AI-Powered Scams, Human Trafficking Fuel Global Cybercrime Surge: INTERPOL

By Waqas New INTERPOL Financial Fraud assessment reveals how cybercrime is being fueled by the abuse of AI and other technologies. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: AI-Powered Scams, Human Trafficking Fuel Global Cybercrime Surge: INTERPOL...

Threat Spotlight: Cyber Criminal Adoption of IPFS for Phishing, Malware Campaigns

The InterPlanetary File System IPFS is an emerging Web3 technology that is currently seeing widespread abuse by threat actors. Cisco Talos has observed multiple ongoing campaigns that leverage the IPFS network to host their malware payloads and phishing kit infrastructure while facilitating other...

Facebook Sues NSO Group Over Alleged WhatsApp Hack

Facebook has filed a lawsuit against Israeli company NSO Group, creator of the Pegasus spyware, alleging that it was behind the massive WhatsApp hack earlier this year. In May 2019, a zero-day vulnerability was found in WhatsApp’s messaging platform, exploited by attackers who were able to inject...

IoT domestic abuse: What can we do to stop it?

Some 40 years ago, the sci-fi/horror film Demon Seed told the tale of a woman slowly imprisoned by a sentient AI, which invaded the smart home system her husband had designed to manage it. The AI locked doors, windows, turned off communications, and even put a synthesised version of her onscreen ...