AI-driven scams are preying on Gen Z’s digital lives​

Gone are the days when extortion was only the plot line of crime dramas—today, these threatening tactics target anyone with a smartphone. As AI makes fake voices and videos sound and look real, high-pressure plays like sextortion, deepfakes, and virtual kidnapping feel more believable than ever...

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…...

CVE-2020-10263

An issue was discovered on XIAOMI XIAOAI speaker Pro LX06 1.52.4. Attackers can get root shell by accessing the UART interface and then they can i read Wi-Fi SSID or password, ii read the dialogue text files between users and XIAOMI XIAOAI speaker Pro LX06, iii use Text-To-Speech tools pretend...

News Wrap: Deepfake CEO Voice Scam, Facebook Phone Data Exposed

In this week’s news wrap ended Sept. 6, the Threatpost team breaks down the biggest news of the week, including: Cybercrooks successfully fooling a company into a large wire transfer using an AI-powered deepfake of a chief executive’s voice and Facebook, Microsoft and a number of universities...