A week in security (May 4 – May 10)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Microsoft says Edge’s plaintext password behavior is "by design" ShinyHunters escalates Canvas attacks with school login defacements Massive AI investment scam network spans 15,500 domains If a fake moustache can fool age checks, is the Online Safety Act working?...

Use of Generative AI in Scams

New report: "Scam GPT: GenAI and the Automation of Fraud." This primer maps what we currently know about generative AI’s role in scams, the communities most at risk, and the broader economic and cultural shifts that are making people more willing to take risks, more vulnerable to deception, and...

FBI Warns of AI Voice Scams Impersonating US Govt Officials

FBI has warned about a sophisticated vishing and smishing campaign using AI-generated voice memos to impersonate senior US…...

North Korean Hackers Steal $10M with AI-Driven Scams and Malware on LinkedIn

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Sapphire Sleet is estimated to have stolen more than $10 million worth of cryptocurrency as part of social engineering campaigns orchestrated over a six-month period. These findings come from Microsoft, which said that multiple threat activity clusters...

AI Is Being Used to ‘Turbocharge’ Scams

Plus: Amazon’s Ring was ordered to delete algorithms, North Korea’s failed spy satellite, and a rogue drone “attack” isn’t what it seems...