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How threat actors can use generative artificial intelligence?

Security Affairs

Deepfakes are media content—such as videos, images, or audio—created using GAI to realistically manipulate faces, voices, or even entire events. For example, these campaigns leverage fake social media accounts to post questions and comments about divisive internal issues in the U.S.

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New S1deload Malware Hijacking Users' Social Media Accounts and Mining Cryptocurrency

The Hacker News

An active malware campaign has set its sights on Facebook and YouTube users by leveraging a new information stealer to hijack the accounts and abuse the systems' resources to mine cryptocurrency. Once infected, S1deload Stealer steals

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When AIs Start Hacking

Schneier on Security

The programmers will be satisfied, the accountants ecstatic. The inherent ambiguity in most other systems ends up being a near-term security defense against AI hacking. AI text generation bots, for example, will be replicated in the millions across social media.

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Zix tricks: Phishing campaign creates false illusion that emails are safe

SC Magazine

As it so happened, the perpetrators had compromised an Authentic Title employee’s legitimate email account, and used it to send lures designed to make users falsely believe they received a closing settlement counteroffer. The post Zix tricks: Phishing campaign creates false illusion that emails are safe appeared first on SC Media.

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2.9 Billion Records Exposed in NPD Breach: How to Stay Safe

eSecurity Planet

Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Even if your password is compromised, MFA adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second verification form, such as a code sent to your phone or generated by an authentication app. This can typically be done in the account settings under the security section.

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Iran-linked MERCURY APT behind destructive attacks on hybrid environments

Security Affairs

. “DEV-1084 was then later observed leveraging highly privileged compromised credentials to perform en masse destruction of resources, including server farms, virtual machines, storage accounts, and virtual networks, and send emails to internal and external recipients.”

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The Impact of AI on Social Engineering Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

Hyper-personalized phishing – AI can mine social media to create spear phishing emails customized with familiar names, logos, and messaging per target. AI-powered bots infest social media platforms masquerading as legitimate users, and use a variety of convincing language and deepfakes to deceive users.