A new crop of nefarious chatbots with names like “BadGPT” and “FraudGPT” are springing up on the darkest corners of the web, as cybercriminals look to tap the same artificial intelligence behind …
Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist
On Sunday, a report from the South China Morning Post revealed a significant financial loss suffered by a multinational company's Hong Kong office, amounting to HK$200 million (US$25.6 million), due …
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AI’s efficacy is constrained in cybersecurity, but limitless in cybercrime
Bringing artificial intelligence into the cybersecurity field has created a vicious cycle. Cyber professionals now employ AI to enhance their tools and boost their detection and protection …
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Cybercriminals turn to AI to bypass modern email security measures
Cybercriminals employ artificial intelligence (AI) to create complex email threats like phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, while modern email security systems use AI to counter …
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New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy
A team of researchers from British universities has trained a deep learning model that can steal data from keyboard keystrokes recorded using a microphone with an accuracy of 95%. When Zoom was used …
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Mexico-Based Hacker Targets Global Banks with Android Malware
A Mexican cybercriminal known as Neo_Net was linked to a recent string of attacks on Spanish and Chilean banks. The attacks, which took place between June 2021 and April 2023, utilized Android mobile …
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Meta’s Zuckerberg grilled by senators over ‘leak’ of LLaMA AI model
Two United States senators have questioned Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg over the tech giant’s “leaked” artificial intelligence model, LLaMA, which they claim is potentially “dangerous” and …
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Meet ‘DarkBERT:’ South Korea’s Dark Web AI could combat cybercrime
A team of South Korean researchers has taken the unprecedented step of developing and training artificial intelligence (AI) on the so-called "Dark Web." The Dark Web trained AI, called DarkBERT, was …
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How to protect against crime in the metaverse
The metaverse has the potential to alter the way we interact and engage with one another and technology. However, there are also possible drawbacks and risks, just like with any new technology. …
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Meet the cybercriminals of 2022
Arrested, seized, doxed and detained. These are just some of the ways police and prosecutors around the world took down the biggest cyber-crime operations of the year, even if it meant resorting to …