threatens online computer systems – September 15th

A new phishing attack campaign using DarkGate Loader malware has been identified, with Microsoft Teams users being urged to exercise caution.

This malware is specifically a ‘loader malware’ meaning that it is able to download and execute other malware programs on the infected device. The additional malware then downloads in the infected device’s memory structure, making it hard to detect since it isn’t in the device’s file system.

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Deepfakes set to deceive at DEF CON

Q3-2023 shows ransomware attacks have doubled since last year – October 16th

DarkGate again threatens online computer systems – September 15th